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The waiting time for a site or cadastral surveys from the land registry averages out at 17 months, and in some cases it can take 16 years, the auditor-general said in a ...

An initiative to assist hotels to install private desalination units, aiming to enhance water security as dam levels continue to decline, was announced by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday. Agriculture ...

Former House President Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis were found not guilty on Tuesday by the Nicosia criminal court regarding their alleged involvement in the ‘golden passports’ ...

A Greek Cypriot man detained in the north was released with conditions by the district court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday, the government confirmed, while he is due to appear ...

Transport minister Alexis Vafeades will brief Larnaca’s development committee on Friday regarding the findings of a study into the future of the city’s port and marina, authorities confirmed ...

The establishment of a branch of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Cyprus constitutes a milestone in the effort for the further internationalisation and upgrading of higher education ...

Five people – four of whom have been convicted for the murder of Demetris Andronikou, known as Demetroui – were referred to a direct trial before Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday, facing ...

A proposal to create a national fund to compensate owners for the loss of use of properties in the north was discussed by the House refugees committee on Tuesday. The ...

Highlighting ongoing concerns over the adequacy of blood supplies, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides visited the blood centre in Yeri on Tuesday. He acknowledged that shortages arise from time to time, ...

Former Cyprus Football Association president Giorgos Koumas will make his first court appearance on Friday after being formally served with an indictment in a criminal case concerning possible conflict of ...

Wealth is what sets former House president Demetris Syllouris apart from those who are indeed corrupt, he pointed out on Tuesday, shortly after being acquitted by the Nicosia criminal court ...

Great things are said to come to those who wait. Georgia Kombou knows this well, a pioneering musician in Cyprus who fought to have a place in the male-dominated bouzouki ...

The FBI’s New York office worked closely with Cyprus’ cybercrime unit to arrest a 53-year-old man later sentenced to 12 years in prison in the United States for online child ...

A 63-year-old man arrested on Tuesday morning in Limassol is expected to be transferred to Greece as a European arrest warrant was pending against him. According to police, he was ...

The final investment decision on management of the Kronos gas field will be taken at the end of March, with the aim of sending the first natural gas to Egypt ...

The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) on Tuesday complained that reporters wishing to be accredited for Cyprus’ EU presidency must present a press card issued by the state and are ...

The number of Cypriot residents returning from a trip abroad reached 170,045 in January, an increase of 15 per cent compared to the same period last year, statistical service Cystat said on ...

Water cuts can be avoided depending largely on how district government organisations (EOAs) manages the supply they receive, the director general of the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. Andreas Gregoriou ...

September 2020: A new investigative commission was set up to look into the citizenship-by-investment scheme. October 2020: Al Jazeera broadcast an undercover video, incriminating three high profile individuals – former House President Demetris ...

Disy MP Nikos Sykas appeared before the Limassol district court on Tuesday for the first hearing of his lawsuit challenging the party’s decision to suspend him from its ballot ...

Larnaca is still in high spirits after winning the competition for European Capital of Culture 2030 and its team is inviting all to celebrate together in an epic outdoor party. “On ...

The authorities said on Tuesday that nine people were arrested overnight as part of coordinated preventive police operations carried out across the island. According to police, the nine arrests were ...

A 40-year-old man was remanded on Tuesday for seven days in connection with a suspected arson attack on a building in Nicosia. Police said the suspect, a Nicosia resident, was ...

A 33-year-old man was remanded in custody until February 26 after crashing a stolen pick-up truck into a British bases police patrol car during a chase in Xylofagou. The incident unfolded ...