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Police removed four British passengers from a flight from Larnaca to Birmingham on Monday after they repeatedly refused to stop using electronic cigarettes during the five-hour journey, according to a ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday said he is “not sure” if Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos realises that the minister is a member of the party, after Papadopoulos on Sunday ...

United States ambassador John Breslow on Tuesday stressed his country’s support for a solution to the Cyprus problem after he met Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman. “The United States ...

Five former politicians and officials will have their police guards withdrawn from October 5, the justice ministry announced on Tuesday. The decision affects three former House presidents, Yiannakis Omirou, Demetris Syllouris ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday rejected a request made by the defence for the release of documents and electronic files in the case against former prison director Anna Aristotelous ...

Crossing the bridge over the Pediaios River, I enter the Ayioi Omoloyites neighbourhood. It is quiet, yet these streets always feel busy. Workers step in and out of house renovations, ...

A decision on an appeal by the Bulgarian father charged over the deaths of his two sons in Xylofagou against a refusal to grant him bail is expected within the ...

Limassol’s hygiene service gathered what is described as a record 24,700 tonnes of waste materials in two years, including pruning waste, tyres, abandoned vehicles and other bulky items, the municipality ...

Upgrading roads in Strovolos, speeding up repairs at refugee housing estates and improving waste management planning were among the issues raised during a visit by a Disy delegation to the ...

Cyprus will be used as the launchpad by the British Royal Air Force for assistance it plans to provide to Saudi Arabia in its war with Yemen’s Houthi movement, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the sidelines of the United Nations’ “high-level week” in New York on Tuesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed. The ...

Children came up with a host of ideas for making their neighbourhood greener, from planting more trees and adding benches to creating spaces for play, walking and socialising, during an ...

Cyprus had around 4,400 people employed in the sport sector in 2025, including 1,400 aged between 15 and 29 and 3,000 aged between 30 and 64, according to Eurostat data. The figures form part of a wider Eurostat ...

Unusual summer rainfall and occasional hailstorms in Cyprus have created favourable breeding conditions for mosquitoes, microbiologist Dr Petros Karayiannis said on Tuesday, warning that climate change could make such conditions ...

Cyprus recorded one of the EU’s sharpest monthly increases in petrol prices in August, while fuel costs across the bloc continued to climb sharply on an annual basis, according ...

Hourly-paid government staff on Tuesday warned the government against altering its current plans for their union representatives to meet President Nikos Christodoulides next week, saying that should those plans change, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday called for the next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be one at which “success is guaranteed”, ahead of his trip to ...

A 37-year-old British father on Tuesday pleaded guilty to causing the death of his three-year-old son, who fell from a fourth-floor window at a Paphos hotel in July. The father ...

The British defence ministry is to buy new air raid sirens for its Akrotiri air force base and the adjacent village of the same name, with the contract for their ...

This week, the capital welcomes one of the most esteemed guitarists on the international music scene. Dominic Miller makes his debut at the Axiothea Mansion in a landmark concert on ...

Customs agents, acting on a tipoff, stopped two Israeli women for luggage inspection at Paphos airport on Monday and found large quantities of duty free cigarettes. The agents found 19 cartons ...

Customs agents confiscated almost 10kg of duty free nargileh tobacco during searches of vehicles in Dherynia and Ayios Dhometios on Monday. Agents at the crossing point in Dherynia pulled over ...

A rubbish lorry overturned into a field on Tuesday morning in Achelia, Paphos, due to a mechanical problem. The driver and two passengers – all foreigners – were lightly injured and taken ...

A 37-year-old British father charged over the death of his three-year-old son following a fall from a Paphos hotel window is due back in court on Tuesday morning to enter ...