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A Limassol court on Thursday adjourned proceedings in the case of a private criminal prosecution concerning the death of Thanasis Nicolaou, a national guardsman found dead under the Alassa bridge ...

The labour ministry’s inspectors identified four undeclared employees in the education sector and nine in retail businesses, imposing fines totalling €25,000. In the education sector, inspectors carried out checks at 63 ...

In a judgment on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found in favour of a Cypriot judge who had complained he had been arbitrarily refused promotion to the ...

The Nicosia district court will pass sentence on May 15 for two of 11 defendants charged with dereliction of duty in the trial into the suicide of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou in September 2019. ...

Antonella Lydia Mantovani was on Thursday re-elected as the Latin Cypriot community’s non-voting representative in parliament. She was the sole candidate to have registered for the seat on Wednesday, ...

Vartkes Mahdessian was on Thursday re-elected as the Armenian Cypriot community’s non-voting representative in parliament. He was the sole candidate to have registered for the seat on Wednesday, and ...

Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou has expressed concern over the low level of female participation in candidate lists for the upcoming 2026 parliamentary elections, noting that women remain significantly underrepresented. In ...

The agriculture ministry and farmers’ unions on Thursday reached an agreement regarding the amount of compensation to be paid to farmers whose livestock are culled as a result of the ...

Disy will support any action that contributes to cheaper electricity, the party’s president Annita Demetriou said on Thursday, while meeting the Electricity Authority’s (EAC) board of directors and ...

Police on Thursday announced the dismantling of a criminal ring allegedly involved in producing forged tenancy agreements and supplying them to third parties, following the arrest of nine people. According ...

Dietary habits are decisive for people’s health, affecting growth, disease prevention and quality of life, for today’s generations and those to come, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on ...

Two men have been arrested after police found a stolen vehicle and suspected stolen goods, the police said on Thursday. The suspects, aged 65 and 35, were detained after officers acted on ...

The multi-storey Ledra–Ariadne car park in central Nicosia will be fully renovated following the signing of upgrade contracts, the municipality announced on Thursday. This project is a key part ...

Prison cells in Cyprus are on average the most overcrowded in the entire European Union, according to data released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat on Thursday. Cyprus’ prison ...

A law passed by parliament and referred by President Nikos Christodoulides, allowing compensation to be paid to communities neighbouring the power plant in Dhekelia, has been found to contradict the ...

Αn advanced test that transforms how families plan for healthy pregnancies for those with genetic conditions has been developed by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics. The test has ...

The Cyprus addiction treatment authority is stepping up harm reduction policies as new synthetic opioids, polydrug use and widening inequalities increase drug-related risks, the organisation said on Thursday. In a ...

Five environmental organisations have called on President Nikos Christodoulides to make clear commitments towards protecting the environment – as outlined in his governance programme – following events unfolding in Akamas. In a ...

Trade unions representing hotel employees say they expect a response in the coming days from the labour ministry regarding the extension of a subsidy scheme for workers in the hotel ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a series of arson cases in the Paphos district, police said on Thursday. The suspect was seen at around 3pm ...

Globally, 2025 was the third-warmest year on record, with Cyprus recording the highest temperature of 46.1C on July 27, 2025, in Lefkara, and 44.7C on July 24, 2025, in Athalassa, the latter being the highest ...

A planned pilgrimage to the Sourp Magar Armenian monastery in the Kyrenia district was cancelled at the last minute by the Turkish Cypriot authorities, Armenian Cypriot non-voting representative in parliament ...

Police will be deployed in the Rizoelia area on Friday to ensure public order and safety during a planned protest over the foot-and-mouth measures by a group of livestock farmers. ...

A 23-year-old third-country national was found to be staying illegally in Cyprus after being spotted acting suspiciously near the central prisons in Nicosia, police said on Thursday. They received information ...