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Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday said he was not “indifferent” to the challenges of local government reform and that he in fact “did more than that for which the ...

The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Prometheas, which will form part of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at he, will set sail for Cyprus from Shanghai at the ...

Local government reform had been undertaken without preparation, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Wednesday. The two and a half years which had been granted while elections were postponed had ...

State hospital doctors will be going on a 48-hour strike at the end of the month, Pasyki union announced on Wednesday after another failed attempt to clinch a deal with ...

Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman Giorgos Koumas came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after the Cyprus sports writers’ union withdrew an award from a journalist who had uncovered corruption within ...

The first flamingos have arrived in Larnaca’s salt lake searching for a warmer climate and food. Every year thousands of migratory birds including flamingos come to Cyprus to spend ...

The House legal committee on Thursday called for improvements to the procedural framework surrounding public contracts, amid a wave of contracts being terminated by the government in the second half ...

The window of opportunity to file an appeal after a criminal conviction should be increased from three months to six months, the House legal committee agreed on Wednesday, after a ...

Two men were arrested on Tuesday for stealing a charity contribution box inside a bakery in Ormidia. The two men, aged 21 and 23, entered the bakery and stole the charity box ...

The contractor for the now sunken Liopetri fish shelter and river development project hit back on Wednesday, calling the fracas ‘misinformation’ while it threatened legal action against the government. In ...

The head of the contractors’ association (OEV) called on all parties not to give up on talks on Wednesday, after concrete manufacture workers endorsed a renewal of the call to ...

The termination of the Paphos-Polis road construction contract has prompted strong reactions from both Disy and Akel, who blame each other and successive governments for issues affecting major public projects ...

The Cyprus Environmental movement said on Wednesday, that solar panels need to be installed on empty, non-fertile land and not in forests or agricultural fields to limit their environmental impact. “...

A 52-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation for carrying a firearm, explosives and drugs. Police issued a bulletin on Wednesday saying the previous day, the man’...

I love comfort food and the places that serve it, restaurants that evoke a sense of nostalgia, warmth, and satisfaction, reminding us of home-cooked meals or special moments. Comfort food ...

A 15-year-old hit by a car while on his moped is being treated at Nicosia general hospital, police said on Wednesday. The accident took place in Famagusta at around 9pm. ...

A 20-year-old man from Achna was released on €5,000 bail by the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Court on Tuesday after being charged with grievous bodily harm for allegedly stabbing his ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Wednesday defended the government’s actions in terminating the Paphos-Polis road contract and responded to criticism from construction company Aktor (formerly Intrakat) CEO Alexandros Exarchou, ...

A Somali woman and her husband have alleged inhumane and racist treatment in an incident that unfolded in central Nicosia on Tuesday night. Thirty-year-old Kamga Kengne was expecting his wife, ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 35-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus on Tuesday morning in connection with two theft cases, according to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou. Nikolaou said that the ...

Three men arrested after assaulting police officers and other offences, are being brought before the Larnaca district court on Wednesday. According to the police, the case unfolded on Tuesday afternoon ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating the reported theft of gold jewellery worth thousands of euros from a residence in the village of Kofinou, in Larnaca. According to the police, a ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating the theft of a large number of gold items after a search at a Nicosia gold shop turned up a stash. The owner of the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met his Azeri counterpart on the sidelines of COP29, the first such contact from the state. Kombos had a bilateral meeting with Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun ...