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Two men who fired shots in the air at a wedding reception in Mesogi, near Paphos, are set to face trial on October 10, Paphos district court ruled on Tuesday. The ...

Tuesday will initially be clear. As the day progresses, increased clouds are expected to bring rains and possibly isolated storms and hail, mainly in the mountains and inland. Temperatures will ...

The state will roll out digital IDs in the upcoming year, deputy minister for innovation Nikodemos Damianou said on Monday. Meanwhile, it also emerged that the deputy ministry is mulling ...

Cyprus and Greece are cooperating fully to create the preconditions for the resumption of substantive negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Speaking at the ...

Peace in the hotel sector has been put on hold as trade unions dismissed an intermediary proposal put forward by the labour ministry for the renewal of the industry’s ...

Climate change, green transition, drought and the shortage of water were among issues raised by agricultural organisations at a meeting with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski ...

An 18-year-old woman was arrested at Larnaca airport when 25kg and 612gr of cannabis were found in her luggage. The police said the young woman arrived in Cyprus from Thailand ...

Disy MP Averof Neophytou on Monday slammed the government for what he called reckless spending on payroll, even citing himself as a beneficiary of this ‘largesse’. Speaking on a television ...

Former transport minister in the Anastasiades government, Marios Demetriades, has been charged in the golden passports scandal, for offences related to corruption, bribery and money laundering. A case was filed ...

The University of Cyprus has been derelict in its management of a contract regarding the construction of facilities on its premises, with cost overruns expected to reach €2.6 million, the auditor-general ...

The streaming platform Netflix’s decision to air the series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece on Monday, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has been discharged from hospital after his admission over the weekend. In a post on Facebook, Akinci said he had felt dizzy, faint and ...

A 51-year-old woman’s car in Limassol was deliberately set on fire with the flames engulfing a nearby vehicle too, police said on Monday. The case is being investigated as ...

All chemical products containing hazardous substances will be obliged to have a unique formula identifier (UFI) code as of January 1, 2025, the labour inspection department announced on Monday. According to data ...

Customs seized hundreds of cigarette cartons and tobacco from two Turkish Cypriots attempting to go to London from Larnaca, it emerged on Monday. During checks on their four suitcases on ...

The European Union’s ‘Med9’ states’ agriculture ministers on Monday called for a “holistic approach” to water, which will ensure that the region’s inhabitants can live sustainably in the ...

A 57-year-old boat driver was arrested on Monday after he was caught on video appearing to deliberately hit a swimmer at a beach in Protaras. The video was filmed by ...

Meet Gracie the cat. In the last week alone, she’s reached over 30 million people. She has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. But, unlike most influencers, she ...

By Joanne Prime It was with great pleasure that I sailed with Silversea onboard their original flagship Silver Spirit. A five-night treat sailing from Barcelona along the beautiful coast to ...

The government is in talks with a number of stakeholders over the Great Sea Interconnector project, with a key aim of ensuring reduced electricity prices to the public, President Nikos ...

The updated development plan for the Aphrodite gas field is moving “in the right direction” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, while sources suggested the government would be issuing its ...

Housing is the main issue students are facing, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday during a visit to the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) in Limassol. The president visited Tepak, ...

Cyprus on Monday became the first country to announce the name of its entry into the 2025 Eurovision song contest, with Theo Evan set to represent the island in Basel. Theo ...

A man was arrested after taking a total of €2,000 on the promise that he would help illegally transport migrants from the Republic to the north. He was summoned by the ...