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Paphos municipality has secured a double distinction at the 2024 Cyprus Green Cities & Green Communities Awards, the municipality announced. Specifically, Paphos was named “Green City of Cyprus” for two projects: ...

The police are investigating the death of an infant in Nicosia, which appears to have been forgotten in a car. The nine-month-old child was taken to hospital by ambulance, however ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday welcomed a selection of Turkish Cypriots to the presidential palace to speak about next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set ...

Voters over a hundred years old will be removed from the voting registry if they are not receiving a pension, the interior ministry said on Friday, explaining that an amendment ...

Organising car races in the Paphos state forest, a Natura 2000 special protection zone, violates both national and EU legislation on nature and biodiversity conservation, environmental organisation Terra Cypria said on ...

Cyprus is facing a deepening energy crisis as homeowners who invested in solar power find themselves repeatedly cut off from the grid. Despite the government’s strong push for renewable ...

A return to politics and to Cyprus may be on the cards for Huseyin Ozgurgun, the former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ who fled the north to Istanbul in 2019 after 16 million ...

The presence of migrant facilities in the heart of the Paralimni-Deryneia tourist area is tarnishing the municipality’s image and damaging the region’s reputation as a top travel destination, ...

The restructuring of local government hit another snag on Friday as municipalities threatened to halt payments if their budgets are not approved by the end of the month. The interior ...

Ali Murat Basceri on Friday formally recommenced his duties as Turkey’s ambassador in the north, submitting his credentials to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Tatar’s official residence ...

A new agreement to upgrade the Solomou Square bus station and promote sustainable mobility in Nicosia was signed on Friday. The deal, between the transport ministry and Nicosia municipality, aims ...

Children’s state allowances were withheld to offset outstanding social insurance contributions, the Hope For Children policy centre said on Friday. However, the social welfare services later announced that arrangements ...

The Cyprus state scholarships foundation (Ikyk) has reportedly spent the last 15 years renting out a building valued at €615,000 for as little as €500 per month to the law firm which used ...

There is “no suspicion of disciplinary misconduct” regarding any public servant over the flooding of a drug storage warehouse last year, a report into the matter found. The report, which ...

The Cypriot government is ramping up efforts to tackle the housing crisis, with nearly 1,900 new residential units expected under the “Build to Rent” scheme, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on ...

The government plans to install an ATM at the Kykkos monastery, according to reports which surfaced on Friday. The monastery is one of ten planned locations outlined by the government ...

A 12-year-old boy diagnosed with Influenza B died on Friday at the Makarios hospital. The child had been hospitalised and was on Thursday admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at ...

Spring’s must-go event for the island’s cinephiles and creatives, the 23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2025, will offer a rich agenda of side events and workshops to accompany ...

A call for items linked to the history and culture of Paphos was made by the town’s municipal authorities on Friday as the creation of municipal museums was announced. ...

New illegal refreshment kiosks have sprung up in Akamas within the Natura 2000 Network area, NGO Terra Cypria said on Friday. “We have reported the violations in detail and now it ...

Concerns over the future of two of Cyprus’ most important wetlands intensified on Friday, with environmental groups warning of mounting threats to their survival. The federation of environmental organisations of ...

Resurfacing works on the Nicosia to Limassol highway will continue next week, starting at the Alambra exit, the department of public works said on Friday. The works will begin at 8...

The mighty Mouflons are hungry for victory and ready for their next fixture in the Rugby Europe Men’s Conference, when they’ll be looking to settle the score with ...

The Cypriot, Greek and Israeli foreign ministers touched on trade and electrical interconnectivity between their states, and positioned themselves regarding the US, Gaza, Syria, and the Middle East during their ...