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Cyprus on Saturday marked the anniversary of the start of the 1955-1959 struggle for independence against British colonial rule with a series of church services and other events presided over ...

Corrective measures have been taken at the airports police said on Friday, following a report that two officers posing as civilians were able to pass explosives and knives through Larnaca ...

The first national council meeting under President Nikos Christodoulides was held on Thursday and, as per usual, it did not amount to very much. It was a ‘get to know ...

The trilateral meeting between Cyprus, Greece and Israel concluded on Friday, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and his Greek and Israeli counterparts Nikos Dendias and Eli Cohen invoking the importance ...

Four more people died from Covid-19, including a 66-year-old woman, the health ministry’s weekly report said on Friday amidst relaxations to the coronavirus protocols. The new deaths raise the ...

The justice ministry, police and other key players on Friday agreed on a memorandum of understanding in tackling hooliganism, which will be binding on all parties in terms of be ...

An MP has alleged that thousands of pieces of real estate are being sold for millions of euros but are recorded as having zero value according to the Department of ...

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) on Friday said it was in touch with the foreign ministry after it released a statement expressing concerns about the force not ...

Police in Limassol said they are set to intensify checks to clampdown on bonfires in the run up to Easter. An announcement released on Thursday said that, from April 15, police ...

A UNHCR report on Monday aimed at identifying perceptions and attitudes towards refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants and comparing trends and shifts in public opinion since the last such survey in 2018. ...

During the first National Council session held under his administration, President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday briefed party leaders on his proposal for the appointment of an EU envoy to support ...

Cyprus-flagged ships are facing ‘a second Turkish embargo’ hampering Ukrainian grain exports, Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli said on Thursday. Apart from the embargo on docking at Turkish ports, ...

Cyprus’ defence ministry signed a letter of intent with the US’s New Jersey National Guard on Thursday, to be inducted into the state partnership program (SPP). Under the program, ...

Greek Cypriots cannot tolerate the voice of Turkish Cypriots, Ersin Tatar said after students protested against the Turkish Cypriot leader as he was heading to a conference at King’s ...

Police unions decried the government’s measures aimed at tackling hooliganism as “unrealistic”, while it pointed out that others already exist but are not enforced. Nikos Loizides, head of the ...

The audit service on Wednesday said it would report the defence ministry and national guard to the international organisation of supreme audit institutions over its refusal to hand over documents ...

If there was a strategic plan by politicians, parties, unions and parents associations to undermine public education and destroy its last remaining shreds of credibility it would not have gone ...

All the relevant services are better staffed and better equipped to deal with fires than they were last year, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. He was speaking after ...

Sports fans will be subjected to random alcohol and drugs tests on entry to sports venues while a permanent police team will be established to cover high-risk matches, according to ...

Around 27 migrants for every 1,000 people arrived in Cyprus from outside the EU in 2021, data released by Eurostat on Wednesday showed, also revealing 22.7 per cent of the island’s citizens were ...

About three in five Cypriots use social media to be informed, the highest percentage in the EU, the latest Eurobarometer report released on Wednesday showed. However, they are pessimistic about ...

Over 40 per cent of motorcyclists and moped drivers killed on the road in Cyprus in 2021 were not wearing a helmet, a European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) report showed on Wednesday. ...

Officers of the fire services found a charred body in a Chlorakas apartment early on Wednesday morning. It is understood that the fire broke out at 8.30am with the fire ...

In an announcement on Wednesday, the Cyprus football federation (Kop) said Thursday’s Apoel-Ael futsal cup final at Kition Sports Centre, will be held without fans, due to the recent ...