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Tourism arrivals fell some 8 per cent in the first seven months of this year, Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis announced on Friday. The year is expected to close with a ...

The Transparency Commissioner, Haris Poyiadjis, who heads the anti-corruption authority, told the House institutions committee on Wednesday that an announcement about the ‘black van’ spying case would be issued on ...

A fire that broke out in the basement of a hotel in the Pernara area of Protaras has prompted the precautionary evacuation of hotel guests on Friday night. According to ...

The BRICS group of emerging economies has agreed on a joint declaration, sources told Reuters on Saturday, a significant diplomatic breakthrough as its leaders began summit talks in New Delhi, ...

The former teacher of Stylianos Constantinou, the 14-year-old boy who died by suicide in 2019, told Nicosia district court on Friday that she had reported everything the child told her about ...

The transport ministry on Thursday announced a €68 million tender for the new Legal Service building, with construction scheduled to begin in April 2027. According to the ministry, the project covers the ...

The European Union abandoned a proposal for an export duty on aluminium scrap over concerns it could complicate the final signature of a free trade deal with India, sources familiar ...

The German federal prosecutor’s office on Friday filed an indictment against a Lebanese man arrested at Larnaca airport in March over his alleged involvement in a Hamas arms-supply network. ...

The need for a comprehensive assessment of the national health scheme (Gesy) was among the main issues discussed during a meeting between Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides and Akel secretary-general Stefanos ...

Outdoor cinema screenings continue in the old town of Nicosia as To Erma presents three more evenings of films in its courtyard. Amid its wooden chairs, colourful plant pots and ...

Disy accused Akel of allowing ‘ideological entanglements’ to shape Cyprus foreign policy on Friday, after the party backed a protest against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Nicosia. ...

EU countries issued 3.9 million first residence permits to non-EU citizens in 2025, an increase of 10.1 per cent from the previous year, as employment remained the main reason for people being granted ...

Nicosia municipality is intensifying mosquito spraying across the city, as more than 60 per cent of breeding sites are being found inside residential properties following recent rainfall. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Friday called for greater public participation in consultations on the city’s new local plan, saying he particularly wanted to see more young people get ...

Rising DRAM and NAND memory component costs helped drive a 12 per cent year-on-year decline in Latin America’s smartphone market in the second quarter of 2026, with cheaper devices bearing the ...

Three people were arrested in Paphos today over separate theft cases, police said on Friday. A 44-year-old man has been arrested under a court warrant for stealing goods worth €240 from ...

For an independent filmmaker, a convincing soundtrack can be harder to produce than the images themselves. Dialogue must feel performed rather than read, footsteps must match movement, ambience must establish ...

The Supreme Court ruling on the disappearance of two men from Strongylos could have implications for other 1974 missing persons cases where similar circumstances and evidence exist. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

We attracted a technology industry. We have not yet built the machinery that creates new companies here. That takes matched money, and a five-year plan. By Alexey Gubarev When I ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR)’s Cyprus representative Leslie Esther Velez on Friday met to discuss matters related to refugees and international ...

LGBT rights organisation Accept LGBTI called on police on Friday to investigate the vandalism of banners promoting the Queer Wave film festival in Kaimakli. Organisers said the banners were torn ...

Police said on Friday there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges over a complaint regarding a patient hospitalised after a medical treatment. Police confirmed they received a letter from ...

Norway’s Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late King Harald, died on Friday at the age of 94, the royal palace said in a statement. Astrid’s brother Harald ...

Israel’s military said on Friday it had killed a top Hamas commander in a Gaza airstrike a day earlier, as it presses ahead with a bombing campaign in the ...