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Upgrading Cyprus’ deterrent capabilities remains a “top priority”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, as he highlighted increased defence spending and efforts to modernise the National Guard. Speaking during a ...

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder and rape of a 26-year-old woman following a violent attack at a hotel in the Famagusta ...

A new €20 million government grant scheme offering households up to €32,000 to improve their homes’ energy efficiency will open for applications on October 20, the energy ministry announced on Wednesday. The 2026 Save ...

Attorney-general George Savvides warned on Wednesday that the government’s proposed reform of his office could face a constitutional challenge as soon as a newly established public prosecutor begins filing ...

Awarding citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus to children born to one parent who is Turkish Cypriot and one who is a third-country national cannot be considered a confidence-building measure, ...

A total of 27.5 kilograms of ketamine, as well as smaller amounts of other substances including cannabis, mephedrone, MDMA and cocaine, were found in an apartment in Limassol, police said on ...

Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday offered stern criticism for President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem, saying that in almost a decade on the political frontline, ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Wednesday said that the implementation of confidence-building measures between Cyprus’ two sides is not a condition which must be fulfilled for an enlarged meeting on ...

There have not been any recorded incidents of human-to-human transmission of the virus that was detected in birds at Athalassa park earlier this week, infectious disease expert Petros Karayiannis said ...

A second bird flu case was confirmed by the veterinary services on Wednesday at Athalassa park in Nicosia. The death of the duck follows the announcement on Monday that goose ...

The president of the Nicosia school board said on Wednesday that the Audit Office’s findings on safety issues with air conditioning units in schools were “somewhat exaggerated”. Nikos Megalemos ...

A second bird flu case was confirmed by the veterinary services on Wednesday at Athalassa park in Nicosia. The death of the goose follows the announcement on Monday that a ...

Around 45 primary school children got a close look at life inside an animal shelter this week, meeting abandoned dogs and learning that caring for a pet is a lifelong responsibility, ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Tuesday revived the idea of a tramway being built in the capital, stressing the problems faced by the current state of public transport in Nicosia ...

An eighteenth body has been recovered from the seas surrounding the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last month, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou raised the curtain on his 2028 presidential election campaign on Tuesday with criticism of incumbent President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem, warning that he ...

Visitors have been warned not to approach or feed birds at Nicosia’s Athalassa park after H5N1 avian influenza was detected in a goose at a lake there, the ...

Giving people of Cyprus a voice in government policies is at the heart of several initiatives that aim to boost participatory democracy, President Nikos Christodoulides told the Cyprus Forum on ...

Only 3.5 per cent of young people in Cyprus live in overcrowded households, putting the island below all other European Union member states, where the average stood at 26.9 per cent in 2025. ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday said he did not announce his candidacy for president “just to be a candidate” as he insisted he would not “go through what ...

A total of 335 buildings across Larnaca district have been classified as dangerous, with 189 falling into the highest risk category and being dealt with as a priority, the Larnaca district local ...

MPs said no on Monday to the release of €146,000 to upgrade traffic camera systems and to the photo radar list, which would enable authorities to collect outstanding fines at crossing ...

House President and Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Monday announced that she will stand for the party’s nomination to be its candidate at the 2028 presidential election. “I feel the ...

In 2025, just 1.9 per cent of Cypriots aged 16 and over consumed alcohol daily, falling significantly below the European Union average of 4.8 per cent, according to Eurostat data released on Monday. While ...