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New school need to be built as the current ones are overcrowded outdated and lack necessary equipment the House education committee said after paying a visit to two schools and ...

A video of a woman filmed driving on a Limassol highway while simultaneously handling a laptop and a mobile phone on Wednesday night has gone viral on various social media ...

Gender equality is an essential pillar of peace, sustainable development, and democracy and has advanced across several institutional levels in recent years, gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Friday ...

Iranian forces are believed to have seized a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker managed by Cyprus-based Columbia Shipmanagement after it abruptly changed course in the Gulf of Oman while sailing from the ...

A new digital platform for social care structures, designed to give the public clear and immediate access to all approved facilities under its supervision has been launched, the social welfare ...

The government aims for Cyprus to have a “hydrogen production business ecosystem” by the end of 2027 to bolster the island’s energy production, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. ...

Details that were so far unknown were presented on Friday by the prosecution during court procedures to file a case regarding the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous, who was gunned ...

Seismic activity in and around Cyprus has been “gradually reducing” in strength in the aftermath of the two strong earthquakes which struck near Paphos on Wednesday, the geological survey department ...

Larnaca’s renovated Ermou street is set to open to the public on November 19, almost one month earlier than planned, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras confirmed on Friday. The works on ...

Students and organised groups gathered on Friday to protest the unilateral declaration of northern Cyprus as a separate republic. The unilateral declaration of independence was made on November 15, 1983. Events and ...

A demonstration protesting the possible removal of 2.000 animals from the Paphiakos animal shelter near Paphos took place on Friday morning outside the town’s district court. The protest attracted volunteers ...

Turkish Cypriots reacted largely positively on Friday to the first meeting of Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, following the former’s election ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, on Thursday had his remand extended for a further seven days after having been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Thirty new constables have officially joined the British bases (SBA) police, after completing a two-year probation period marked by rigorous training and assessments, according to a statement released on Thursday. ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday upheld the Cypriot authorities’ decision to impose salary and pension cutbacks on civil servants in the midst of the 2011-2012 financial ...

A debate took place this week in the House health committee over a new bill establishing a legal framework for the creation and operation of university clinics and hospitals in ...

People employed in the broader public sector will be able to work from home, under a law passed at the House plenum on Thursday. The government legislation provides for mixed ...

Over the past two years tax authorities have managed to squeeze out an additional €29.9 million from businesses playing fast and loose with their VAT receipts, MPs heard on Thursday. The ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued to insist on a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem after his first meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman following the latter’s ...

Members of parliament on Thursday mulled the prospect of giving the Paphos district another parliamentary seat and, in turn, taking one away from the Nicosia district, with a final vote ...

To address declining birth rates, Archbishop Georgios announced on Thursday the immediate launch of a new financial support scheme for families with more than three children, amounting to around €2 million ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio to the presidential palace, marking the first ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to the island. The ...

A small boat with a total of 21 Syrian nationals on board arrived in Cyprus, near the village of Rizokarpaso, on Thursday morning. The 21 people, all male, were spotted by the ...

Seismic activity in and around Cyprus is “expected to ease” after the two strong earthquakes which struck near Paphos on Wednesday, geological survey department director Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou said on Thursday. ...