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Over a tonne of cables which belong to the electricity authority (EAC) were seized during nationwide inspections of scrap metal trading premises, the police said on Thursday. The operation involved ...

Two women have been arrested on Thursday over a TikTok livestream in which a child with Down syndrome was allegedly encouraged to expose himself. The police said the arrests were ...

A red alert for forest fire risk will remain active on Friday, the forestry department said on Thursday. The status has been maintained since Tuesday, with high summer temperatures being ...

Building children’s mental resilience from early-years education has become a central priority as schools expand support services to address mental health, bullying and violence, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said ...

Investigators have widened their inquiry into a cache of firearms discovered at a house in the Larnaca district village of Oroklini after identifying possible connections between the 38-year-old suspect and ...

Most public preschools, high schools, and nearly all middle schools will begin the new school year with air conditioning installed, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, as the government ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos has said that he is “delighted” that United States President Donald Trump has taken an interest in energy production in the region around Cyprus. “I believe ...

Repairs to two electricity generation units at the Dhekelia and Vasiliko power stations are expected to be completed on Thursday, a move that could restore reserve capacity to the grid ...

A two-metre-long ditch which has opened up next to a road between the Paphos district villages of Emba and Tala poses a serious safety risk for motorists, the Paphos police ...

Authorities on Thursday continued a crackdown on illegal caravans and makeshift structures along Larnaca’s coastline, carrying out a second operation days after clearing a beach next to the Larnaca ...

Researchers at the Cyprus institute of neurology and genetics have identified genes consistently affected by exposure to weightlessness, in findings that could protect astronauts during future missions. The research was ...

A total of 146 animals died after a fire broke out on a farm near the Kyrenia district village of Koutsoventis, the Turkish Cypriot police said. The fire reportedly broke out ...

Two people were injured after a motorcycle collided with a tree in the Paphos district, the police said on Thursday. According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday, with ...

Authorities began imposing electricity cuts in different parts of Cyprus from 6.52pm on Wednesday, as demand exceeded available generation capacity. According to an announcement by the Electricity Authority the affected ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that the European Union’s involvement in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem was now substantive rather than symbolic, as he reiterated that progress ...

An orange weather warning was issued for extreme high temperatures on Thursday, with the mercury set to rise to a whopping 44 degrees Celsius. The warning will be in force between 12...

The Legal Service will examine whether evidence gathered during the VideoGate investigation supports possible offences involving two individuals, it was reported on Wednesday. Government investigator Andreas Paschalides identified two areas ...

The Turkish government on Wednesday issued a navtex informing nearby ships that it intends to commence seismic surveys for the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus. ...

Serious shortcomings in staffing practices and overtime payments at Limassol municipality were identified in a report by the Audit Office released on Tuesday, which warned of a sustained pattern of ...

Ten students got full marks in the Pancyprian exams, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou announced on Wednesday as 3,113 students secured places at Cyprus universities and Greek military academies. “The Pancyprian exams ...

By Antonia Christou As Cyprus handed back the rotating presidency of the EU Council on June 30, one of its more consequential environmental marks is also one of its least publicised. ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Tuesday met Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Kemal Bozay in Nicosia, with the former having been something of an outlier in refusing to offer ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Tuesday made a ‘surprise’ visit to the central prisons, less than 48 hours after inmates there started a fire that led to one officer being hospitalised ...

In the ongoing trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou on Tuesday, the defence suggested that the quantity of narcotics presented as evidence is not the same as that seized by police ...