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The Fire Brigade’s 25th annual fire safety week kicked off on Monday with Justice Minister Costas Fitiris pointing out the need for better coordination between services and departments, and ...

The ending of conscripts being given posts within the ministry of defence and the general staff of the National Guard was announced on Monday by Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas. He ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Monday said he will inform cabinet about “what is going to happen” in the case regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust appeared in court on Monday, as he prepares to stand trial for his part in the “fake diploma scandal”. He faces a litany ...

The National Guard is “closely monitoring” the situation in and around the buffer zone after fears arose of heightened tensions near the buffer zone village of Pyla last week, Defence ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Sunday told United Nations undersecretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo of the need for a federal solution to the Cyprus ...

The visit of United Nations undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to Cyprus is “important”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that Lacroix’...

A 41-year-old Ukrainian national on Monday pleaded guilty to advertising and promoting the sale of property in the north which prior to 1974 belonged to Greek Cypriots. The man, named as ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has been warned that his relations with Elam may create “serious problems” for him at the European level, according to reports. Newspaper Politis wrote that Manfred Weber, ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday offered terse words for both the Greek Cypriot side and Israel for “forming an alliance against Muslim countries” during his closing address at ...

Around half of Cyprus’ livestock farmers are not expected to rebuild their operations following the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, according to the president of the Pancyprian pig farmers association, Petros ...

E-bikes were supposed to help Cyprus move into a cleaner transport era, instead, lately they have been making headlines for a very different reason. In recent weeks, police have stepped ...

New bids submitted for the Paphos–Polis road project are coming in above initial cost estimates, the transport ministry and the public works department said on Friday, stressing that the ...

A new incident of unauthorised activity was recorded on Sunday morning in the Avlona area, when ‘a Turkish farmer’ reportedly attempted to cut hay in the UN-controlled buffer zone without ...

The Turkish Cypriots are “one of two equal founding partners in Cyprus”, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed on Saturday, as he took to the stage at the Antalya diplomacy ...

A Bluetooth tracking device which was posted to a Dutch frigate. deployed to the waters off Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone last month, allowed it ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Saturday expressed bemusement at the rising costs of construction for the new road which, if completed, will link Paphos with Polis Chrysochous, with the ...

The new town hall which will be built in Larnaca “will perfectly reflect the European capital of culture” – the title which the town is set to hold in 2030 – deputy mayor ...

The total number of farms infected with foot and mouth disease in Cyprus has now risen to 101, the veterinary services department said on Saturday. It said that following the latest ...

Former attorney-general Costas Clerides on Saturday said that he will profess any information available to him regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures. “Some ...

A total of seven teenagers were involved in a road traffic collision in the Nicosia suburb of Pallouriotissa in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. The police said ...

United Nations undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will arrive in Cyprus on Sunday for a six-day visit to the island. During his stay on the island, it is expected ...

The cost of owning an unsterilised dog should be significantly higher in order to compel owners to proceed with sterilisation, the president of animal welfare organisation “Rights For Animals”, Chrysso ...

A residential building in the Yermasoyia area of Limassol is scheduled to be evacuated due to security concerns, local media reported on Friday. According to Phileleftheros, the apartment complex in ...