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With the Uefa Under-17 Championship set to begin on Monday, Cyprus is for the first time about to host a major football tournament.A total of 31 football matches will take place between Monday and the final on June 5, with 16 young international teams set to take to the pitch.Four games are set...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet with Chinese ambassador Liu Yantao on Monday to discuss the ongoing and escalating spat between Chinese-led construction firm CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC) and Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (Etyfa) over the under-construction liquefied natural gas...

"I am in contact with Ms Holguin and myself personally, but also with some European Union (EU) and non-EU member states, such as Permanent Members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, to see how to create prospects for the resumption of the talks," the President of the Republic said...

The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Christodoulides attended today the opening of the wheelchair basketball match organized by the American International School in Cyprus and the Wheelchair Basketball Committee of the Cyprus Basketball Federation, at the "Kostas Papayellinas" Stadium. In his...

A total of 310 pallets of humanitarian aid were unloaded from ships onto the temporary jetty off the coast of Gaza on the first day of its operation on Friday, according to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).The IDF said on Saturday that they take control of the aid when it arrives in Gaza, saying...

A waiter stabbed a customer during a dispute over the customer’s bill at a restaurant in Karavas on Friday evening.The incident took place at around 11.30pm, with the waiter, aged 30, having used a knife he had on his person to stab the 48-year-old customer in the back of his left shoulder blade...

People should “not turn their backs on the electoral process”, chief electoral officer Elikkos Elia said on Saturday.Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) with three weeks to go until the reformed local and European elections on June 9, he said people should “go to the polls and vote with...

The Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment announces that today at 12:50 a fire broke out near the community of Photi. The fire was brought under full control at 13:20, after burning an area of half a decade with low wild vegetation. Eight...

Cyprus was given a score of just 34 per cent for the human rights situation and living standards of its LGBT population.The score was published by LGBT advocacy group Ilga-Europe, which ranked and rated 48 European countries’ LGBT human rights and living standards, with its findings published on...

Cyprus may have been inhabited long before was previously thought, according to a new study.The study, carried out by researchers at the Flinders University in the Australian city of Adelaide, led by Professor Corey Bradshaw, showed analysis of archaeological dating from the 10 oldest sites on...

🎷 ETKO invites you to an evening of jazz music with the phenomenal Kilian Sladek and the Leonid Nesterov Trio This vibrant event in the cultural life of Limassol will showcase the musical charm of Cyprus and the international jazz scene, as well as provide the opportunity to spend an evening...

The 23-year-old driver of a car which ran a 77-year-old woman over and killed her was remanded in custody for four days on Saturday. The incident had taken place on Friday morning, with the woman walking on a road in the village of Kokkinotrimithia when she was run over. The man reportedly then...

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces the official opening of the new Post Office in the Livadia area. The ceremony was held yesterday, Friday, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Mr. Alexis Vafeades, the Metropolitan of Kition, Members...

Does anyone need to go to Moscow soon? Georgian Airways website has tickets from Larnaca via Tbilisi with luggage for 355€. ✈️ Departing from Larnaca to Tbilisi on May 20 at 16:00, arriving at 18:50. ✈️ Departure from Tbilisi to Moscow on May 21 at 11:00, arrival at 13:00. A walk in the...

Police in Limassol arrested a 26-year-old man on Friday night, three months after he had allegedly attacked someone, causing serious bodily harm.They described the man’s arrest as “incidental”, having engaged in a car chase with him without knowing initially who he was.The chase took place at...