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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 and asking, “what exactly are we waiting for to intervene?”.

Akel expressed its opposition to plans to rename Kemal Ataturk Street in Paphos’ Moutallos neighbourhood, describing the plans as “untimely and inappropriate” after a meeting of the Paphos town council on Monday night.

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 said on Tuesday evening.

A truly exciting musical festivity is coming to Technopolis 20 in collaboration with the Petridio Foundation and the Municipality of Paphos: the first Technopolis 20 Jazz Festival.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday the Labour Party will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, after he announced he was establishing a national commission to look at reform.

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 may be the “only president not to negot…

Five defendants in the private criminal prosecution by Thanasis Nicolaou’s family pleaded not guilty on Tuesday after the court rejected previous and new pre-trial objections.

The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Tuesday voted for the second time to alter the way in which legislative elections are held ahead of a likely election in December, defying Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, who vetoed the law after it was passed thr…

US President Donald Trump said he has offered Iran nothing to end the war, rejecting media reports that cited US officials saying he was willing to ease sanctions and release frozen funds for “concrete” steps regarding Iran’s nuclear programme.

We visited Pingy Pongo for Peace, a bicommunal table-tennis event in Nicosia – organised by Pingy Pongo and HADE – bringing together people from both sides of the island for friendly play, connection and language exchange.

Four minors were found driving without licences during a police operation targeting juvenile delinquency in Polis Chrysochous on Tuesday.

Greece will return to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Bulgarian medieval ruler Tsar Samuel under an accord signed on Tuesday that also provides for the transfer of other historic and religious artefacts between the two Balkan neighbours.

The communities in the area earmarked as the site for the new central prisons said on Tuesday they will air their grievances directly to Justice Minister Costas Fitiris when they meet him.

Proceedings in suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos’ trial were postponed on Tuesday due to the illness of a prosecution witness.

Gaps in the way patients are referred and transferred between medical facilities can, in some cases, leave them “in the middle”, without anyone clearly responsible for their care, a report published on Tuesday by the Patient Advocate’s Office found.

Japanese startup Helical Fusion expects to begin preliminary power-on tests at its demonstration fusion reactor in 2027, it said on Tuesday, a step towards its goal of becoming a global leader in commercial nuclear fusion energy.

A new project comes to Nicosia’s Old City and changes the way we encounter art PSI Foundation makes its first appearance in Nicosia with a satellite exhibition that takes video art beyond the boundaries of a conventional exhibition space and brings it into

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 Veterinary Services said on Tuesday.

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 Tuesday.

By Karen Taylor Theatre has always linked peoples, even when the language on stage is unfamiliar.

A 56-year-old man was sentenced to 17 years in prison over the possession of 37.5kg of cannabis with intent to supply, police said on Tuesday.

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.

The Little Heroes Foundation held two events in Cyprus last week to raise awareness of childhood cancer as part of Gold September, the international childhood cancer awareness month, it said on Tuesday.

Get out the jumpers – well, figuratively speaking, this island has beach weather up until the end of November – pop the kettle on and settle in!

Cyprus’ deep-tech ecosystem has grown to more than 150 start-ups, backed by almost €1 billion in competitive research and innovation funding over the past decade, according to ecosystem mapping presented at the University of Cyprus.

Spain, Portugal, and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to set a 2040 target to expand renewable energy, in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, setting up a clash with other EU countries who want the goal to include nuclear power.

When people use AI search, generate images, or ask an AI assistant to handle a task, they usually see only the result on a screen.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards spokesperson on Tuesday called US President Donald Trump a “big liar”, accusing him of concealing the truth from Americans about Iran’s nuclear programme and the effectiveness of Iran’s blockade of energy supplies from the…

Cyprus’ Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has more than tripled the number of EU state aid provisions it uses to fund research and innovation, expanding from three key articles in 2016 to ten today, officials said this week.

Tonight, September 29, buildings and landmarks in various parts of Cyprus will be illuminated in red to mark World Heart Day.

French civil servants went on strike on Tuesday and high school students blocked the entrances to schools in a show of discontent with planned budget cuts ahead of next year’s presidential election.

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 I went though in 2023”.

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Cyprus Investment Firms have been told they cannot retain interest generated on client funds held with banks, after Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) adopted a new European supervisory position and withdrew its previous guidance with immed…

Lindsay Clancy will return to court on Tuesday for a key hearing, as prosecutors weigh whether to retry the Massachusetts woman on murder charges for killing her three young children in 2023 and her lawyers push for the case’s dismissal.

The statistical service (Cystat) on Tuesday reported that the Industrial Production Index recorded an annual increase of 1.5 per cent in July 2026.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using the same campaign playbook that has served him for decades as he tries to retain power in an election next month, presenting himself as the only person who can keep Israelis safe in a hostile region.

OpenAI has scrapped the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation AI model planned for an October debut, after internal testing found the system did not meet the company’s safety and alignment standards, the ChatGPT maker confirmed on Monday.

Police have traced the car and suspected driver involved in a hit-and-run which injured two pedestrians in Paralimni in the early hours of Sunday.

Most banks will walk into 2027 dragging the same core they installed decades ago.

Students with a migrant background scored higher than their Cypriot peers across reading, mathematics and science in the latest PISA survey, according to results presented by the education ministry on Friday.

Legal tools for evacuating dangerous buildings are “time consuming and ineffective”, Limassol EOA chairman Yiannis Tsouloftas stressed on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony on Thursday that promoted the evacuation of the whole block.

There are no bodies remaining in the wreckage of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last month, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday, with 13 people remaining unaccounted for 26 days after the ferry sank.

The labour inspection service will carry out checks across the construction industry next month, targeting undeclared workers.

Students, tourism representatives, officials and visitors took part in a beach clean-up at Finikoudes in Larnaca on Friday as part of activities marking World Tourism Day.

European Union member countries have agreed a deal to release €6.6 billion in EU funds linked to military aid for Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday.

Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs are to discuss help for Saudi Arabia as it faces attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while Iraq further curtailedIranian flights on Friday in line with US pressure, and an Iranian official threatened retaliation.

Global equity funds attracted the most inflows since early July in the week to September 25, snapping a two-week selling streak as enthusiasm around artificial intelligence and a pullback of oil prices outweighed a sharp rise in government bond yields.

The request that Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci not be referred to as a mayor at the Cyprus Forum came directly from “Republic of Cyprus officials”, the forum’s executive president Nicolas Kyriakides said on Friday.

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