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May asks EU for Brexit extension to June 30

British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote to European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday asking for a delay of Brexit until up to June 30, but said she still hopes to get Britain out of the EU earlier to avoid it participating in European elections...

UK and Cyprus agree to closer defence and security ties

Limassol port truckers threaten bigger strike

Truck drivers outside Limassol port staged a work stoppage for a second day in a row to protest conditions that they describe as causing problems and delays...

Three women busted on prostitution charges

Three women have been arrested on prostitution-related charges, following a raid in a Larnaca apartment that police described as an illegal brothel...

Bus strike in Limassol ends for now

Bus drivers in Limassol got behind the wheel on Friday, suspending a strike following a meeting between trade union representatives and the ministers of labour and transport...

Training of Turkish pilots on F-35 jets to continue, Pentagon says

The Pentagon said on Thursday it would continue training Turkish pilots on two F-35 jets at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, despite a dispute over Ankara’s plans to purchase a Russian air defense system....

Motive still unclear in Cypriot woman’s murder

Police in South Africa are investigating the murder of a woman of Greek and Cypriot origins, who was gunned down by a group of men outside her residence in Mpumalanga province...

Bomb scare calls keep coming in

There was another bomb scare in Paphos on Thursday with police ordering the evacuation of a middle school in Yeroskipou following a bomb threat over the phone...

State to appeal Court decision on salary cuts

Underhanded lawyer put behind bars

A private attorney who was convicted in a case of fraud and deception has been sentenced to four months for violating ethics and forging the signature of the state’s attorney general...

Pence warns Turkey against buying Russian missiles

Driver loses appeal in Tseriou fatal accident

The driver sentenced last year in the death of Styliana Papageorgiou, who was struck while trying to cross the street with her son, has lost an appeal with the Supreme Court...

App offers alcohol calculator for drivers

A recent study is back on the news following many accidents and road safety campaigns, busting myths about driving under the influence and helping drivers get a better grip on substance abuse...

New Greek Cypriot CMP representative named

There is a new Greek Cypriot representative on the Committee on Missing Persons, with media reports saying his predecessor had raised a number of questions prior to his departure...

Drug suspect nabbed while 'digging'

A man in Paphos has been arrested in a sting operation after cops caught him red handed digging out a nylon bag filled with cannabis...

Rudolf gets seven months in the north

A Turkish Cypriot court in the north has sentenced Rudolf to seven months, while authorities in the south are still asking for him and Sifis to be handed over to face attempted murder charges...

Votes in eight Istanbul districts to be recounted

Paphos cops respond to school bomb scare

Police in Paphos are trying to identify and locate the person behind a bomb threat that caused an immediate evacuation at a local high school on Wednesday...

Government to appeal court decision on salary cuts

An economy in transition

Nicosia residents speak up against firecrackers

Concerned citizens are alarmed over the illegal use of firecrackers outside APOEL football club in Nicosia, where reports said teens were having fun with firecrackers ending up in the busy street...

Dad faces life sentence over son's death

A Romanian couple in Paphos is facing homicide and manslaughter charges following the death of their baby infant, with the father reportedly saying he gave false initial statements out of fear of losing custody of his other children...

Large fire burning in northwestern Peloponnese

Fifty firemen with 20 vehicles were fighting a large blaze that started in a forested area of western Achaia on Tuesday afternoon, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported....

Patient handcuffed at Nicosia hospital

A man has been detained at the Emergency Room for reportedly getting upset and hitting a cleaning lady after being asked to pay before seeing a doctor...

President Anastasiades: Political cost preferable to letting go of Finance Minister

Second wave of drugs washed ashore

A second suspicious package that washed ashore on the western coast turned out be 30 kilos of hashish, just a few days after a similar package had been found in the area...

Greek PM arrives in North Macedonia for 'historic' visit

Crete’s power supply remains vulnerable without EuroAsia Interconnector

Kurd facing extradition could soon make bail

A Kurdish man wanted by German authorities on terrorism related charges could soon walk free on bail following his extradition hearing at the Larnaca courthouse...

Greek PM travels to North Macedonia