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1831. Cheryl Pearce of Australia appointed new UNFICYP Commander

1832. Murder suspect wanted in the north faces deportation

A Pakistani male, who is wanted in the north for killing a Turkish Cypriot artist, remains locked up in the south on illegal entry violations, while previous reports of a possible murder investigation by CID Limassol have been retracted...

1833. Criminal trial begins for Larnaca abductor

The criminal trial in the Larnaca abduction case began on Monday, with suspect Yiorgos “George” Nicolaou facing charges of kidnapping and drugging two school boys...

1834. Minister weighs in on Paphos doctor strike

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has issued a public response to state union doctors in Paphos going on rolling strikes, pointing out inconsistencies in their position...

1835. State launches new call centre

Members of the public who need to call the government regarding their citizen cases can now call the 1434 national number to get more information or submit a support ticket...

1836. Paphos resident succumbs to injuries a week after accident

A senior citizen, who had been living in Paphos, died in hospital Tuesday evening following a serious accident last week when he was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross the road...

1837. Five die as storms, high winds batter Italy

1838. Cars on the highway go bumper to bumper

Drivers on the highway are on the Stop-And-Go this week due to maintenance work that has been scheduled to take place between 8am and 4:30pm for the next ten days...

1839. Third female arrested in Nicosia brothel case

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a sex trafficking case, following the remand of two other women accused of being involved in running an illegal brothel in Nicosia...

1840. Cops out and about to catch texting drivers

Traffic police will be watching out for distracted drivers this week, during a weeklong campaign against drivers using their mobile phones or otherwise not driving hands-free...

1841. President to inform public after meeting with Jane Holl Lute

1842. Anastasiades: Dherynia and Lefka Crossings to open 12 November

1843. Leaders meeting underway

1844. Religious leaders welcome meeting between Anastasiades and Akinci

1845. Spehar: Anastasiades-Akinci meeting a significant step

1846. Turkey says Russian S-400 system installation to begin in October 2019

1847. Averof and Ozdil meet to talk about a common future

1848. Nicosia pleads with Athens over energy linkup

1849. President to table detailed proposal on a devolved federation

1850. More agencies sign up under new golden visa rules

Over four hundred agents in Cyprus are seeking a permit to be golden visa providers as criticism from the EU and stricter terms introduced by the government point to fierce competition among them...

1851. Conference to shed light on city’s buffer zone

Nicosia will host the 5th Anniversary Conference of the 7 Most Endangered programme, in an effort to mobilise efforts to save Europe’s most threatened monuments and heritage sites...

1852. Meghan and Harry at Bondi Beach

1853. US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell to visit Cyprus

1854. Cobalt Air license revoked, company recorded €30 million losses per year

1855. Cyprus talks: Anastasiades to meet Akinci on October 26

1856. Cobalt expresses regret as airline ceases operations

Travelers who were scheduled to fly back on Cypriot carrier Cobalt Air will have to get their own one-way return tickets, following a company decision to ground all its flights...

1857. Man in north accused of raping daughter

A father in the north has been remanded in custody following allegations that he raped his teenage daughter on multiple occasions....

1858. More drivers get high behind the wheel

Cyprus police officers are bit more than they can chew this year as they found three out of four tested drivers were under the influence of drugs...

1859. Cyprus will fall back to winter time normally

Daylight Saving Time will end normally on October 28 despite some EU states trying to opt out and people debating online whether they like to fall back or spring forward...

1860. Cyprus issue: not about virgin birth

I get the feeling that, after so many years of dialogue with the other side, we never actually had a conversation with ourselves...