Archive 2021

Police said on Friday they had issued fines to 28 individuals and five establishments in the past 24 hours for various violations of Covid health and safety measures. The force said it ...

The honeymoon period did not last long for Inter Milan. In May, Milan was awash with fans waving flags and singing songs outside the city’s iconic Duomo (cathedral) to ...

The EU’s border agency is trialling new high-tech surveillance equipment to detect migrant boats, just as rapid gains by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have raised the prospect of a ...

The number of Cypriots travelling abroad this year is low, according to the Association of Travel Agents President Vassilis Stamataris. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Friday, Stamataris said ...

The Famagusta for Cyprus initiative has set up a phone line refugees can call for advice regarding their properties in the fenced area of Varosha. The group said they have ...

A total of 76.3 per cent of the adult population had received the first jab against the coronavirus and 69.9 per cent were fully vaccinated by August 12, the health ministry said on ...

Police in Limassol were trying to track down football fans who took part in clashes on Thursday night that saw eight vehicles damaged and one destroyed by fire. The clashes ...

If dating wasn’t hard enough already, the pandemic has made it even trickier. Social distancing, numerous lockdowns and strict measures aren’t the sexiest way of flirtation and just ...

By Paul Lambis Over the years, I have discovered that being different is important in life, and that your individuality is the best thing about you. Some people have wired ...

About 90 per cent of patients with coronavirus who are hospitalised at the Famagusta referral hospital for Covid have not been vaccinated, Amalia Hadjiyianni, the facility’s scientific director said on ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday appointed a new minister in charge of recovery from natural disasters in a bid to defuse growing anger over the struggle to curb ...

Emergency workers battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey’s Black Sea region on Friday, as the death toll rose to 27 in the second natural disaster to strike the country ...

A Cypriot citizen wanted by the authorities since 2019 for financial crimes was arrested on Sunday in Germany and is being held there while awaiting extradition to the island. The suspect ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

State officials welcomed the Cypriot firefighting mission who returned from Greece early on Friday after battling “some of the worst fires” for more than a week in Attica and Evia. ...

Visitors at the Parasolia beach in Kiti on Thursday were thrilled to see scores of newly hatched baby turtles making their way to the water. The baby loggerhead sea turtles, (...

With champions Manchester City opening their Premier League campaign on Sunday, the mostly likely challengers for their crown — Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United — all have a chance to make a ...

A 65-year-old man is under arrest and two more suspects are wanted on suspicion of fraud by false representation, police said on Friday. The alleged offence was reported to the ...

Enchanting events coming up at CyHerbia Park If you haven’t been to CyHerbia Botanical Park & Labyrinth yet, it’s a charming place to go with a woodland, seasonal ...

Cyprus is ranked 18th on the 2020 Global Youth Development Index released by the Commonwealth Secretariat. The platform measures the status of young people in 181 countries around the world. The index ...

Hundreds more defence personnel will deploy next week to Sydney to help enforce the city’s lockdown after authorities on Friday reported the biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases from ...

Larnaca Municipality is pressing ahead with development plans for the town that include a centre on underwater archaeology and the relocation of some municipal offices to the old hospital, its ...

The Premier League is back and so, at last, are packed-out stadiums as the 2021-22 campaign gets under way. Here, the PA news agency picks out five of the main ...

High rents and the cost of buying an apartment in Cyprus, and especially in Limassol, are among the main problems young people face today. This is a phenomenon that has ...