Archive 2022

Defence Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Friday announced the launch of a new improved system where future conscripts will be able to submit their details electronically once they reach 16 years ...

The Cyprus government says references included in a resolution, adopted on Thursday by the UN Security Council, extending the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNIFCYP) until July 31, 2022, improve ...

Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on COVID-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights. It was the second time ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday appointed former government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos as his undersecretary, following the resignation of Vasilis Palmas the previous day. In a written statement announcing the decision ...

Cyprus expects to take delivery of Pfizer’s oral antiviral medicine Paxlovid for the treatment of Covid-19 in mid or late February and has ordered sufficient quantities to cover the ...

An internet café owner in Paphos has fallen victim to online fraud after losing €7,800 following money transfers he made to a bank in Germany to pay for a quantity of ...

Dali residents held a protest outside the presidential palace on Friday as the president chaired a meeting regarding the relocation of the asphalt plants in the area that is expected ...

Delivery and installation of 80 Border Xpress Kiosks at Larnaca and Paphos airports has been completed, the transport ministry said on Friday. It said that for the implementation of the project “...

Offshore investment is a way of moving your money outside of the country in which you reside. The process of investing in an offshore jurisdiction involves using a trust, foundation, ...

A man aged 26 and a woman aged 22 are under arrest as Paphos police investigate the burglary of a house and the attempted burglary of a second one. The two suspects ...

Alisson said the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) had prevented his side from being “punished unfairly” after the Brazil goalkeeper had two red cards rescinded in Thursday’s 1-1 draw with ...

In today’s episode, a three-year-old boy, who has been hospitalised with serious heart disease at the Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia, has been denied treatment abroad because his ...

An employer was fined €7,500 after two asylum seekers were found working illegally at a Paphos building site, police said on Friday. A second fine of €2,750 was imposed on the employer’...

When all you have is a few hours outdoors a day, you take advantage of it and somehow, every small detail finally becomes seen. Back when we only had one ...

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. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Two businesses, one in Nicosia and the other in Limassol, were fined €8,000 each for SafePass violations after 1,778 checks in the government-controlled areas, police said on Friday. In total 12 businesses and 16 ...

Rafa Nadal stood one win away from a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title after overpowering Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 on Friday to reach ...

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday with nearly 100 deaths, but several large states said they expect hospital admissions to fall amid hopes that the latest ...

A 4.5 magnitude quake jolted Cyprus early on Friday, the third to be felt on the island this month, with the department of geological survey urging the public to remain calm. ...

Many crypto pros would likely remember the story of the 2010 post on an online forum by a newbie named Virtualcoin who complained about Bitcoin being risky. Virtualcoin wrote, “If somebody’...

The Larnaca Tourism Development and Promotion Company (Etap) presented on Thursday a number of upgrades and additions to both the city and district’s tourist infrastructure for 2022. “The Larnaca tourism ...

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Monday that a number of EU member states, including Cyprus, were still behind with their 5G network rollout plans. Moreover, Belgium, Bulgaria, ...

The company that owns the WeTransfer file service is cancelling its initial public offering (IPO), Europe’s first prominent tech flotation of the year, it said on Thursday, citing volatile ...

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is planning a new service that will allow small businesses to accept payments directly on their iPhones without connecting any extra hardware such as Block Inc’...