Coronavirus: Three flights depart from Larnaca on Thursday (Updated)
Three flights departed from Larnaca on Thursday, carrying foreign nationals back to their countries. A total of 103 people left for Kiev at 9.30am, while...
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Production of new Hollywood film in Cyprus to go ahead as planned
Man of War, the second Hollywood film by director and producer Dimitri Logothetis, continues in its pre-production stage according to plan, despite the global Covid-19...
Increased levels of dust in the atmosphere
There will be high levels of dust in the atmosphere on Thursday, the labour inspection department warned. Because the dust has high levels of small...
Coronavirus: CyTA donates €300,000 for medical equipment
CyTA will donate €300,000 to the ministry of health for the immediate provision of respirators and nursing equipment to help treat people with coronavirus, its...
Blood bank makes call for donors after slowest day ever
The blood bank has made an appeal for donations after the lowest ever amount of blood was donated on Tuesday when not a single new...
Coronavirus: five new cases recorded in north
Five new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the north on Wednesday, bringing the total number there to 47. Late on Wednesday ‘health minister’ Ali...
Coronavirus: Three patients could be released Monday
Three patients being treated for Covid-19 in the Famagusta general hospital could be released later on Monday is a second test shows that they are...
Coronavirus: doctors who give daily briefings isolated after contact with known case
The two doctors employed by the ministry of health to announce the new cases of coronavirus each day have themselves been told to self isolate...
Coronavirus: Suspected patient gives hospital staff, police the slip
A patient being held in Nicosia general hospital with suspected coronavirus apparently gave both hospital staff and the police the slip on Saturday, Phileleftheros reported...
Coronavirus: More passengers set to leave on Sunday (updated)
Three flights are due to leave from Larnaca airport later on Sunday and one from Paphos, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Sunday. It...
Cruise ship docked in Limassol lesves
A cruise ship docked in Limassol port left the island on Sunday morning. The ship, part of Celebrity Constellation Cruises, came from India and was...
Coronavirus: One more case in the north
One more case of coronavirus was announced in the north on Saturday night, bringing the total there to 35, of which 31 are German tourists....
Police patrol against noise, firecrackers in run up to Easter (updated)
Police on Sunday said they are continuing their campaign across the island against public nuisance, the lighting of fires and the throwing of fire crackers...
Coronavirus: first patient in Cyprus dies
A patient who had been infected with coronavirus at the Paphos general hospital died on Saturday, the ministry of health said in a statement late...
Memorial service marking 18 years since former President Spyros Kyprianou’s death
A memorial service was held on Sunday for former president of Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou. The memorial was carried out by Limassol Bishop Athanasios at Limassol’s...
Parades mark the end of carnival season
The carnival season was due to be brought to a close on Sunday evening with a party in Limassol starting at 9pm at the old...
Pole from protective barrier ends up in man’s leg in car crash
A 25-year-old man from Larnaca will be operated on at Nicosia general hospital following a traffic accident which saw a pole that formed part of...
Further patient tests negative for Covid-19
A patient who reported to the Limassol general hospital on Saturday who had recently travelled to Milan tested negative for Covid-19, the health minister said...
Akinci hopes ‘mistake of closing checkpoints will be corrected’
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Sunday expressed the hope that the “mistake of closing four crossing points” would be corrected. According to posts on...
Archbishop criticises ‘unacceptable’ behaviour of protestors
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Sunday said those who had pushed their way through the police cordon during a demonstration on Saturday against the closure of the...
