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Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday became likely the most tested public official – if not member of the public – over 24 hours in Cyprus, after undergoing four tests for the coronavirus, the ...

Staff at the Paphos municipality went on an impromptu work stoppage on Thursday accusing mayor Phedonas Phedonos of bullying. The protest was prompted by an alleged verbal attack by Phedonos ...

A House watchdog committee meeting scheduled to discuss the demise of the co-op bank on Thursday was marked by ruling Disy MPs walking out citing conflict of interest and the ...

Authorities on Thursday said they temporarily shut a shop at Kings Avenue Mall in Paphos after negligence of the business to properly observe the health protocols led to the creation ...

A 16-year-old Limassol girl who had been reported missing by her family was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday on suspicion of being involved in at least five ...

The Nicosia district court on Thursday rejected a state request to shut down two asphalt plants in Yeri and Dhali, pending their relocation elsewhere after complaints their emissions were affecting ...

The Covid-19 variant first recorded in the UK has been detected in one in four samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the ...

The government on Thursday launched the national digital contact tracing application – CovTracer – that alerts contacts of people who were found positive for the virus. The app does not reveal the ...

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Police broke up yet another birthday party in Limassol late on Wednesday, issuing fines to 13 people. The event was located shortly before midnight Wednesday at a house, police said. Officers ...

Two people died from Covid and 414 new infections were detected from 34,079 tests, the health ministry said on Wednesday. At the same time there has been an increase in hospitalisations with 165 ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris defended a decision to install razor wire along the buffer zone to stop migrants from crossing, challenging Turkish Cypriot detractors to stop the flow from Turkey. ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government for delaying the review of the anti-stalking bill, expressing concerns that there will be no time for its discussion and tabling for vote ...

The Akamas national park is expected to be ready before the end of 2022, as all key actions necessary were on track and within the deadline, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told ...

The government aims to help the economic sectors stricken by the pandemic but also to invest in alternative areas with emphasis on the relocation of companies to Cyprus, research and ...

The House commerce committee is trying to afford small businesses protection from unfair terms and conditions included in standard bank contracts through a bill on consumer protection, MPs said on ...

Parliament had no role in the approval of citizenships as part of Cyprus’ controversial investment programme, its director told an inquiry on Tuesday. Socratis Socratous said parliament staff had no ...

Customs seized eight vehicles in February, most for them for using coloured diesel and one for the illegal transport of duty-free tobacco products from the north, it said on Tuesday. ...

The preliminary results of a study by the University of Cyprus found presence of the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the urban wastewater of Limassol, the town’s ...

The education ministry on Tuesday announced it would subsidise the purchase of laptops for needy students attending second grade of gymnasium and those attending preparatory evening classes for gymnasiums and ...

The average age of patients at Famagusta Covid hospital is 64, with the youngest one receiving treatment at the moment being 17, its director said Tuesday. On Monday there were 145 patients being ...

To date, 103,283 people in Cyprus have received at least one Covid vaccination dose and 29,821 were given both jabs, reports said on Tuesday. Among the 73.462 who received the first dose were 1,345 ...

A Paphos court has suspended the operation of a coffeeshop after a police raid found people gambling on the premises last month. The court also banned games of chance or ...

The two main suspects in the killing of a 20-year-old man from Syria last April in Paphos pleaded not guilty on Monday to the charge of premeditated murder. The suspects, 22 ...