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The personal data commissioner has fined the electricity authority €40,000 for using an automated formula to monitor and manage its employees’ sick leaves after finding it was in violation of privacy ...

Pupils at Ayios Ioannis high school in Limassol were up in arms on Thursday after mandatory coronavirus rapid tests returned false positives in a number of samples. The pupils refused ...

Name: Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) Otherwise known as: Russian Pips Habitat: A shrub member of the Araliaceae family growing to about 3m in well-drained barren soil in East and South ...

Police said they have received 16 complaints relating to potential sexual offences with about half already filed in court. Three of the 16 were lodged in the past 10 days alone, a police ...

Health authorities announced 323 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday from 33,194 tests, a positivity rate of 0.97 per cent. No deaths from the virus were reported. Eighty-nine people were being treated in hospital, 22 ...

A fire at Saint Hilarion castle on the Pentadaktylos mountain has damaged a centuries’ old building which was being used as a cafeteria, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Wednesday. Reports ...

Amnesty International expressed concern on Wednesday over new rules passed by the government that could see anti-racism and migrant support organisation Kisa shut down. “As Cyprus human rights situation comes ...

The House Finance Corporation announced a scheme on Wednesday aimed at helping households which are finding it difficult to repay their loan. The scheme, dubbed Heraclis, is addressed to borrowers ...

Cyprus is too small to be divided but big enough for all of its people – Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Armenians, Latins and Maronites – ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on ...

The Ayios Tychonas pedestrian coastal path is safe, community leader Pambos Ioannou said on Wednesday, following concerns that support pillars of the path have bent as a result of corrosion. ...

Main opposition party Akel on Wednesday called for normalisation of the situation at crossing points, citing contradictions and paradoxical measures from both sides as regards crossings. In a message to ...

The Holy Synod on Tuesday called on the government to prevent El Diablo, the song chosen by state broadcaster CyBC, from representing Cyprus in this year’s Eurovision song contest ...

The Akamas tulip (Tulipa akamasica) has been highlighted by the agriculture ministry this month to educate people about the island’s endangered plants, this one blooming from March to April, ...

One death and 288 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday. The new cases were from 32,933 tests, PCR and rapid tests, with the positivity rate at 0.87 per cent. The death concerns ...

Police announced that accumulation of water at various points on the Larnaca to Nicosia highway, in both directions, especially in the Lympia area has been seen, with the result that ...

Limassol’s Carnival King will be touring the streets of Limassol later this week on his chariot, starting from stinky Thursday in a bid to spread some festive cheer around ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Tuesday urged people who have been sexually abused or harassed to find the courage to report their cases to the authorities. Yiolitis met the assistant ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said authorities were worried by the sudden spike in coronavirus infections despite expecting an uptick as restrictions were eased. Ioannou was speaking after a meeting with ...

Limassol police arrested a 23-year-old on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing a watch worth €120,000 from a gym locker at a hotel in the town’s centre. Police said the theft ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday he planned to table a proposal for a referendum to be held on local authority reform whose discussion has been dragging on for ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has convened meetings with hospital authorities and epidemiology experts on Tuesday, amid what appears to be a resurgence of coronavirus infections. Ioannou was scheduled to meet ...

The health ministry announced that 17,496 vaccination slots will be opening on Wednesday for people aged 69 and above. Appointments can be made from 9am onwards. Three vaccines will be available at ...

Authorities on Monday justified the decision to postpone for a week the return of junior high-school pupils to classrooms citing the coronavirus cases recently detected in schools, warning things could ...

The government on Monday rejected a law proposal submitted by main opposition Akel to change the process of referring substance addicted prisoners for treatment at an outside centre. The proposal, ...