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Name: Sphagnum Moss (Sphagnum cymbifolium) Otherwise known as: Bog Moss Habitat: A true moss of the family Sphagnaceae growing up to 25cm in bogs and moorland in the northern and ...

Three people have died from Covid-19 and 113 new cases have been detected from 24,780 tests, a positivity rate of 0.46 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of people ...

Work is underway for the removal of an estimated 250 tonnes of rubbish dumped in the Pedieos riverbed, it was announced on Wednesday. The agriculture ministry said that crews of the ...

Tempers flared at the House ethics committee after members of a defunct watchdog set up to clean the island’s sports, mainly football, blamed its outgoing chairman of its demise. ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Wednesday said police followed standard procedure while handling her complaint last December against a parody account on Twitter, which had targeted her father. The minister ...

The cabinet on Wednesday extended the current phase of the measures against the spread of coronavirus to February 28. The decision was taken following the suggestion of the ministerial committee on ...

The head of the Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat), Costas Melas on Wednesday called for a speedier and more effective court system in settling disputes, arguing that the ...

Police on Wednesday said they located 35 unused air conditioning gas cylinders in an area in the buffer zone near Potamia village. Officers from the Pera Chorio police station searched the ...

A murder attempt took place early on Tuesday evening with a motorcyclist shooting at a 38-year-old driver in the Halepianes area in the Nicosia district, reports said. Police said the ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced 95 new coronavirus cases were detected from 25,427 tests. No deaths were announced. The positivity rate is now at 0.37 per cent. There are 94 patients with coronavirus ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday said it was important for Cyprus to be able to utilise the around €3bn for projects and reforms available from the EU’s new ...

The government rejected opposition criticism on Tuesday that privatisation of the port of Limassol had been a failure and unfavourable for the country, forcing companies and ships to leave. The ...

Friends and relatives of a young mother held a demonstration outside the family court in Paphos on Tuesday, demanding the suspension of a decision to return her underage son to ...

The Turkish Cypriot community will receive 75,000 rapid test kits from the EU, it was reported on Tuesday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi, 75,000 the rapid test kits will be ...

Turkey is looking to buy a fourth drillship and has struck a preliminary deal, according to media reports. The drillship is the Bolette Dolphin, built in 2014 by South Korea’s ...

A woman was charged in Limassol after she refused to wear a mask on a bus and allegedly assaulted a police officer, reports said on Tuesday. Police intervened after receiving ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will travel to Israel for a one-day visit on Sunday following an invitation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was announced on Tuesday. According to a written ...

The chairman of the sports ethics committee said on Monday he did not believe politicians and club officials were serious about tackling corruption in football, which seems to be rife ...

Tourism-dependent Greece and Cyprus discussed requesting vaccination certificates from travellers arriving in the two countries, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said on Monday, following a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades ...

Greece and Cyprus on Monday rejected any form of reunification that was not a bizonal federation ahead of an UN-backed five-party meeting early next month. In statements following a meeting ...

Health authorities inspected 1,137 businesses to ensure compliance with Covid screening guidelines and protocols and issued three fines, it was announced on Monday. In a written statement, the ministry said the ...

Growing calls to change street names in Turkish Cypriot quarter of Larnaca Names are notoriously contested territories whenever politics and history enter the mix. The Cyprus problem is no exception, ...

This week’s demolition of listed buildings in old Nicosia proves yet again that the Church reigns supreme THE ILLEGAL and arbitrary demolition of the listed buildings in Nicosia’s ...

The AstraZeneca vaccine, the first 7,200 doses of which are expected to be delivered on Monday, will be administered without any age restrictions, the health ministry said on Friday. Citing the ...