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Professor Leontios Kostrikis has resigned from the advisory committee on coronavirus, a health ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday. Kostrikis, head of the University of Cyprus’ laboratory of biotechnology and molecular ...

Police in anti-riot gear gathered outside the Pournara migrant reception centre on Monday morning after residents there staged a protest calling for permission to leave the premises. The migrants said ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis will be abstaining from her duties for 10 days, it was announced on Monday, so that she can recover from an operation. The minister has been on ...

Testing stations for Sunday announced by the ministry of health are as follows: Limassol: Agiou Ioanni Eleimon church, 9.30am-6.30pm. Mesa Geitonia cultural centre, 9.30am-6.30pma. Saints Petros and Pavlos ...

Cyprus is among the few EU member states that is deescalating Covid measures while most are extending strict restrictions amid deep concerns over the aggressive spread of the virus’ new ...

Police on Saturday stepped up checks in a bid to precent people from reaching Troodos after access to nature paths was banned due to overcrowding in the area. The health ...

A 25-year-old Paphos man was fined €2,000 after he failed to stop for a check by the Game Service, it was reported on Saturday. The man was driving a car and ...

The health ministry announced Saturday it was opening 3,904 vaccination appointment slots on Monday for people aged 84 and above who have not yet received a Covid jab. The appointments concern the ...

Over the past 24 hours police issued fines to 157 people and four establishments caught flouting measures in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Police said they carried out 13,059 checks ...

The Georghadji list containing details of the non-performing loans of politically exposed persons (PEP) was published on parliament’s website on Friday with threats of lawsuits already being issued. The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said there was no question of him consenting to a change to the terms of the mandate regarding the solution of the Cyprus problem after ...

Not a single bid was submitted for the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus which expired on Friday, Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said. The ...

The supreme court on Friday cancelled a police search warrant used to enter the home of a Larnaca woman suspected of being the administrator of a parody account of Justice ...

The forestry department on Friday called on members of the public to not disturb wild animals found to be hibernating. In a post on Facebook, the forestry department said that ...

The government on Friday announced a series of measures designed to fight corruption, which are based on the rule of law, transparency, and accountability. The announcement came at a time ...

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is due in Cyprus on Thursday for a short visit for contacts with the two leaders and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Elizabeth Spehar, it ...

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 – in audio form. Presented by ...

Several mountain roads were closed on Friday due to overnight snowfall in the Troodos area, police said. Due to the accumulation of snow, the roads between Platres and Troodos, Karvouna – ...

Police reported 121 people and one establishment in the past 24 hours for violating measures put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A force spokesman said they carried out 9,991 ...

Lawyer Andreas Pittadjis, who was exposed in Al Jazeera’s ‘The Cyprus Papers’ documentary on Thursday called out the international news network to state its stance on human trafficking after ...

The health ministry released the testing sites for Friday. The testing programme of the employees will be carried out at the same time as the testing programme of the general ...

The met office issued a yellow weather warning from 8pm on Thursday until 11am Friday for heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms. “Local showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected. The rain ...

The Larnaca criminal court sentenced a 41-year-old man to five years in prison on Thursday after found guilty of accessing and possessing child porn material. The man was arrested last ...

The president’s former law firm was among those probed by the Bar association in the past without finding anything improper, its chairman Christos Clerides told an inquiry into the ...