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The interior ministry on Tuesday defended government authorisation for a 10-storey building on Nicosia’s Kinyras avenue as Akel and the Greens scolded the government, citing objections from experts. The ...

Condolences poured in from both sides of the divide for the death on Tuesday of the co-conductor of the Bicommunal Choir for Peace Lena Melanidou. “We lost our conductor Lena ...

A new wing will operate at the Eden Resort rehabilitation centre in Tersephanou for post-Covid patients, making Cyprus only the second EU country after Germany where such services are offered ...

Turkish Cypriots announced on Tuesday they have detected two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the north. The two individuals did not have any travel history. They were ...

Authorities will implement a 90-day rule for British nationals living in the north of the island as of January 1, 2022, the British High Commission said on Tuesday. In a statement released ...

Provisions are to be added to current regulations to allow the carrying out of civil weddings at specified ancient monuments and museums at a specific fee and with a set ...

Environmental art is changing people’s view of the world by bringing it onto the canvas. PAUL LAMBIS meets a local artist who allows nature to do the talking Since ...

Hundreds of high school pupils took to the streets on Tuesday calling for the exemption of final year students from the twice-yearly exams citing heavy workload, while teachers threatened with ...

The cabinet on Tuesday extended an incentive scheme for airlines aimed at addressing the effects of the pandemic on the island’s air links. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the ...

Authorities on Tuesday transferred around 600 migrants from an overcrowded reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia to a facility near Kofinou, in the district of Larnaca, after an outbreak of the coronavirus. An ...

A court in Paphos remanded a 44-year-old man in custody for six days on Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run in which a woman, 60, was killed. Police told the court ...

Police have completed an investigation into former House president Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis who had been implicated in a scandal last year relating to the island’...

Pharmacies started distributing self-test kits to vaccinated people on behalf of the health ministry on Tuesday as part of efforts for the timely detection of Covid-19 cases, though teething problems ...

General shops can stay open daily until 8.00 pm except on December 24 and 31 when they must close at 6.00 pm, the labour ministry clarified on Tuesday. It said that that under the ...

In today’s episode, changes to coronavirus measures are on the table during a council of ministers meeting this morning that could see restrictions tightened, and, as of today, fully ...

The health ministry on Tuesday issued a Q&A on Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, which on Monday was approved by the European Union’s drug regulator for use for ...

Police have arrested a 25-year-old man as part of investigations into a case of drug possession and robbing a kiosk by threat of force. The latter offence was committed in ...

Cyprus ranks first in Europe among countries that secured funding for the creation of Research Centres of Excellence, while it has recorded one of the largest absorptions of projects from ...

Three deaths and 835 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Monday by the health ministry. The deaths concern two men aged 68 and 92, and a woman, 83. The 92-year-old man died on Sunday ...

The vaccination centre in Latsia, from Wednesday will temporarily stop operating as a walk-in, the health ministry said on Monday. The reason for this is to decongest the centre to ...

A pop-up vaccination centre will operate at Meneou primary school on Wednesday for eligible residents of neighbouring villages, the health ministry said on Monday as it steps up efforts to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades called on all parties to stop seeking political gains by insisting on a higher number of municipalities as part of local authority reform as that would only ...

Fully vaccinated people will be able to get their self-test kits as of Tuesday from pharmacies, the health ministry announced on Monday. Self-tests are a way for people “to protect ...

Paphos police continued their investigation Monday into the killing of a 74-year-old leukaemia sufferer by her husband, 74, who reportedly admitted seeking to put her out of her misery before trying ...