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The new special representative of the UN secretary-general, Colin Stewart is to hold separate meetings on Friday with the two community leaders. Both sides confirmed on Wednesday that President Nicos ...

The measures taken by the government to fight the pandemic ought to be approved by parliament, Diko MP Zaharias Koulias said on Wednesday, after tabling the issue for discussion before ...

After five years, MPs on Wednesday concluded discussion of a bill on the protection of whistleblowers, which is now headed for the plenum to be put to the vote. The ...

Public hospitals are ready to tackle a possible rise in hospitalisations of patients with Covid-19, state health services organisation Okypy said on Wednesday. Citing a gradual rise in the number ...

The fire service responded to more than 15 calls on Wednesday for flooding of buildings in most cases, due to the storms that affected the island. Torrential rain and snow in ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos who is in Brussels for a meeting with his EU counterparts, has presented Cyprus’ Declaration on Air Connectivity to high-ranking officials from the International Air Transport ...

Cyta announced it will be selling smartphone accessories at very low prices with all proceeds going to the training of Joey, a two-year-old rescue dog, to assist a young woman ...

As the economic crisis deepens in the north due to the freefall of the Turkish lira calls have increased over the need to introduce a more stable currency while shop ...

Any decisions on mandatory vaccinations are up to each member state, EU Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides said on Tuesday after a meeting in Brussels where the bloc’s health ...

Police on Tuesday evening said there is heavy rainfall and strong winds on the Limassol to Paphos motorway near Avdimou. They urged motorists who plan on using that road to ...

Extending the validity of credit vouchers given to people who were forced to cancel trips abroad because of the pandemic for another six months was suggested on Tuesday by Disy ...

No deaths but 619 new Covid-19 cases were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday. The new cases were among 80,112 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.77 per cent. There ...

A yellow weather warning was issued on Tuesday for heavy rainfall and possible hail overnight and into Wednesday. The meteorological service said that from 8pm until 5pm on Wednesday isolated, ...

Most primary school children follow the mask and testing mandates imposed last week, the education minister said on Tuesday as those opposing the move continued to destroy property, this time ...

Legislation providing for stricter penalties for starting catastrophic fires and bringing together existing provisions currently scattered in several laws, is expected to be ready by the end of January, it ...

A friendly noisy and cheap way to move around the island, the railway transported people, goods and livestock. Although it is now only part of the island’s history, a ...

Around 5,000 inbound passengers undergo Covid PCR testing every day at the Republic’s two airports, operator Hermes said on Tuesday. Larnaca airport has seven testing points while Paphos three. At ...

British bases police (SBA) have donated 23 computer towers seized from gambling joints to nine schools. The computer towers, which were seized in SBA Police online gambling raids in 2020, have been ...

There has been a constant flow of admissions of Covid patients with severe symptoms at the reference hospital in Famagusta in recent days, the majority unvaccinated, a senior official said ...

Staff shortages threaten the quality of services and the hotels’ ability to serve more customers than 2021, the association of tourism businesses (Stek) said on Monday. In a written statement, Stek ...

A 32-year-old Syrian man was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday in Limassol over the premeditated murder of two women whose bodies were found buried in the yard ...

Police said Monday they have arrested a 27-year-old third country national in connection with a fire at a Larnaca mosque, which apparently had no nationalist or racial motives behind it, ...

Larnaca museum is expected to reopen early next year after its renovation, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Monday. The minister visited the museum with the head of the antiquities ...

Loan restructuring jumped 400 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2021, after the expiration of an installment moratorium due to Covid, Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou said on Monday. Herodotou ...