Gina Agapiou

The health ministry announced 53 test sites will operate on Friday for the free Covid-19 rapid testing of employees and the public. Testing is part of the health ministry’s triptych ...

The lack of a green point in Dherynia is a “major problem” for the municipality, which spends more than €20,000 annually to manage garden and bulky waste, it said on Thursday. “...

Authorities issued a dust warning on Thursday and urged vulnerable groups to avoid open spaces. The highest dust levels were recorded in Nicosia and Limassol which are double the permitted ...

Police are investigating two more male sports coaches for sexual harassment following complaints by five women, it emerged on Wednesday. Four different track athletes reported their coaches for sexual harassment. ...

The reforestation of Kakoradjia forest in Larnaca is estimated to cost €180,000 and will take about three years, the forestry department said on Wednesday. The cost does not include the salaries ...

There is ‘room for improvement’ in the sex education given in state schools, the education ministry admitted on Tuesday following a call for the enrichment of such modules by parents’ ...

Free rapid testing for employees and the public will operate in 51 sites nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Following a decree obliging companies to test a certain number of ...

The Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine reduces but does not eliminate the risk of coronavirus infection, the health ministry said on Tuesday. In an announcement with instructions for the public concerning the ...

The man accused of sexual abuse by sports shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave a statement to the police on Monday, more than two weeks after the complaint was filed. His two-hour ...

Lack of flights, surge in online orders and staff shortages equal unprecedented postal delays The coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the postal services as a surge in online orders from abroad ...

Non-profit organisations will hold a protest march against corruption and state authoritarianism on February 13 in Nicosia, despite a ban on protests during the pandemic, it emerged on Friday. In a ...

The Nicosia municipal council on Saturday called for the immediate restoration of the listed buildings demolished by the Archbishopric earlier this week. Archbishop Chrysostomos must also deposit a money guarantee ...

The health ministry increased the rapid test sites to 62 nationwide for Sunday considering the mandatory Covid-19 test for those returning to work next week. With the reopening of the retail ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has launched an awareness campaign to report sexual harassment in the workplace. The campaign includes a recorded message with the results of a recent survey carried out ...

The overdue Larnaca municipal parking with 80 parking spaces will be ready in three months, while the municipal market will be completed in the summer, the district’s mayor Andreas Vyras ...

Cyprus’ epidemiological situation has improved but the relaxation of measures is likely to increase the number of Covid cases, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou warned on Saturday. He was referring to ...

Basic knowledge of the language, history and culture of Cyprus will be among the new stricter criteria to be fulfilled before the granting of Cypriot citizenship, it emerged on Saturday. ...

About 33,000 Cypriots have received the Covid-19 vaccine in less than two months, the health ministry said on Saturday. Between December 27 and February 5, a total of 32,837 people were vaccinated with the ...

The cumulative diagnosis rate of coronavirus cases in Cyprus has fallen to 183 per 100,000 population over the last 14 days, the health ministry said on Friday. The incidence rate was 243 per 100,000 people ...

Appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 80 will be available from 9am on Saturday, the health ministry announced on Friday. As part of the national vaccination plan, 10,058 nationwide appointments will ...

The first meeting of the Cypra slaughterhouse investigation, which will also probe related companies and individuals, will take place on February 12, it emerged on Friday. According to a statement by ...

Police warned on Wednesday that increased internet use by minors during the pandemic has given sex offenders easier access to their victims. “During the Covid-19 crisis we are going through, ...

Rapid testing in Dromoloxia, Larnaca has relocated to the Church of Timios Prodromos the health ministry announced on Wednesday. According to the ministry, free rapid testing in the village was ...

Delays in the burial of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 continue as state pathologists refuse to perform autopsies, citing health ministry instructions and recommendations by the World’s ...