Gina Agapiou

Cyprus recorded the highest excess mortality among EU member states this February while the union as a whole recorded no monthly excess mortality for the first time since the Covid-19 ...

The introduction of a patients’ rights commissioner is among the demands of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) to assure that no one is deprived of their health rights, ...

Operators at the 1450 line receive up to 1,500 phone calls regarding welfare benefits inquiries per day, an official said on Tuesday. Following the launch of the hotline on March 30, some 1,200 to 1,500 ...

Paphos police said on Monday they are looking for a 41-year-old man in connection with a Tala house burglary that took place in January. The case was reported to the ...

A 28-year-old is wanted for breaking in an office and stealing a car in Paphos, police said on Monday. Paphos CID chief Michalis Nicolaou said the case was reported by ...

Cyprus is among five EU states that saw more flights in March this year compared with the same month pre-pandemic, Eurostat data showed on Monday. The island also had the ...

Student accommodation will be constructed for the first time in Cyprus by municipal authorities in Paphos, the city’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Monday. Some 203 student rooms will be ...

Two people have been arrested following a mass fight in the capital in the early morning hours on Monday. Police received information about the fight and an injured person around 2...

Cyprus has unique potential for space exploration, said space consultant and former head of the ESA’s Solar System Exploration division Dr Marcello Coradini on Thursday. Coradini, a key contributor ...

Hundreds of needy Cypriot families are receiving support from volunteers or local communities to put food on their table this Easter but demand is up while donations are down at ...

Meat prices are up 25 per cent compared with the Easter holiday period last year but Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Thursday he cannot interfere with the laws of the ...

The animal party lambasted the health ministry on Wednesday over its failure to make medicines available for cats amidst a surge of the fatal FIP virus. It is an example ...

The forestry department reminded the public on Wednesday that cutting trees to burn them in the traditional ‘Lambradjia’ [Easter bonfires] is illegal. Ahead of the Easter holidays, the agriculture ministry’...

The Cyprus problem can only be resolved with a more active role of the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said during his visit at the Nicosia based Eldyk camp on ...

A Cyprus-based private school has become the first on the island to be awarded the prestigious Carnegie school mental health award. Among more than 1,000 UK schools that signed up to ...

Subsidies for electricity bills have been extended for another two months on Wednesday, at a cost of €21 million, according to a relevant cabinet decision. Cabinet also approved a new two-month ...

The Department of Nursing of the Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) announced the launch of a two-year European programme in which it participates that will create an E-Learning Portal for ...

An explosive device was found on Wednesday outside a law office in Limassol. The device detonated but did not explode. Authorities were immediately mobilised and cordoned off the scene for ...

Beneficiaries of the grant scheme aiming to help displaced persons living in unsuitable buildings are eligible to an increased subsidy of €125 to temporarily move in with a relative. The government ...

The met service issued a new yellow weather warning for storms on Wednesday, as sleet and hail is expected in the mountains. The warning for heavy thunderstorms will be in ...

Afternoon court hearings will start for asylum seekers’ appeals while additional hires in the asylum service are among the measures aiming to speed up the processing of asylum applications, Interior ...

Parents and teachers said on Saturday they are “satisfied” with this year’s changes on the twice-yearly exams. Following the education ministry’s announcement on the measures for the evaluation ...

The Green Party slammed the president’s “lofty statements” on national environmental policies on Saturday, saying dozens of large trees were cut the same day in the capital. Cyprus, instead ...

Cypriots will be able to share their opinion through electronic non-binding referendums, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. The relevant deputy ministry is already working on how the institution will ...