Gina Agapiou

The sixth wave of the pandemic, that recorded the island’s highest positivity rate, is now on the decline, experts said on Saturday. In the next two or three weeks ...

Despite flight cancellations and the loss of the Russian tourist market, hotels in Kissonerga have surpassed 90 per cent capacity, the community leader Giorgos Stylianou said Saturday. According to data of ...

Extensive damage was caused to a holiday home and two immobilised vehicles after a fire broke out in the Nicosia district, the fire service said early on Saturday. The fire ...

Two Greek Cypriots will appear in court in the north on Monday after they were caught taking photos in a military zone in Mia Milia, it emerged on Saturday. The ...

Police have issued a warning to the public after finding counterfeit €500 bills circulating in the island. The national analysis centre of the police criminal investigation department informed the public that ...

Outdoor activities that could cause a fire should be avoided, police said on Saturday, as temperatures could rise above 40C. Due to soaring temperatures recorded during the summer, and given ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will return to his duties on Tuesday, following seven days of self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus earlier this week. Anastasiades was diagnosed with coronavirus on Tuesday ...

A tourist of Chinese origin who visited Ayia Napa last year claims to have been racially targeted and abused by local police, causing him mental health issues. But Famagusta police ...

The first vaccines for monkeypox are expected to arrive in Cyprus on Monday, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. Health authorities will receive some 1,400 jabs, which will help the ...

A 30-year-old Greek Cypriot man, who admitted to torching a patrol car outside Platres police station while drunk, was remanded in police custody for seven days on Friday. The man ...

Cyprus took part in the global Interpol operation that in the space of a week seized over three million illicit pharmaceuticals, including covid tests, worth about €10 million. The global trade ...

The health ministry’s weekly coronavirus report on Friday showed a slightly improved epidemiological picture, recording 13 deaths and 10,152 new infections between July 15 and 21. The deaths concerned an 83-year-old woman who ...

Newly appointed Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos will meet social partners on Friday to discuss the expected introduction of a minimum wage. Separate meetings with unions and employers on the issue ...

Ayia Napa police on Friday said they are investigating two men, aged 48 and 50, for the illegal employment of foreign workers. Police said that during checks at a bar in the ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public of a new email scam that uses the force’s logo and asks users to pay alleged fines. Several people have recently complained they ...

An online petition and an open letter to the president of the Republic will demand to revocation of the appointment of Dr Petros Agathengelou as one of the 13 board members ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday dismissed the proposals prepared by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar earlier this month, saying they were a new attempt for a two-state solution. The proposals ...

Limassol municipal council will discuss next year’s marathon on Tuesday, after the company that had the contract for holding the event for the past 11 years announced it will hold ...

The 43-year-old Greek Cypriot man, who was remanded after he was caught on video assaulting a Congolese woman holding her infant in Larnaca, will be referred to a trial on ...

The full implementation of halloumi PDO (protected designation of origin) is expected “very soon” Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday, as more halloumi makers were expected to register in ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday recognised a track and field athlete for helping her teammate who had fallen near the finish line at an international multi-sport event. Lanitio high school ...

Twelve people have been arrested in Paphos on suspicion of domestic violence over the past month. Paphos police CID chief and spokesman Michalis Nicolaou told the Cyprus News Agency that 15 ...

Once the hotel of kings, the Berengaria now has a new lease of life Berengaria, the imposing abandoned mountain hotel with a haunted reputation will be restored to its former ...

Painkillers, vitamins and other pharmaceutical products needed by a lot of patients should be covered under the national health scheme (Gesy), the Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) said on Friday. ...