Jonathan Shkurko

Farmers will receive €2.5 million in compensation for crop damage following the approval of the cabinet on Wednesday. A total of 875 farmers will benefit from the overall sum of €2.5m, split ...

The health ministry on Wednesday published its updated epidemiological risk assessment for Covid-19, leaving three countries in Category A from which under new rules travellers must self-isolate for 72 hours and ...

After a weekend of unrest that saw both Apollon and AEL football fans storming each other’s fan clubs police will increase their presence in Limassol on Monday night as ...

An agreement reached between Cyprus and Israel to allow the free movement of vaccinated Israelis to the island was welcomed by the transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday. He said ...

Last week’s accident on a motocross track in the village of Makouda near Paphos, which left a 14-year-old seriously injured, has raised fresh concerns regarding the minimum age required ...

One more person has died of Covid-19, while another 113 have tested positive islandwide, health authorities said Friday. The death concerned a woman aged 49 with underlying conditions at the Nicosia general ...

The return of sports to normality will take place in three separate phases, with each phase requiring around two weeks to be evaluated before moving on to the next one, ...

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Wednesday that Varosha cannot remain a ruin forever and that Turkey can transform it into “the pearl of Cyprus” once again. Speaking to ...

A contract for the construction of flood protection projects in the Limassol area was signed on Wednesday by the town’s mayor Nicos Nicolaides at the Panos Solomonidis Cultural Centre. ...

Two traditional Cypriot products, sausages and the ‘lountza’ (cured pork tenderloin) produced in the mountainous area of Pitsilia, have been included in a list of EU-protected geographic indications (PGIs) on ...

Total beer sales in Cyprus plunged by 45.8 per cent, equivalent to 757,151 litres, in January 2021 compared with the same period last year due to restrictive measures in place to tackle the ...

The area in Nicosia that was cordoned off after a murder attempt took place on Tuesday evening has now been opened to traffic, according to the police. At around 6.40pm ...

The health ministry announced on Thursday that people aged 86 and above who have not yet reserved a slot will be able to book their Covid-19 jab on the government vaccination ...

Pressure from big business has kept small retail outlets closed until February 8, the union of small shopkeepers Povek claimed on Thursday. It said that, although all the information filtered down ...

The Bar Association is set to sue the government over the easing of Covid restrictions announced on Wednesday that still limit the numbers of employees in workplaces to a skeleton ...

The Larnaca sewerage council (SAL) has urged people not to throw disposable masks and gloves down the toilet. In an announcement released on Wednesday, SAL said that disposable items which ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a plan by the deputy ministry of tourism aimed at boosting rural and mountain tourism. According to an announcement released by the deputy ...

The lawyer of a young hacker who became the first ever Cypriot citizen to be extradited to the US and who has been found guilty of committing cyber-crimes by a ...

A young hacker who became the first ever Cypriot citizen to be extradited to the US has been found guilty of committing cyber-crimes by a court in the state of ...

Aradippou mayor Evangelos Evangelides said Tuesday he was strongly opposed to any merging of his municipality with Larnaca, saying it could function perfectly well independently. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘health minister’ Ali Pilli announced on Tuesday a ban on internal travel in the north, which will prevent Kyrenia and Nicosia leaving their cities. According to Turkish Cypriot ...

The health ministry is optimistic regarding the possibility of administering a gout drug called Colchicine as part of its protocol for treating Covid-19 patients, according to the head of the ...

Business after business is poised to fail, but it’s been a bumper year for food delivery services By Jonathan Shkurko The extraordinary events of the coronavirus pandemic in the ...

The antiquities department has announced the completion of the 15th annual field campaign carried out by the University of Cyprus in the Palaepafos area of the Kouklia village, the mythical ...