Jonathan Shkurko

Some 100 unvaccinated citizens have appealed to the courts, asking for the suspension of the recent health ministry decision to bar their access to places such as restaurants, cafes and entertainment ...

Several scheduled flights to Paphos airport have been cancelled due to the increased severity of the Covid-19 situation in Europe, as well as in Cyprus, according to the Paphos Regional ...

A friend recently asked me which part of Nicosia is my favourite. The question was quite innocent and should not involve a lengthy thinking process to answer. What makes people ...

Parliament donated a total of €6,500 to Nicosia’s Makarios Children’s Hospital on Thursday destined for the purchase of a high-tech cardiotocograph, an instrument used to monitor the foetal heartbeat ...

The National Guard is set to introduce electronic surveillance on the Green Line to avoid illegal crossings from the north, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday. He was speaking ...

The scenario for tourism in Paphos is not at all encouraging, vice-president of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Evelyn Kleanthous Komodromou said on Thursday. She said that in recent weeks tour ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday received a letter of thanks from Pope Francis, who expressed his gratitude for the welcome he received in Cyprus during December 2 to 4. In his letter, ...

The level of snow in the Troodos mountains area reached 22 centimetres on Wednesday, the met office said, adding that further snowfall was expected in the coming days. Due to adverse ...

Cabinet has amended a plan for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) so as to facilitate the installation of photovoltaic systems (PVs) for citizens. According to the deputy government spokesperson Niovi Parisinou, ...

Current and former MPs, police officers, prison guards and officials of the judicial and legal services have been obliged over the past two months to pay outstanding out-of-court fines that ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old and a 24-year-old to four years in prison, and a 52-year-old to one year in prison in cases concerning possession of 5.8 ...

Saying the public has shown great interest in an incentive scheme to withdraw old high-emissions vehicle, the transport ministry on Tuesday announced the number of applications submitted by Monday, end ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday visited the School for the Blind in Nicosia where a blind football game was organised between visually impaired pupils and abled-bodied young visitors who ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday chaired a meeting of the Road Safety Council focused on actions to stem the bloodshed on the roads — a day after two road fatalities ...

The European Commission has presented a list of measure to ensure the continued long-term supply of medicines to Cyprus, Malta and Northern Ireland from the UK. Historically, medicines in Cyprus ...

After heavy rains battered the island over the weekend, a large number of flamingos were spotted at Larnaca’s salt lake. These were caught on camera by Cyprus Mail photographer ...

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, I have developed an addiction for Nordic crime series, preferably binge watched. I have gone through so many of them faster than one ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken touted on Tuesday a U.S. strategy to deepen its Asian treaty alliances, offering to boost defence and intelligence work with partners in an Indo-Pacific ...

Lefkara has been recognised as one of the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in ...

The A Technical School in Limassol was to remain closed on Monday as a precautionary measure after the first three cases of Omicron reported in Cyprus on Friday were among ...

“Joy, simply the purest joy I ever felt in my entire life.” That is how much Pope Francis’ visit meant to Aurora Reyes, a Filipino permanent resident of Cyprus who ...

Pope Francis began his visit to Cyprus on Thursday with messages of hope, brotherly love and one of dialogue between divided peoples saying hopes for peace should be nurtured by “...

Pope Francis has arrived in Cyprus. His airplane arrived at the Larnaca airport at around 2.50pm. House President Annita Demetriou and the cabinet members are at the airport to welcome ...

Football friendly matches are wide open for match-fixing due to a lack of regulation, with more than 250 friendlies involving European clubs showing signs of suspicious activity from 2016 to 2020, according to ...