Jonathan Shkurko

Members of the association of owners of hospitality centres (Pasika) staged a protest in front of the Presidential Palace on Friday, slamming the government requirement for business owners to check ...

Police in Paphos issued a suspension order for an illegal gambling establishment after a raid on Thursday night. The operation took place after an anonymous complaint made by a Paphos ...

In the wake of a deadly fire that burned nearly 55 square kilometres of land in the foothills of the Troodos mountains and killed four people, the government has approved the ...

The first four mobile speed cameras out of a total of 120, including fixed ones, have recently arrived in Cyprus and are ready to be installed, as part of a project ...

Over 200 hotels in Cyprus are taking part in the government scheme valid from July 16 to August 31 which subsidises tourist accommodation costs for those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered ...

The 67-year-old man suspected of starting the fire in Arakapas ten days ago which destroyed over 55 square kilometres and killed four was remanded for a further eight days on Monday ...

By Jonathan Shkurko Is football coming home or coming to Rome? This has been the crucial question since Wednesday, straight after England beat Denmark in the semi-final, joining Italy in ...

The EU digital Covid certificate can only be used to travel across European borders but does not represent a valid certificate to access venues in Cyprus, according to the Deputy ...

Lifeguards on Thursday called off a planned three-hour nationwide work stoppage planned for Friday. The decision to cancel the strike came after a meeting between the lifeguards’ association (Psen), Interior ...

Instead of having to carry a vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test in print form, people in Cyprus will soon be able to download a mobile application with which ...

When it comes to eating out, I have come to the realisation that I am becoming less and less lenient as far as service is concerned. Food is very subjective, ...

Hospitality venues on Thursday gave mixed reactions to tougher measures announced by the government in a bid to contain a surge in new coronavirus cases. President of the Pancyprian association ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Evie Andreou The labour ministry has announced it will financially compensate the families of the four Egyptian seasonal workers who lost their lives on Saturday in ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels in Cyprus to vaccinate staff. According ...

The drug squad said Wednesday they arrested three people and seized 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport the previous day. Police said two of the three men, aged 32 and 41, had ...

Trade union Peo on Monday called on the labour ministry to conduct an investigation into the employment status and working conditions of the four Egyptian workers who died in the ...

British expats struggle with shortages of much-loved food Marmite-loving British expats have become selfish creatures. “I have been trying to find Marmite for days at various supermarkets, but everywhere I’...

Police raided the offices of football team Doxa Katokopias on Wednesday evening to look for evidence regarding a case of suspected match fixing, money laundering and conspiracy. The raid follows ...

Cyprus ranked third highest among EU member states in terms of percentage of people aged 16 to 74 with an active social media account in 2020. Around 78 per cent of people interviewed in ...

Greece and Cyprus are strengthening their cooperation over tourism, with particular emphasis on the promotion of cruises, tourism officials said on Wednesday. The two countries’ deputy ministers of tourism, Greece’...

The balance between benefits and risks of vaccinating 16 and 17-year-olds against Covid-19 with mRNA vaccines is very similar to that for adults, member of the government’s epidemiological team Zoe ...

The possible reinstatement of the SafePass outdoors would be a setback for businesses, the president of the hospitality venues association (Osika) Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The city walls of old Famagusta and the ancient site of Salamis are ‘pearls of the Mediterranean’ which the bicommunal cultural heritage committee is determined to preserve, the group said ...

Nine out of ten forest fires are caused by human factors, director of the Forestry Department Petros Petrou said on Monday. He said that 2000 to 2020 a total of 1,068 fires were ...