Katy Turner

One person died and 94 new Covid cases were reported on Sunday, the ministry of health said. The death means 558 people have died since the start of the pandemic, 354 of whom ...

The school year is progressing smoothly but all coronavirus measures must be adhered to to keep the schools open, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Sunday. “And that is very ...

The ministry of health announced that 22 testing sites will be available for eligible groups of the population to get a rapid test on Monday. They need to have ID with ...

The leader of the Turkish Cypriot NGO Basin-Sen Ali Kishmir said on Sunday he had been prevented from entering Turkey. According to the Turkish Cypriot press, Kishmir said when he ...

A second nurses union on Sunday issued a warning over staffing conditions at the intensive care unit in Makarios hospital, saying it could have an impact on the care received ...

The institutional framework for handling of sexual offences withing schools is being examined, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromos said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, the minister said the ...

A total of 949 people received one dose of a coronavirus vaccine at a special walk-in centre set up at the Lanition stadium in Limassol on Sunday, the ministry of health ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that despite pressure the Turkish demand to recognise the occupied areas so talks on solving the Cyprus problem can resume cannot be met. Speaking ...

Specialised histological, genetic and other tests are expected to show a cause of death for one month old baby that died this week at the Makarios hospital. A postmortem that ...

Eleven businesses and 29 people were charged for breaking coronavirus measures in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday, police said. The charges resulted from a total of 3,698 checks around ...

A drone was used on Saturday to locate a fire in a rural area while a 70-year-old man was also seen with it lighting a fire. According to a police ...

Turkey is once more undermining the stability of the East Mediterranean by violating the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Cyprus, American senator Bob Menendez said on Twitter. He was speaking ...

A 20-year-old man was remanded for two days on Sunday after police made a further arrest after the home of a 77-year-old was burglarised in the Famagusta district, bringing the ...

Police investigating the stabbing of a man aged 32 have arrested another aged 30. After receiving information at about 2.23 on Saturday afternoon that one man had injured another with a knife during ...

Germany’s conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/conservative-laschet-struggles-momentum-german-leadership-race-2021-09-21 was ridiculed on social media for a misstep on election day on Sunday, capping ...

One person died from coronavirus while 99 new cases were recorded on Saturday, the ministry of health said. The death refers to an 88-year-old woman who died on Friday in Limassol ...

By Prudence Wade Summer means warm weather (sometimes), long sessions in pub gardens and holidays either at home or abroad. But if we’re not properly prepared, spending more time ...

One person died from coronavirus on Sunday while 277 new cases were recorded, the first day that free rapid tests were no longer available to the general public. The total number ...

The Met Office on Sunday afternoon issued an orange weather warning in force from 1am on Monday to 5 in the afternoon. The temperature inland is set to hit 42C, while ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos on Sunday berated people who say having a coronavirus vaccine is like putting the devil in us. “How can the devil go inside us when we have Christ, ...

A 43-year-old has been arrested after reportedly entering the house of a 26-year-old neighbour with an axe to tell him to turn the music down. Police are investigating a case ...

Testing sites will continue to operate around the island on Monday offering free rapid tests to groups of the population. Rules in place until the end of August mean only ...

The first divers have visited the Museum of Underwater Sculpture in Ayia Napa (Musan) after it was officially opened on Saturday night. Speaking at the opening Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos ...

Over a quarter of 16 and 17-year-olds had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the ministry of health said on Sunday. In addition, by the end of July 73.8 per ...