Police looking for people who cut green line barbed wire
Police were on Sunday continuing their search for the people who cut part of the barbed wire that has been put along a section of the buffer zone to prevent ...
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Coronavirus: Eight businesses, 118 people booked
Eight businesses and 118 people were charged for violating coronavirus decrees in the 24 hours up to 6am on Sunday.
The businesses were in Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaca and Famagusta.
Two were charged ...
Coronavirus: All but one PCR results from air base negative (updated)
All the PCR tests but one on 26 people at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos taken have come back negative.
The tests were taken after 26 out of 75 soldiers at ...
Coronavirus: 283 new cases, no deaths (updated)
No new coronavirus deaths were reported by the ministry of health on Sunday, although a total of 283 new cases were found.
The number who have died as a result of ...
Coronavirus: All high school students to take weekly tests, gymnasium reopening delayed (updated)
The reopening of gymnasia was put off for a week on Sunday, the ministry of education announced, meaning children will not return to the classroom until March 16. At the same ...
Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Monday
Fifty three locations for rapid tests on Monday have been lined up by the ministry of health.
The ministry reminded that all people going to work must undergo some form ...
Coronavirus: Measures to relax in north from Monday
Measures will be eased in the north on Monday, with bars and restaurants able to open for takeaway and delivery although the curfew from 9pm to 5am will remain in ...
Police campaign sees 11 booked after positive narcotests
A total of 11 drivers were found driving under the influence of drugs during a two-week police campaign that finished on Sunday.
At around 1am on Sunday a 28-year-old driver was ...
Coronavirus: Blaming teachers for the spread of virus ‘unacceptable’ (updated)
Blaming teachers for the spread of the coronavirus is “unacceptable and condemnable”, President of primary school teaching union Poed Myria Vasiliou told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday.
She said ...
Coronavirus: Restaurant owner, party goers charged in Limassol (updated)
A restaurant owner and a group of customers and people at two birthday parties at homes, all in Limassol were charged on Saturday night for breaking coronavirus decrees.
The first ...
Coronavirus: No deaths, 113 new cases from record number of tests (updated)
Health authorities announced 113 new coronavirus cases from 22,674 tests on Saturday, the largest number carried out since the start of the pandemic in March.
The positivity rate was 0.5 per cent.
The ...
Coronavirus: Three people die, total number of cases goes beyond 30,000 (updated)
Three people died from the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths so far to 186, the ministry of health announced on Sunday.
At the same time 130 positive results (...
Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Monday
The ministry of health has announced 18 places for the public to get rapid coronavirus tests on Monday.
In addition to these 25 mobile units will be testing in businesses, government departments ...
Two men missing from Athalassa hospital
Police have made an appeal for information after two patients have gone missing from the Athalassa hospital.
They are looking for Theodoros Topouzides, 20, from Greece and Loizos Demetriou, 26, both of ...
Coronavirus: Ministry of health to evaluate new drug for Covid patients
The ministry of health’s scientific committee is set to examine the use of a gut drug as part of its protocol for treating coronavirus patients.
Following announcements in Greece ...
Eight drivers test positive to narcotest in less than two weeks
Eight drivers have been found positive for a narcotest since January 13, the police said on Sunday.
In one case, early on Sunday morning a Nicosia driver failed to stop when ...
Archbishop to testify before passports committee on Tuesday
Archbishop Chrysostomos is expected to testify before the four-member investigative committee looking into citizenship by investment on Tuesday.
Speaking in Paphos on Sunday, he said the contribution the church received ...
Woman arrested driving five times over the alcohol limit
A woman was arrested after driving with five times the allowed limit of alcohol in her blood, police announced on Sunday.
According to police, members of the traffic police stopped ...
Coronavirus: Relaxation of measures considered certain, could all be lifted by March (update 2)
The relaxation of coronavirus measures after January 31 is considered certain, with the scientific team of the ministry of health backing the path followed last May and June, after the first ...
Coronavirus: Schools to open in the north
The infectious diseases committee in the north has relaxed some coronavirus measures in the north.
According to Turkish Cypriot media, most schools in the north will open as of Monday. ...
Coronavirus: Reopening of schools must be done in organised manner say teachers
The forthcoming opening up of primary schools must be carried out in an organised and proper manner, president of primary school teachers union Poed Myria Vasiliou told the Cyprus News ...
Arrested drunk driver also carrying weapons, duty free stuff
A 39-year-old man has been arrested after he was stopped by the traffic police driving under the influence of both drugs and alcohol, in addition to having a weapon and ...
Coronavirus: 149 people, two businesses charged for breaking decrees
A total of 149 people and two businesses were charged in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning for breaking coronavirus restrictions.
They were the result of 11,044 tests across the island.
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Man arrested for stealing firewood
A 27-year-old man has been arrested in the Famagusta district as police investigate the theft of wood with the aim of selling it as firewood, the force announced on Sunday.
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