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Bus strikes in Nicosia and Larnaca will continue, after the proposals from the transport ministry were deemed to be unsatisfactory, it emerged on Sunday. The about face comes after an ...

A total of 63 rapid testing sites will be operated by the ministry of health on Sunday, offering free tests to those who belong to eligible groups. These include minors, the ...

Limassol, along with Ayia Napa, is one of the main centres of hard drug use in Cyprus according to an EU drug monitoring unit report, although it saw a marked ...

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Osce) is organising a conference in Cyprus titled ‘Combating corruption, defending democracy: The role of National Parliaments’ on May 27 and 28 at the ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 and that 3,859 had tested positive from 99,636 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 3.87 per cent. The ...

Cypriot authorities have established a 24-hour channel of communication with the Ukrainian embassy in Nicosia to facilitate assistance to refugees from the war-torn country, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on ...

Employees of the company operating Nicosia and Larnaca buses went on indefinite strike on Friday demanding their employer revoke early redundancies and resolve a number of problems. In a written ...

The International School of Paphos is organising a TEDx educational, informative licensed event featuring local voices and TED Talks videos under the theme ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’. “We are motivated to ...

Police in Limassol have arrested a 27-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman after finding five kilos of cannabis in the boot of their car. Anti-narcotics officers stopped the car driven ...

The CovScan Cyprus app used to check the validity of the European Digital Covid Certificates (EUDCC) is also now available for devices with iOS operating system, in addition to Android ...

Police arrested a 37-year-old in connection to the theft of catalytic converters in Larnaca between March 1-17. The police found the suspect in his car with four catalytic converters, several ...

A man aged 39 and a woman aged 45 were arrested as Paralimni police investigate a case of possession of cannabis, resisting arrest and obstructing police officers, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

The health ministry on Friday reported another five deaths from Covid-19, all of which occurred last year, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 910 from the previously ...

Two businesses and 21 individuals were booked in the past 24 hours following 1,718 checks for violations of the decrees against the spread of Covid-19, police said on Friday. A police spokesperson told ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced one more death attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 3, 951 new positives. The latest fatality was a man aged 84. That brings the death toll since ...

The testing sites for Saturday are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Nicosia (15 units) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 96625766 Agios Dometios Municipality (event hall) 9 am – 6 pm 70000166 Agios ...

In its first year of operation, Paphos police’s domestic violence unit investigated 271 cases that led to 126 arrests, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. Paphos deputy police chief Michalis ...

Larnaca criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old woman to 11 years in prison and a 59-year-old man to 10 after finding them guilty in a drug related case, police said. The ...

In today’s episode, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides has expressed caution over prospects for reviving EastMed pipeline as she said that, even if the pipeline project kicked off immediately, it ...

The Cyprus journalists’ union said on Thursday it is €1000 to a special relief fund for Ukrainian journalists. It described it as a “a meagre but essential sum in regard to ...

Twelve people were fined for failing to follow Covid-19 restriction measures in 1,609 police checks over the 24 hours until Thursday morning, police said. Three premises in Nicosia with six people were ...

Procedures have been set in motion to help some 8,000 Ukrainians who have come to Cyprus as refugees or are stranded here because of Russia’s invasion of their country, Interior ...

Two people have been arrested in Larnaca after police found 3kg of cannabis. After investigations in March at the post office, members of the police drug unit YKAN and the ...

The health ministry announced on Wednesday that its dental services will offer free dental checkups across the republic to mark World Oral Health Day 2022. Four mobile dental units will be ...