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A total of 22 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

On Wednesday, the European Commission approved the eighth contract with a pharmaceutical company with a view to purchasing its potential vaccine against Covid-19. Valneva is a European biotechnology company developing ...

History is written by the achievements of individuals such as Nicos Galis, President Nicos Anastasiades said as he presented the Greek basketball legend the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of ...

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) on Tuesday expressed its sincere thanks to the Republic of Ireland for its donation of €25,000, which was received on November 8, 2021. This contribution ...

Bahrain was the only country upgraded to the green category of destinations deemed safer for travelling as regards the spread of Covid-19. The latest updates announced by the health ministry, ...

All eligible people must carry proof of identity (e.g. Identity Card, Driver’s Licence, Passport, etc.), for identification purposes. On Tuesday, 9 November 2021, the testing units under the control programme ...

By Lanting Liu Cyprus is taking part in the fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which opened in Shanghai on Friday, in the virtual country exhibition. It is the first ...

British Bases personnel, units from the UK and Cyprus recently undertook a three-day joint bomb disposal training in Akrotiri to “share best practices and foster working relationships for future collaboration”, ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 while 133 positives were recorded from 39,447 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.34 per cent. There ...

The following are the free testing sites for Monday. District Sampling points Hours Limassol (5 points) University Square (behind TEPAK Rector’s Office) 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cultural Events Hall, ...

A 38-year-old man who crashed his car through the window of a taxi office in Limassol in an alleged attempt to kill another man aged 47, was remanded by the court ...

Police have issued an appeal to the public to help located a Limassol man missing from his home since November 2. Michalis Pelis, 36, was reported missing on Saturday after not being ...

Turkey is ready for anything in order to defend its rights in the eastern Mediterranean but it is working for peace in the region, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted ...

Over 1,000 drivers were booked for traffic offences in 48 hours between Friday morning and Sunday morning, police said. The force said it had issued a total of 1,060 fines for various traffic ...

A drunk motorist aged 42, driving at five times the limit with a passenger aged 22 crashed into a traffic island in the early hours of Sunday in Larnaca. Neither was injured ...

A 58-year-old woman was killed by a car while crossing a road in Paphos on Saturday afternoon. The man she was walking with, aged 70, was injured in the incident and ...

MPs from the House legal affairs committee on Friday got a first-hand look at conditions in the Nicosia central prisons in the first-ever visit by the committee to the facility. ...

Cyprus aspires to cover its entire road network with an intelligent transportation system within the next three years, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said following the signing of a new contract ...

The health ministry announced 227 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday. As there were no deaths, the death toll remains 575, of whom 367 were men and 208 women. There are 73 ...

A 24-year-old woman who crashed into the back of a police vehicle will be charged with drunk driving after she tested four times over the limit, police said on Friday. ...

The Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation (CAPO) has paid a total of €1.86b to farmers since 2004, of which €1.1b or 59 per cent was from EU funds. This year, CAPO expects payments ...

Coronavirus infections are hitting record levels in many countries across Europe as winter takes hold, prompting a call for action from the World Health Organisation which described the new wave ...

Authorities are investigating the precise circumstances surrounding the death of a 61-year-old construction worker on Thursday. Turkish Cypriot Ahmet Tuncer, 61, was working on the scaffolding on the second floor of ...

Health authorities reported no new fatalities and 252 positives from tests for the coronavirus, while the number of patients in hospital continued to tick up. The death toll remains 575, with the ...