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Understaffed accident and emergency departments are struggling to cope, with one patient having to wait for 49 hours in Nicosia General Hospital’s casualty ward before he was examined and treated, ...

Several areas in Nicosia briefly went without electricity on Thursday after powerful gusts swept tree branches onto power cables. A spokesperson for the Electricity Authority said 17 different areas were affected, ...

No coronavirus test will be required for fully vaccinated persons who wish to visit the north from Monday, it was announced on Thursday night. A statement from the United Nations ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced two more fatalities attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 145 new positives, with an overall positivity rate of 0.25 per cent. The two deaths were a ...

Some €130,000 raised by the church to help the communities in Larnaca and Limassol districts stricken by the devastating fire of July 3 will be used for fire prevention projects, Agriculture Minister ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The European Commission said on Thursday it was taking legal action against Cyprus and 18 other member states for failing to deliver the benefits of EU digital legislation in the area ...

The installation of a second movable access ramp for the disabled at Ladies Mile beach has been completed, the British Bases said on Thursday. The ramp is located to the ...

Police reported 17 individuals and eight premises for breaking decrees to contain the spread of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 6.00 am on Thursday. A police spokesman told the Cyprus News Agency ...

Police are investigating an apparent attempt to smuggle drugs in a shampoo container to a detainee in custody in Paphos, the Cyprus New Agency reported on Thursday. It said that ...

Nicosia district court on Thursday suspended the licence, took seven points and imposed a €1,100 fine on a 26-year-old man who was arrested for speeding on the Limassol-Nicosia highway. Police said ...

Results from the first round of the Cyprus Coca-Cola Cup on Wednesday: Apollon 3-0 Olympias Limpion Apoel 2-0 Nea Salamina Alki Oroklini 0-4 AEK Omonia 29M 0-1 Pafos FC

President Nicos Anastasiades met with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly. According to a press release from ...

President Anastasiades said on Wednesday that his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had taken place in a creative atmosphere. The president, in New York for the UN’s ...

As part of the World Clean-up day on September 18, six volunteers from Freedom Divers Cyprus in Anarita Paphos spent two hours on Sunday trying to contribute by organising a beach ...

As of September 1, 2022 the Nicosia Water Board will go paperless, sending utility bills electronically to consumers – although it will continue to accept in-person payments at its offices. In a statement, ...

Vladimiros Tziortzis was in excellent form over the weekend, scoring second and fourth place in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race hosted in Croatia. In his best performance this year, ...

Police on Tuesday were investigating an early morning bomb blast that damaged a car parked at a home in Nicosia. The 4.30am blast in Lakatamia caused extensive damage to the ...

Authorities on Tuesday were investigating a fire that caused extensive damage to a cafeteria in the Nicosia district a few minutes after midnight. Two fire engines as well as police, ...

Two years after the last Aida World Championship in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, the International Association for the Development of Apnea (Aida) is ready to welcome top freedivers to the 27th World ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ net wealth comes to €266,000, while his deposits in banks amount to €115,000, according to his assets and income declaration. The 2021 capital statements of the president, government ministers, other ...

The health ministry announced the list of the rapid testing sites, 21 in total for Tuesday. To get tested, people need to present an ID, passport of a driver’s licence. ...

Vaccinations of vulnerable groups of the population against Type A flu will start at the beginning of October, the health ministry said on Monday. According to the ministry, 180,000 vaccines have ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that 94 people had tested positive from 40,586 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. ...