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The health ministry announced the operation of 43 testing sites this Sunday for people in eligible groups still allowed to have a free test. Eligible are minors who do not currently ...

Thirteen people and four business owners were fined by police after 2,721 checks for violating the Covid-19 measures in the 24 hours until Saturday morning. In Nicosia, 1,153 checks saw one person and ...

Paphos criminal court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty on drug related charges, police said. The man was arrested on August 14 on ...

Neo Kyma-The Other Cyprus and Volt have officially formalised their partnership by co-signing a Memorandum of Understanding, setting in motion their eventual merger, the two movements said in a joint ...

The European Commission on Friday authorised the placing on the market of a second insect, Locusta migratoria (migratory locust), as a novel food. According to the Commission, locust will be ...

Colin Stewart, the new UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and head of Unficyp, is expected to arrive on the island in early December, it was reported on Friday. ...

In today’s episode we discuss Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas’ upcoming meeting with the coronavirus advisory team in an apparent bid to hash out differences of opinion. We also look ...

Authorities on Thursday announced no new fatalities from Covid-19, while nationwide testing found 264 people testing positive for the coronavirus. The official death toll stands at 587; earlier in the day, the ...

In today’s episode, the government will seek the European Commission’s permission to suspend asylum applications from irregular migrants entering the country via the buffer zone. We also discuss ...

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 ...