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After a protracted heat wave, there is some respite on the way with temperatures inland set to drop by 3C to 4C starting from tonight, the met office said in ...

Giving the names of contacts to the health ministry’s coronavirus track and trace team does not violate personal data protection laws, commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Friday. The ...

The United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus have taken a further step to deepen security cooperation with the launch of a new cyber training programme, the British High Commission ...

National Guard conscripts require a SafePass to participate in written and athletic exams to join the special forces or serve as officers, the defence ministry said on Friday. A SafePass ...

A snorkelling reef in the Voroklini Marine Protected Area is to be named Dorida following a competition among the district’s school children held within the framework of the first ‘...

Cyprus’ postal authorities on Friday issued a warning about an email scam claiming to be sent from the post office regarding the payment of custom duties. These messages are fake, ...

Auditor general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday once again sounded the alarm over deficits of the state health services organisation (Okypy), prompting House watchdog committee president Zacharias Koulias to warn of ...

Authorities on Thursday announced no new deaths and 473 new positives to the coronavirus, for a positivity rate of 1.26 per cent. The number of deaths attributable to Covid-19 remains at 378. On ...

The new public service commission was sworn in on Thursday, with two new faces – former transport minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou as vice president, and Costas Koumis, formerly deputy president of the ...

In 2020, the expected average duration of working life for 15-year-olds in Cyprus was 37.1 years, above the EU27 average of 35.7 years, figures published by Eurostat on Thursday show. Eurostat said that ...

A Greek Cypriot man from Xylophagou was convicted for the illegal possession of a shotgun whilst banned from using one and for possessing a shotgun and explosives in a game ...

The health ministry said Wednesday inspections had uncovered a batch of a frozen pork product on the market containing salmonella. Batch 0621 of the product, Pork Roll with Mincemeat sold at ...

Part of Famagusta Avenue in Larnaca was renamed Demetris Christofias Avenue on Wednesday in honour of the former president who died two years ago. Akel leader Andros Kyprianou said at ...

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, arrived in Limassol port on Wednesday. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, that departed from Portsmouth on May 22, ...

The met office has issued a new, weather warning over high temperatures. A yellow warning was issued for 8.30pm Wednesday until 5pm Thursday for high temperatures. It is expected that ...

By Mary Spyrou If you are looking for a heartfelt witty comedy-drama head back to the early 2000s to appreciate Gilmore Girls and their 2016 reunion. In the close-knit town of ...

The health ministry announced a total of 63 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A 26-year-old and 30-year-old were remanded for four days on Wednesday by Larnaca court in connection with a shooting. The two men were arrested on Tuesday morning by Larnaca CID ...

Schools across the island will become more digitally advanced, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday announcing that a tender has already been launched to upgrade the technological capabilities of ...

The youngest patient in the Famagusta Covid ward is currently aged 20, its scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Tuesday. “The average patient age has fallen to 49 with the youngest being ...

A new initiative will see Larnaca’s beekeepers offer interactive programmes and tours to visitors, the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday. The Honey Road initiative is “a sustainable ...

A typical hotel which installs 80 solar panels will have energy savings from heating water of between 30 and 40 per cent, an Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) official told an online seminar. ...

A new eco-friendly lifeguard tower is being built in Oroklini, the community’s leader Neophytos Fakontis said on Tuesday. The tower will have sanitation facilities, electricity from renewable energy sources, ...

The Animal Party on Tuesday called on the public to protect their pets and livestock during the current high temperatures. Animals should not be left on balconies or terraces nor ...