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After recording more than 1,000 new cases for three consecutive days, the health ministry on Friday announced one death, 953 new infections and a positivity rate of 1.31 per cent. The death concerns ...

From Tuesday until the end of the month, a SafePass will be required at all indoor and outdoor areas where more than 20 people — including the businesses’ employees — can congregate, the ...

A SafePass will be required at all locations outdoors or indoors where more than 20 people congregate as from July 20 after the government on Friday decided to step up efforts to ...

Researchers from STARC (the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre) of the Cyprus Institute have created a replica of a mediaeval metal cross of the Maronite Church ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced no deaths, and 1,152 new positives to the coronavirus – a new record after Wednesday’s 1,120, although the positivity rate from testing was slightly down. The ...

Temperatures will hit 40C plus again tomorrow, prompting the met office to issue yet another extreme high temperature warning, although the heat wave is forecast to ease slightly on Saturday ...

The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved COVID-19 vaccines, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The global tourism body, ...

The European Commission said on Thursday that it has opened infringement procedures against Cyprus for failing to ensure correct transposition of EU rules on combatting terrorism and failing to comply ...

A public sector union has called on civil servants to join a lawsuit against the government over its decision to terminate free rapid tests from August 1 as it tries to ...

The government is drafting a bill that would introduce a small deposit return fee to help reduce waste, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told the House Environment Committee on Wednesday. He ...

As the heat wave continues to grip Cyprus, the met office has issued a new extreme high temperature warning for Thursday when temperatures are expected to reach 41C inland and 33...

Two sea turtles – Androniki and Emma –were released back into the sea on Wednesday after recuperating at the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre of the Fisheries Department where they were taken ...

The environment service has launched a two-month public consultation on draft regulations to manage plastic waste in the agricultural sector. Uncontrolled dumping and burning of plastic agricultural waste pollute the ...

Church services to mark the saint’s day of Ayia Marina will be held at the chapel of the same name in the Dherynia buffer zone on Friday and Saturday, ...

Bus and taxi drivers must be vaccinated or have a 72-hour negative test to work, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said in new guidelines for the public transport sector issued on ...

Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday jailed a 33-year-old man from Greece for 13 years after finding him guilty of illegally importing 27 kilos of cannabis. The man was arrested at Larnaca Airport ...

The SBA Police is warning all beach goers to follow the rules and remain safe. In liaison with the Area Office, the SBA Police has announced that Operation Jetstream at ...

Police on Tuesday said they arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of child porn possession and distribution. The arrest was made after local police received information from Europol regarding an ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides departed for Brussels on Monday to take part in the Eurogroup meeting taking place on the same day and the Ecofin (Economic and Financial Affairs Council) ...

In the last 24 hours, more than 5,000 inspections were carried out by police islandwide to catch people who were out and about without authorisation from the state. In all 88 people were ...

A fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday on a boat docked at Pomos in Paphos completely destroyed the vessel, authorities said. According to police, the fire ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography. The man was arrested after information was received from Europol whose Cybercrime Sub-Directorate arrested 22 ...

The Larnaca District Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 30 days in prison for driving under the influence of alcohol. The man was driving at almost six times the legal ...

A fire broke out at 2am on Saturday in a room of the facility housing unaccompanied minors in Larnaca. The 21 minor children were safely evacuated, authorities said. According to the ...