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The latest decree of the health minister was published Monday, affording coronavirus vaccinees the entitlement to take the entire day off from work on the day they get the jab, ...

The health ministry said on Sunday that a woman aged 93 had died from Covid-19 and that 577 people had tested positive from 45,848 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.26 per ...

A fire that broke out at the Kotsiatis landfill Sunday evening was brought under control in just over an hour, the fire service said. The fire broke out shortly after 6...

Those taking place are much smaller events By Mary Spyrou After over a year of cancellations or at best hugely scaled-down affairs, the wedding sector remains a troubled industry despite ...

Three people were remanded at Larnaca district court for eight days on Sunday in connection to 27.5 kilos of cannabis found in their luggage at Larnaca airport. The three, aged 32, 41 and 47 ...

Cyprus has the second highest availability of computer tomography (CT) scanners and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units in hospitals relative to the number of inhabitants among the EU27, according to 2019 ...

A new women’s freediving world record was set in Limassol on Friday when Jennifer Wendland descended to a depth of 93 metres. Holding only one breath and powered by a ...

Police arrested an 18-year-old male in connection with a fire last Wednesday between the villages of Trahipedoula and Kelokedara in the district of Paphos. The teen was arrested on Friday ...

Police reported 52 people and three establishments over the past 24 hours for violating health and safety measures in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A spokesman said 3,368 checks were ...

Cyprus and Serbia on Friday signed a cooperation agreement in the field of protection against disasters, with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris also taking the opportunity during his talks in Belgrade ...

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, ...