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Health professionals will be offered incentives to help staff overstretched Covid-19 clinics at public hospitals, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday. Meanwhile non-coronavirus patients in state hospitals will ...

The weekend produced some close finishes and a few surprise results as the cricket calendar expanded to include a new competition, running alongside the T20 Cup. The 2021 CCA #BAOFINANCIAL 40 Overs ...

The health ministry announced one more death and said that 858 more people had tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from 70,809 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.21 per cent. ...

Reports on Sunday said two Turkish F-16s had flown over Cyprus in the afternoon ahead of the visit of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. Speaking to SigmaLive, a ...

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday outside the presidential palace in Nicosia to protest against the blanket introduction of the SafePass as of Tuesday. The crowd at Human Rights Square ...

The testing sites for Monday are as follows: Province Sampling points Hours Limassol (15 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 7.30 am-7.30 pm TEPAK “Tassou Papadopoulos” Building, Agia Zoni (Iphigenia and Themidos Corner) 8.30 ...

Limassol police are investigating the theft of €15,000 from a woman’s bank account through an online scam. Police said the complainant told them that a woman speaking English called the ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos in a circular to churches on Sunday, again urged young people to get vaccinated for the good of the country. “The rights of many cannot be violated by ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday morning for driving on the highway near Zygi at 189 kilometres an hour in instead of the legal 100 km/h, police said. The speeder ...

The government is monitoring all developments and is taking steps in all directions, both at European level and at the level of the UN Security Council, Spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...

Τhe met office on Sunday issued a yellow warning for high temperatures. The alert is in effect from noon until 5pm. Temperatures are expected to hit 40C inland, 34C along ...

A 22-year-old man has been charged with having too many people in his home and with possession nitrogen oxide (laughing gas), police said on Sunday. Police raided the house in ...

The health ministry announced 928 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday out of 72,874 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent. No deaths from the virus were reported, but ...

A 30-year-old man was fined €4000 after police found illegal tobacco products at his premises in Limassol. Acting on a tip off, police said they had searched the premises on Friday ...

Maximum temperatures will be around 40C inland and around 32C over Troodos’ highest peaks on Saturday, the met office said as it issued a new extreme high temperature warning. The ...

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 ...