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Cyprus has launched a dialogue concerning the possibility of introducing a minimum national salary, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Monday. She was speaking at a meeting of the European ...

The House selection committee meets tomorrow to assign MPs to the 16 House committees, amid speculation on whether smaller parties will be given a committee to chair, even though they do ...

Police, members of the coastguard and the rapid response unit (MMAD), donned their diving suits to clean up the seabed at two Protaras beaches. The rubbish collected was disposed of ...

Cyprus can boast having one of the most modern search and rescue coordination centres (Ksed) in Europe, effectively handling services that are critical for the Republic, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides ...

Moving to bolster defences against the Indian (Delta) variant, the health minister on Monday issued a decree prohibiting arrival to Cyprus of any person who has been in India in ...

The health ministry announced a total of 64 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A 50-year-old Paphos man denied charges relating to abuse of a minor on Monday, the offences allegedly committed between 2018 and 2019. The court adjourned for November 10. The man was released on ...

Paphos hotels are operating at 15 per cent occupancy rates and would be closed were it not for state support, president of the Paphos branch of the Cyprus Hotel Association said ...

Reiterating that the coronavirus pandemic can only be effectively addressed through vaccinations, the health ministry on Monday announced the vaccination portal will be open for everyone over 18 from Friday onwards. ...

New members of parliament should prioritise improving public health, the Federation of Patients’ Associations of Cyprus (Osak) said on Monday. The interests of the people must be protected with sensitivity ...

Members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) have rescued a barn owl that was caught in a net near Paralimni, the NGO said in a Facebook post. The owl ...

Episkopi residents on Monday briefly blocked off the old Limassol-Paphos road to press the state to move forward on a number of infrastructure projects that have been pending for years. ...

While acknowledging the education ministry’s efforts to make alternative arrangements, Child Commissioner Despo Michaelidou Livaniou on Monday expressed concern that the planned closure of the Phaneromeni primary and lower ...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for child pornography after a tip off from Europol, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday. The suspect, a Larnaca resident, was arrested on ...

Nearly one in ten Cypriots is a blood donor, among the highest rates worldwide, the Blood Bank of the health ministry said on Monday as it paid tribute to the ...

Akel, Edek and Elam on Monday declined President Nicos Anastasiades’ invitation to take part in a wider acceptance government. Akel, however, appeared ready to support any reforms that would benefit ...

A 27-year-old man wanted for attempted murder has been arrested and is due to appear in court in Limassol on Monday. Police had been looking for suspect after a 35-year-old ...

A 21-year-old man stopped for speeding on the Limassol-Nicosia highway and found to be driving without insurance and with a suspended licence will appear in court later on Monday. According ...

UN special envoy Jane Holl lute is expected to arrive in Cyrus towards the end of June, reports said on Saturday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, that cites sources, ...

The health ministry announced one death and 60 positives for Covid-19 on Friday from 53,864 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.11 per cent. The death concerned a 30-year-old man. ...

The Larnaca municipality has said that the project for the reconstruction of streets and facilities for the disabled in the centre of the town was in its final phase and ...

Telephony providers Primetel are advising subscribers to exercise caution with an ongoing phone scam with calls made from unknown numbers, particularly overseas numbers. In a press release, the company said ...

Parents of pupils at Vergina high school in Larnaca held a protest on Thursday after an armed gang of teenagers from another school entered the school premises the previous day. “...

A public consultation is underway on a bill to regulate camping sites including those offering high-end facilities known as glamping. The Deputy Ministry of Tourism said on Wednesday the bill ...