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UN special representative Elizabeth Spehar on Tuesday briefed the UN Security Council on the secretary general’s good offices mission in Cyprus, focusing on efforts to convene an informal five ...

Movement restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic have limited contacts across the Green Line and deepened estrangement between two communities, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said in his latest report ...

Cyprus and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday agreed to launch a political dialogue between foreign ministries, with a first meeting and political consultation to be held in Riyadh in the near ...

One person died and 164 have tested positive for coronavirus after 8,366 tests, a positivity rate of 1.96 per cent, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The death of an 81-year-old man with ...

The health ministry has announced 19 sites where rapid coronavirus tests will be available for the general population on Wednesday. District Testing sites Time Limassol Sklavenitis supermarket car park, Yermasoyia (Columbia) 8.30 ...

As night fell, the joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) said it was suspending a search and rescue operation in the sea off Larnaca for a 70-year-old woman who has been ...

Cyprus hopes to tap a new niche market for tourists with luxury camping, or glamping, for which legislation is being drafted, deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday after ...

Cyprus has secured an additional 565,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry said on Tuesday as it announced that if EU approval of other vaccines goes as planned, ...

Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday warned clients to be on alert against scammers trying to access their accounts and urged them not share any information. In a written statement, the ...

The road transport department announced on Tuesday the rules concerning the importation of vehicles from the UK following its EU exit. According to the department, an M1 category vehicle – passenger ...

The Sovereign Base Area Police Akrotiri Division has donated 123 boxes of food to 10 of its surrounding communities as part of its Food Aid programme to help struggling families during the ...

The health ministry has announced Tuesday’s rapid test sites, which are included in the table below. Province Sampling points Hours Limassol Apostolos Loukas Church, Agios Athanasios (Agios Athanasios Refugee ...

Two men, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, were arrested in the north for cigarette smuggling and also face charges for entering a military zone. In a smuggling operation ...

Improvement works to the water supply of parts of Nicosia began on Monday, the Water Board of Nicosia and Strovolos municipality announced. In a joint statement, they said maintenance and ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test sites for Monday, January 18. District Testing Sites Time Limassol Church of Apostolos Loukas, Agios Athanasios (Agios Athanasios refugee estate) 8.30am-4.30pm Church of ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced one death from Covid-19 and 202 new cases from 8,014 PCR and rapid tests. The death concerned a man aged 70 with underlying conditions who died at ...

The following are the sampling point for rapid tests on Sunday: District Sampling points Hours Limassol Tassos Papadopoulos Building – TEPAK, Limassol (Iphigenia and Themidos Corner) 8.30am-4.30pm Church of Agia ...

The advisory committee on coronavirus is already mulling a possible relaxation of the lockdown, but any decision will be contingent on fewer hospitalisations, committee head Constantinos Tsioutis said. “The most ...

The health ministry has announced 24 rapid tests locations for the general public islandwide for Saturday. Limassol Tassos Papadopoulos building, Tepak (corner of Ifigenias and Themidos), 8.30 am- 4.30 pm. Ayia Varvara Church, ...

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to take a heavy toll on the Cypriot community in the UK, with Parikiaki newspaper estimating that a total of 480 UK Cypriots have died from ...

Three more elderly people have died of Covid-19, while 241 positives were detected in island-wide testing, authorities said Thursday. The latest deceased are all men: a 79-year-old with underlying conditions who ...

The health ministry has issued the testing schedule for Friday as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol “Grigori Afxentiou” Square – Dioikitirio 10 a.m.-4: 30 p.m. Event hall next to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday called on newspaper director and journalist Andreas Paraschos to substantiate a report that he made €300m from the citizenship by investment scheme and took the ...

MPs will debate the beleaguered state budget for 2021 on Thursday, January 21, instead of on Monday January 18 as originally planned, it was announced on Thursday. The change follows a decision taken ...