Staff Reporter

Four people died of Covid-19 on Thursday, while testing in the community yielded 309 more positives. The deceased are: a man aged 87 with underlying conditions, not record of vaccination, who expired ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of acquiring and possessing child pornography material. Authorities had received a tip through Europol that an Internet user in Cyprus had ...

Four out of 10 children (41.6 per cent) in Cyprus aged less than three years were cared for exclusively by their parents in 2019, slightly below the EU27 average of 47.1 per cent, according ...

The met office has issued a yellow alert for Thursday, April 1, warning of thunderstorms and heavy rain. In an announcement it said isolated thunderstorms are likely to affect the area. ...

A total of 75 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Lower secondary school (gymnasium) and Limassol primary schools will return to class on Friday, cabinet decided on Wednesday. In addition, the public will be allowed three SMS for permission to ...

In 2020, average hourly labour costs in Cyprus were estimated to be €17, below the €28.5 averaged in the EU and €32.3 in the euro area, according to figures issued by Eurostat on Wednesday. ...

The vaccination portal will open for people aged 64 and over on Thursday at 8 am, the health ministry said on Wednesday. A total of 17,814 slots will be available and appointments can ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Wednesday submitted bills to overhaul the justice system to the House legal affairs committee and urged MPs they be sent to the plenary before the ...

The auditor general has referred a case of possible abuse of an EU-sponsored programme to the EU anti-fraud office Olaf following a complaint that a single beneficiary had allegedly bypassed ...

Cyprus recorded the first win of their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory over Slovenia at the GSP stadium in Nicosia on Tuesday night. Apollon star Ioannis Pittas ...

Two cheques totalling €48,119 were on Tuesday presented to the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Association and the One Dream, One Wish charity organisation, by Bases Administrator Major General Rob Thomson. The money, which ...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced on Monday by the Larnaca district court to 30 days in prison with a three-year suspension after caught driving 207 kilometres per hour last January. The court ...

A total of 58 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday had a meeting with EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, at the Presidential Palace. He said after the meeting the commissioner briefed ...

Lower secondary school (gymnasium) pupils are expected to return to class on Friday, it emerged on Monday. Citing the recommendations of the scientific advisers, the health and education ministers announced ...

Limassol bishop Athanasios was on Monday discharged from Nicosia general hospital, where he had been admitted last week after testing positive for the coronavirus. A statement by the Limassol Holy ...

Cyprus is the largest beneficiary of European Investment Bank (EIB) engagement in Europe relative to GDP, the EIB said on Monday as it announced a €19 million loan agreement with Epic ...

The government on Monday waded into a row over terminology used by citizens umbrella group Os Dame (Enough), saying it was disappointed the organisation had adopted phrases which undermine the ...

Against a backdrop of an increase in violence against women, MPs on Monday started to review of a new bill incorporating the Istanbul Convention as Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis announced ...

A total of 370 trees are being planted in the Prophitis Elias area of Oroklini on Monday near a picnic site as the community steps up efforts to increase its green ...

A less intrusive method of coronavirus nasal rapid tests will be used to test pupils of upper secondary schools (lyceums), the health ministry announced on Monday, only to be met ...

A pro-federation group says areas such as the buffer zone should house model universities, university hospitals and include green development centres By a Staff Reporter The ‘New Wave–The Other ...

Two men were arrested on two separate occasions after cannabis plants were found in their properties, police said on Sunday. A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with the discovery ...