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Without student parades, muted celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Greek independence began in Cyprus on Thursday with church services in all districts. Bells rang out early it the ...

Police have announced that the roads from Troodos to Platres-Karvouna and Troodos-Prodromou are only open to 4X4s and vehicles with snow chains due to heavy frost. Also slippery are ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 293 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday from 37,486 PCR and rapid tests, yielding a positivity rate of 0.78 per cent. The deaths concerned two men, ...

NGO Laona Foundation is organising a bicommunal eco-journalism workshop for young journalists in early April. The NGO’s efforts are focused on the conservation and regeneration of the Cypriot countryside, ...

A fire at a Nicosia district pig farm on Monday evening killed many animals and destroyed part of the facility, the fire service said. Fire fighters were dispatched to the ...

The House finance committee is leaning towards extending a scheme that enables taxpayers to pay outstanding taxes in instalments, despite reservations voiced by the tax office, the Cyprus News Agency ...

Coronavirus rapid antigen testing sites for Tuesday District Location Operating hours Limassol (14 sites) Ayios Ioannis Eleimon Church 8.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. ‘Andreas Themistocleous’ TEPAK building, Ayia Zoni (old land registry, ...

Vulnerable groups and everyone aged 45 and over should receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by the first week of May, the health ministry announced on Monday. A total ...

Denying allegations of possible conflict of interest, Yiorgos Aresti, who headed the committee of inquiry on the collapse of the co-op, said on Monday he had no reason or intention ...

A new campaign is underway to press the government to scrap a 12 per cent ‘penalty’ on the pensions of those who retire at 63 and not 65. This follows a meeting at ...

The pandemic has reminded everyone there is no room for any sense of superiority, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. ...

Larnaca restaurant owners are lobbying for more state assistance to help them through the pandemic, particularly to cover rents. District secretary for Larnaca of Pasika, the pancyprian association of owners ...

Cyprus said on Monday it has downgraded Denmark and Norway and upgraded Ireland in its classification of countries based on their epidemiological condition, effective from Thursday, March 25. The classification affects ...

Police launched an investigation on Sunday after a video posted on social media showed people inside a Limassol taverna dancing. The video posted on Instagram shows several people dancing, in ...

The ministry of health on Sunday afternoon announced 54 testing sites on Monday for rapid Covid-19 tests. It also reminded that all those who go to work are required to take ...

The health ministry announced one death and 407 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday from 53,774 PCR and rapid tests, yielding a positivity rate of 0.7 per cent. The death concerned a man ...

Rapid test sampling units for Sunday are as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (18 points) Church of Agios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 9.30 a.m.-7.30 p.m. TEPAK Building “Andreas Themistokleous”, ...

Most coronavirus patients admitted to Famagusta Hospital the past fortnight have required treatment for about seven to eight days, hospital chief Amalia Hadjiyianni has said. “The past 15 days, most cases ...

The health ministry announced no deaths and 364 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. As there were no deaths, the total number remains 241, of whom 160 were men and 81 women, with an ...

Almost 9,000 vaccination appointments for those aged 66 and older will be made available over the weekend, the health ministry announced on Friday. Some 8,934 appointments will be made available though the online ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday stressed the important role the EU can play in during the informal conference on the Cyprus issue that will take place next month in Geneva. ...

District court judges were back in class this week for a one-day online seminar on how sentencing can serve as an effective deterrent to road fatalities. The seminar, organised by ...

The European Commission has sent more than half a million rapid antigen tests to Cyprus to facilitate checks to contain the spread of the pandemic, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

The coronavirus pandemic slashed an estimated three per cent off local wages and salaries in the second and third quarters last year, the annual report on the economy and employment ...