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The Famagusta district court on Tuesday took away the driving licence of a 42-year-old woman after she was found drunk driving in Paralimni more than five times over the limit ...

Two men have died, and another 126 people have tested positive for coronavirus, the health ministry said on Monday. Neither of the two deceased, aged 69 and 60, had pre-existing conditions. Their deaths, ...

Dozens of Turkish Cypriots who work in the south and live in the north staged a protest near the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint on Monday afternoon asking that they be allowed ...

The health ministry has announced the locations for rapid antigen tests for Tuesday. These will operate for the general population as well as for employees of private businesses who have ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will unveil measures to combat corruption in a televised address this week, government spokesman Kyriako Koushios said on Monday, once more rejecting criticism from opposition Diko that ...

A 23-year-old was remanded in custody for two days by Limassol district court on Monday as police investigate the theft of 13 hunting rifles and air guns after a shop was ...

A health ministry change to its vaccination procedures for the elderly appears to have been more effective than anticipated, with some 4,000 appointment slots for coronavirus vaccines still available for people ...

Omonia joined Apollon at the top of the table after their slender but deserved 1-0 win over Enosis in Paralimni while in the other game, bottom placed Ethnikos Achnas defeated ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday. District Testing Sites Times Limassol Lidl supermarket parking lot,Limassol (45 Franklin Roosevelt Street) 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Glafcos ...

A 47-year-old man and his wife, 45, were remanded on Saturday for six and three days respectively on suspicion of paying someone to burn their house so that they could claim ...

The health ministry announced on Saturday that coronavirus vaccination appointments for those over 90 will be available from Monday morning. Some 5,448 jab appointments for this age group can be made via ...

The need to avert a surge in unemployment was highlighted by Sek trade union confederation during a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday. General secretary Andreas Matsas said the ...

Police fined 139 individuals and the owner of one establishment for violations of Covid-19 measures after 11,203 checks carried out across the island between Friday and Saturday morning. The owner of the ...

A palliative care centre for cancer patients in Famagusta is coming, says deputy head of KEPA Agios Christophoros in Paralimni. Dimitris Papaevelthontos told the Cyprus News Agency that the idea ...

Saying that the earthquake which rattled Cyprus on Thursday only underscored the sorry state of their current premises, employees working at the social insurance department on Byron Avenue in Nicosia ...

President Nicos Anastasiades welcomed the approval of the 2021 state budget by parliament, urging all parties to leave the toxic climate behind and focus on its implementation. “The government’s will ...

With the approval of the 2021 state budget, the education ministry said on Friday it was now in a position to announce implementation of a €900 grant for artists as well as ...

One person has died from Covid-19, the health ministry said on Friday, while 122 new cases were detected after 9,635 tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent. The ministry said 179 people were ...

The health ministry on Friday urged employees who have returned to work after it relaxed the number of staff permitted at each premise to take a rapid antigen test. It ...

One week since the launch of the vaccination programme in the north, health personnel have administered the first 11,000 doses of the coronavirus jab and have stored another 11,000 for the second ...

A total of 260 forged euro banknotes were taken out of circulation in 2020 by authorities in Cyprus, down 43.1 per cent on the previous year and only a minute fraction of the ...

One in two labour fatalities result from a fall from a height, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday, a day after a 66-year-old man was killed after falling while ...

A total of 3,711 coronavirus cases were diagnosed in the two-week period from January 6 to 19, with Limassol and Nicosia accounting for two thirds of these. According to the latest national surveillance ...

It has been a grim January, with 61 coronavirus-related deaths so far, 24 of them in one week alone, according to figures published by the health ministry on Friday. This follows on ...