North to be included on Google Street View
Roads in the north are set to be included in Google Street View, while its profile on Google Earth and Google Maps will also be boosted.
The news comes following ...
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Covid hospitalisations up by almost a third (updated)
Hospitalisations of patients with Covid-19 have increased by almost in a third in the last week, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday.
Charilaou was speaking to CyBC radio and ...
President says UNSG’s report ‘could have been better’
The United Nations Secretary-general’s report into the current state of the Cyprus problem “could have been better”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.
Speaking at Epiphany celebrations in Larnaca, ...
Christodoulides: Ultimate goal of aid is to allow Palestinians to remain in Gaza
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday the “ultimate goal” of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza is to allow Palestinians to remain there.
Speaking at Epiphany celebrations in Larnaca, Christodoulides said “...
Reactions pour in over appointment of UN envoy
The various sides of Cypriot politics issued reactions on Saturday to Friday evening’s announcement of Colombian diplomat Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy ...
Theatre groups point out ‘room for improvement’ in Thimeli plan
Theatre groups on Saturday pointed out “room for improvement” in the government’s “Thimeli” plan, which provides funding to performing arts groups in Cyprus.
While grateful for the initial steps ...
Police accuse man of attempting to smuggle cannabis to inmate
Police in Limassol accused a man of attempting to supply just shy of two grammes of cannabis to a man who was being held in custody on Friday night.
The ...
Isias hotel owner to remain in custody, next trial hearing set for April (Updated)
Ahmet Bozkurt, the owner of the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman, and his two sons Mehmet Fatih Bozkurt and Efe Bozkurt, saw their applications for release rejected ...
Pharmaceutical association ‘welcomes’ reintroduction of Covid-19 measures
The Cyprus pharmaceutical association (CPA) said on Saturday it “welcomes” the reintroduction of mandatory testing for Covid-19 to enter certain spaces.
Health Minister Popi Kanari had said on Friday that “...
Car suffers minor damage after catching fire in Strovolos
A car suffered minor damage after catching fire in Strovolos in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The vehicle was parked outside the home of its owner and caught fire ...
Cyprus celebrates Epiphany (Updated)
Greek Orthodox Christians across Cyprus celebrate the Epiphany on Saturday, one of the most important days on the Greek Orthodox calendar.
The day marks the baptism of Jesus Christ in ...
Construction work to begin on Cyprus’ first crematorium
Construction work is set to begin on Cyprus’ first crematorium within the first half of the year, according to the director of the company undertaking the project, MW Crematorium Cyprus’ ...
Cuellar announced as UN ‘personal envoy’ to Cyprus
United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres announced on Friday evening the appointment of Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as his “personal envoy” to Cyprus.
The announcement was made by his spokeswoman Stephanie ...
Cypriot journalist released after arrest in Turkey (Update)
Cypriot journalist Guren Tilki was released late on Friday evening, after having arrested in Turkey earlier that day for allegedly insulting the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a ...
Isias hotel case: ‘The defendants are spreading lies in court’
Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ and head of the north’s ‘parliamentary’ justice committee Oguzhan Hasipoglu made an extraordinary intervention to reporters on Friday regarding the trial of those held responsible for ...
Compulsory testing makes a comeback as Covid-19 cases surge
Compulsory testing for Covid-19 within 48 hours of visits to a plethora of locations has been reintroduced by the government, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday.
Kanari was speaking during ...
Michaelidou hails expansion of free pre-primary education
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou has hailed the government’s proposal to gradually expand the provision of free pre-primary education to children aged four years old and up.
Speaking to the ...
Lottides decries ‘rights violations’ during Covid-19 pandemic
Human Rights Commissioner Maria Lottides decried “rights violations” and “infringements on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms” during the Covid-19 pandemic in her annual report.
The report, which was submitted to President Nikos ...
PDO Halloumi production ‘up in the air’
The future of the production of halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product is “up in the air”, after producers on Wednesday repeated their decision to close their ...
Ministry gives two days for decision over health appointments
The finance ministry said on Wednesday it will decide within the next two days whether or not to approve the opening of 56 new job positions at the Health Insurers’ Organisation (...
Two in court over Nicosia walled city murder
Two men appeared in court on Wednesday accused of aiding and abetting the murder of 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city in December.
Alav was found dead at ...
Government investigation into state servers’ flooding complete
The government’s investigation into the flooding of state computer servers in April last year has been completed, Deputy Research Minister Philippos Hadjizacharias said on Wednesday.
In a post on ...
Teenager stabs two in industrial area
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Karavostasi in the north on Wednesday after stabbing two men in the village’s industrial site.
The incident occurred at about 9:15am, when the ...
Larnaca planning to open new municipal theatre
The Larnaca Municipality is considering opening a new indoor municipal theatre in the area near the town’s oil refineries, Mayor Andreas Vyras said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Cyprus ...