Cyprus

Members of the Cyprus’ association for recreation centre owners (Pasika) on Thursday welcomed the reopening of nightclubs today, ahead of the crucial summer season. In a statement made to the ...

Paphos police arrested a 38-year-old farmer late on Wednesday for setting fire to 200 bales of hay in his field. The fire started around 5am in the Paphos field, destroying 200 round ...

“The overarching key word is ‘trust,’ among Member States and European institutions, between citizens and their governments.” There is an increase in European solidarity and European integration in the current ...

Two beaches will be opened for the summer season in the fenced-off city of Varosha, its ‘mayor’ Ismail Arter said on Wednesday. Speaking to Turkish news agency Anadolu, Arter said ...

With discussions over Thursday’s vote for the House presidency continuing on Wednesday, it appeared as if Akel leader Andros Kyprianou is in with a chance of winning, though parties ...

The health ministry announced the deaths of two people from Covid-19 on Wednesday and 77 new infections after 39,124 tests, a positivity rate of 0.20 per cent. Forty-three people were being treated in ...

A public consultation is underway on a bill to regulate camping sites including those offering high-end facilities known as glamping. The Deputy Ministry of Tourism said on Wednesday the bill ...

Police said Wednesday they arrested a 47-year-old Limassol woman on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography over the internet. The cybercrime unit said it had received a tip ...

There will be no designated dancefloors when nightclubs open on Thursday after around 15 months, but customers can dance around their table, according to the protocol issued by the health ministry. ...

A 35-year-old man was seriously injured in a stabbing on Wednesday afternoon while working on a construction site in Polemidia. He was taken to Limassol general hospital by his employer ...

The police warned the public on Wednesday to be wary of a new telephone scam seeking access to people’s computers and their personal and banking data. The said the ...

A 43-year-old man was jailed for 12 years on Wednesday for raping a 24-year-old woman last September in Larnaca. The proceedings at the Larnaca court were held in-camera to protect the ...

Larnaca will not tolerate the strong presence of a red dust which appears linked to activities at the port, the town’s mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency ...

Cyprus was among a number of EU member states targeted for infringement procedures on Wednesday, most notably for its failure to take the necessary steps to protect and manage its ...

The Church of Greece has called on their Cypriot counterparts to ask the outspoken Morphou Bishop to tone down his anti-vaccine rhetoric and criticism which it was deemed, interferes with ...

The health ministry announced a total of 67 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of the incentive plan to airlines to address the consequences of the pandemic amounting to €8.8 million for 2021 with the aim of restoring air ...

The five nurses who refused to carry out their duties at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital over a Covid case last year committed a disciplinary offence, but no action will be ...

Brussels is taking action against Cyprus for continuing to process pending applications for citizenship even though the passports for investment scheme was axed last November amid a scandal over corruption ...

By Mary Spyrou The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is “particularly concerned” over the dramatic reduction in the number of human remains found in recent exhumations, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou ...

A total of 20 flights from Russia that were due to land in Cyprus throughout last week have not been able to depart due to the fact that the Russian government ...

Kato Polemidia municipal councillors in Limassol on Wednesday broke into and took over an old co-op bank in protest against a government decision to give the building to the Famagusta ...

By Mary Spyrou As of tomorrow, June 10, curfew will be lifted, and the 50 per cent capacity limit will no longer apply to workers in the wider public sector and to ...

The EU and the US are set to endorse a joint declaration during their summit on June 15 in Brussels, for a “renewed transatlantic partnership” that will also work for sustainable ...