Cyprus

Covid-19 vaccination centres will no longer operate on Saturday, the health ministry announced on Monday. They will still remain open from 8am to 3pm from Monday to Friday. People wishing ...

Two Nicosia youths were arrested and charged with stealing backpacks at a Protaras beach, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday. The two men are aged 19 and 20. Famagusta district police ...

The fire service on Monday afternoon responded to large fires in the Nicosia and Larnaca districts. Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis reported that around 2.15pm a fire broke out between ...

Cyprus is a constructive participant in EU-wide discussions on sanctions against Russia, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Monday. He was speaking from Brussels, where he is accompanying President Nicos ...

The Animal Party on Monday condemned as unacceptable, abhorrent and macabre the killing of a fox which was then left in basketball hoop. The fox was found slumped across the ...

The Republic of Cyprus is currently taking all relevant diplomatic action to bring an end to the hostage taking of two Greek vessels and their crew – among them a Cypriot ...

A blood drive was organised by the Jewish community of Cyprus in collaboration with the Larnaca General Hospital and the Cyprus Blood Bank in Larnaca on Monday. Members of the ...

Demonstrators gathered outside Larnaca district court on Monday where former Bishop of Kition Chrysostomos is on trial for assaulting a woman, aged 16 at the time, in 1981. He has entered a ...

Tourist arrivals in the first four months of 2022 surpassed half a million – nearly ten times the number who visited amid the tight pandemic-dictated restrictions in the same period last year, ...

The Imvanex vaccine can be used to protect high-risk groups against monkeypox, the health ministry said on Monday following Friday’s meeting of the vaccination committee. The committee recommended that ...

Bank of Cyprus’ Dherynia branch is closing in July due to concerns over profitability, safety and operating costs, while increasing digitalisation and online services are also contributing factors, the bank ...

By Andrea Charalambous Limassol traffic police’s motorcycle units reported a total of 78 violations after checks carried out between 7.00 am on Sunday and 2.00 am on Monday, police said in a ...

There will be reduced water supply by the Larnaca Water Board on June 1 because of repairs to the central pipe, the board said on Monday. It said supply will be ...

Christos Christou, Elam’s MP and president, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections after Elam’s central committee unanimously ratified his candidacy on Sunday. This brings the ...

Five men were remanded for eight days on Monday after being arrested as suspected people traffickers the previous day. The five suspects, aged between 19 and 38, were arrested in the Famagusta ...

In today’s episode, a total of €370 million are to be invested by the government in projects to revitalise the mountain areas, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said, stressing it was ...

Higher than average temperatures continue to grip Cyprus, with Monday’s high expected to reach 39 C inland. These are expected to edge down a little over the next three days ...

Three people – two men and one woman – were arrested in Limassol early on Monday morning after police were able to stop their vehicle after a car chase. Police said that ...

A 32-year-old in Paphos was remanded for eight days after he was arrested for a series of burglary and theft cases. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, a total ...

Two sniffer dogs trained to find poison are already proving their worth Sofie and Dixie, two border collies specially trained to detect poison baits as part of an EU-funded programme ...

Leader of the far right Elam, Christos Christou will be the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential elections, it announced on Sunday. He was named after a unanimous vote by ...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz is expected in Cyprus in the next couple of days to watch the large bilateral military exercise on the island Agapinor, which started on Sunday. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is already in contact with the relevant ministers to find solutions to the problems faced by Cyprus hunters, those protesting outside the palace on Sunday were told. ...

Projects worth €370 million to revitalise the mountain areas were outlined on Sunday by Works Minister Yiannis Karousos, who said it was the aim of the Anastasiades’ government to give new ...