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The Cyprus Post announced on Wednesday that all postal services to China will be temporarily suspended, except the Quickpost courier service, due to the health measures that have been taken ...
The first joint operation between Cyprus and Germany to return illegal Pakistani residents home was carried out successfully on Tuesday, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
The operation was carried ...
We continue to work with the parties trying to find a resolution of the situation in Cyprus, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said on Tuesday.
During the ...
In today’s episode, although no cases have so far been reported in Cyprus of the children’s hepatitis, which has required some to have liver transplants, a local expert ...
A seven-year-old boy injured in a traffic accident has died from his wounds, police said on Wednesday.
Limassol resident Sergos Arzoumanides was being treated at the Nicosia general hospital.
He ...
Paphos police are investigating after an abandoned bus caught fire, they said on Wednesday morning.
According to director of Paphos CID Michalis Nicolaou, at 2am on Wednesday morning the bus ...
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Andreas Hadjichrysanthou has sent a letter to the Secretary-General denouncing Turkish violations of the national airspace and sea of Cyprus.
Hadjichrysanthou ...
The hotel occupancy rate in the Paphos district during the Catholic and Orthodox Easter period stood at 60 per cent, according to the president of the Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos ...
Cyprus’ trade deficit in January of this year amounted to €523.6 million, compared to €434.3 million in the corresponding month of 2021, according to data released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Statistical Office (...
One in four pupils in Cyprus have experienced bullying, with girls at a higher risk than boys, according to the findings of ongoing research of the University of Cyprus.
During ...
Residents reported they felt an earthquake in Paphos and other parts of the island on Tuesday night.
At an estimated 4.8 magnitude, the earthquake’s epicentre was reportedly 21km south west ...
A nine-year-old boy who underwent emergency surgery after being bitten by a dog over the weekend was said to be in a stable condition on Tuesday.
He remains in the ...
Children of Nicosia prison inmates participated for the first time this year in the Easter activities at the prisons in a family event held on Tuesday.
In the presence of ...
Fifty eight per cent of dangerous non-food products found in Cyprus in 2021 were toys, the European Commission’s rapid alert system for dangerous items has shown.
Another 16 per cent of ...
Outgoing Cyprus chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis confirmed on Tuesday his interest in running for the 2023 presidential elections, but remained cagey on details.
Mavroyiannis tendered his resignation earlier this month; he ...
Paphos police on Tuesday said a 26-year-old man has been remanded for one day on Monday after he escaped police detention with the help of two other people.
Two more ...
Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent has been sentenced to one year in jail for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a cartoon printed in 2017, it emerged on Tuesday.
The ...
Police said on Tuesday that 525 traffic violations were recorded during the Easter holiday weekend, some of which include the leading causes of road fatalities.
According to police officers active across ...
Three men were remanded for seven days by Famagusta district court over a series of charges primarily centered on stolen goods, items ranging from farm equipment to car parts.
The ...
The number of commercial flights to and from Cyprus in March 2022 were 17 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by Eurostat.
The decline for Cyprus was softer ...
The health ministry has issued the testing locations for Wednesday.
Free testing applies only to minors up to 17 years old. Individuals over 18 who have a certificate of exemption from vaccination. ...
Police have arrested a 48-year-old man in connection with a burglary at a florist shop in Paphos where €2,500 was stolen between April 19-20.
The florist shop owner told the police ...
Turkish Cypriots were punished following the failure of the Annan Plan despite having voted in favour, the community’s leader Ersin Tatar said on the anniversary of the 2004 referendum.
Tatar ...
No cases have so far been reported in Cyprus of the children’s hepatitis which has required some to have liver transplants, but a local expert has said that infections ...