A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
The met office expects intense storms and issued a yellow weather warning valid from 2pm Thursday to 5pm Friday.
Social media was awash with posts about heavy rain and hailstorms ...
The European Commission is proposing to extend the EU Digital Covid Certificate by a year, until 30 June 2023, it said on Thursday.
The Commission said Covid-19 continued to be prevalent in ...
The introduction of a national minimum wage was at the centre of a meeting between Peo trade union federation with President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace on Thursday.
Cyprus ...
A total of 35 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced.
Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...
The health ministry on Thursday announced a new timetable for walk-in vaccination centres across the republic, which will apply from Monday, February 7 with extended hours on Wednesdays.
As of Monday, ...
Tourism arrivals in 2021 hovered just below the 2 million mark – some three times more than the previous year but only half the record-breaking pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to figures published by ...
The Paphos bicycle police patrols issued 97 fines for the month of January while also assisting the public when and where necessary, according to an announcement on Thursday.
Paphos assistant police ...
Police on Thursday said they have almost completed investigating the information submitted by Greek activist Ilias Gkionis relating to an alleged Cyprus link to a prostitution ring.
Last week, Gkionis ...
Deputy Ministers for Tourism and Shipping Savvas Perdios and Vassilis Demetriades welcomed the assurances by Royal Caribbean’s interest to invest in Cyprus, expressing their readiness to enhance the island’...
Two doctors were charged in writing and their case is expected to go to court next week after a patient died and seven others suffered serious post-surgery complications following a ...
A 21-year-old Nicosia man has been arrested following five alleged incidents of theft from churches carried out between December 21 and January 4.
He is accused of entering a place of worship ...
In today’s episode, Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek has said he will challenge in court the claim that he is violating the constitution by holding an unpaid teaching post at ...
Chris Heaton-Harris, the recently appointed Minister for Europe in the UK government, has reiterated London’s support for the UN-led process to advocate a solution in Cyprus “in line with ...
Limassol police pursued and arrested a man suspected of breaking a car window and stealing a bag with two passports that were later found in his vehicle.
In a statement ...
Police have made a fourth arrest in connection with two burglaries in the Famagusta district and are continuing to look for a fifth suspect, they said in an announcement on ...
Police and customs have confiscated 30 cartons of tobacco and 10 packs of cigarettes after searching an apartment in Peyia and fined the owner of the flat €1900 for possessing duty free goods, ...
Cypriot fintech company WiRE, which mainly operates in the real estate market, announced on Wednesday that it has been accepted to participate in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK’s Scale programme.
PwC’...
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake was felt in Cyprus late Wednesday, the Cyprus Seismological Centre said.
The earthquake was recorded at 23.04 and was felt the strongest in the Paphos district, and to ...
The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and Athens Exchange Group (ATHEXGroup) announced on Wednesday their successful collaboration, resulting in the CSE becoming compliant with the Settlement Discipline Regulation, as of February 1...
The Cyprus Land and Building Developers Association (LBDA) warned against the potential rise in VAT for property purchases, saying that this would harm both the economy and first-time buyers.
The ...
Online shopping in Cyprus grew by a faster rate than the EU average as Covid-19 restrictions accelerated an already growing trend in favour of re-commerce, but still remained among the ...
The Pancyprian union of psychologists on Wednesday called on the health minister and the House health committee to push for the inclusion of counselling psychologists to national health scheme Gesy.
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Police on Wednesday were investigating the circumstances under which a 15-year-old girl fell out of a moving bus and was injured earlier in the day.
According to the police report, ...