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Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar kick started the vaccinations against coronavirus in the north on Friday after receiving the first jab of Chinese firm’s Sinovac batch sent this week ...

Post-mortem examinations on ten dead cats found in Oroklini have confirmed signs of abuse, police sources told the Cyprus Mail on Friday. They added that as part of the ongoing ...

Participants in a special training programme for the unemployed will be paid additional expenses, the labour ministry and the human resources development authority (HRDA) announced on Friday. The programme covers ...

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to take a heavy toll on the Cypriot community in the UK, with Parikiaki newspaper estimating that a total of 480 UK Cypriots have died from ...

Authorities expressed concern on Friday over the lack of rain so far this year, which will inevitably affect the water supply in coming months. The director of the water development ...

Cyprus could default if the revised budget is rejected anew by parliament and it loses its investment grade rating, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday. “Apart from not being ...

Larnaca municipality said on Friday it is creating a dog park with exercise equipment as part efforts for the proper coexistence of humans and animals. The park, located behind the ...

Cyprus ranked second highest for coronavirus testing per 100,000 population amongst the 29 members of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), with Denmark ranking first. Cyprus’ 7181 tests per 100,000 over 14 ...

The transport ministry has set fixed fares for taxis travelling to and from the airports, starting on March 1. The fares include urban and rural taxi services. In a written statement ...

A man suspected of stealing a large amount of jewellery from at least one jeweller was injured when residents chased him in the streets of Paphos on Thursday. He was ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

In the third quarter of 2020, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.9% in the euro area and by 5.2% in the EU compared with the same quarter ...

Two boats in Larnaca were badly damaged by a fire which broke out early on Friday. Around 1am, police were told a fire was raging in a fenced-in boat storage ...

Police booked 100 individuals and one establishment for violations of coronavirus decrees during 24 hours from Thursday until Friday while carrying out 9,061 inspections. According to a police spokesperson, 2,216 checks were conducted in ...

Larnaca police on Thursday thwarted the attempt of an employee to steal more than €74,000 from a company. At around 4pm, the owner of a Larnaca-based company reported to police that ...

Health officials have assured MPs that efforts are being made to secure greater vaccine doses for the coronavirus, which until now have been limited to a trickle. Olga Kalakouta, acting ...

The committee of inquiry looking into the citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will finally open to the media as of next week, it was announced on Thursday. In a statement, the committee ...

The House on Thursday rejected the referral back to it of a law it had passed in December regulating the profession of photographers. President Nicos Anastasiades had refused to sign ...

Three more elderly people have died of Covid-19, while 241 positives were detected in island-wide testing, authorities said Thursday. The latest deceased are all men: a 79-year-old with underlying conditions who ...

An additional 420 appointments for coronavirus vaccinations for next week will be opened up on Friday January 15, the health ministry has announced. This concerns the vaccination centre in Lakatamia, located on ...

The health ministry has issued the testing schedule for Friday as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol “Grigori Afxentiou” Square – Dioikitirio 10 a.m.-4: 30 p.m. Event hall next to ...

Rainfall on the first two weeks of January was only 6 per cent the average for this time of year, the met service said on Thursday. Between January 1 and the morning ...

The first batch of Chinese Sinovac’s vaccines arrived in the north early on Thursday from Turkey. An ambulance plane carrying 20,000 doses arrived in the north at around 5am. The ...

Despite the drop recently in coronavirus cases, the positivity rate remains high, thus it is imperative to continue observing the measures in place, head of the advisory committee on coronavirus ...