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Citing measures introduced to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the transport ministry said on Monday that it was postponing the start of the transitional period for a new regime governing flight ...

State nurses’ union Pasyno proposed referring patients to the private sector and suspending non-emergency procedures, as well as getting nursing staff off desks in a bid to reinforce ICUs and ...

A significant reduction in the number of coronavirus cases will only be observed in the third week of the lockdown, according to Petros Karayiannis, Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Virology at ...

Brexit is not expected to affect tourist flow from the UK to Cyprus, at least not in terms of imposing travel obstacles, however the pandemic makes it impossible to make ...

Preparations are underway to set aside beds for the treatment of coronavirus patients at Paphos general hospital, state health services organisation Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday. Once Larnaca ...

The Archbishopric announced on Monday the death of the Holy Synod’s chief secretary from Covid-19. Archimandrite Gregorios Mousouroulis, 71, had tested positive on December 17 and was hospitalised nine days later. ...

Two teenagers aged 14 and 15 were arrested by Limassol police on Sunday to facilitate investigations into a case of assault and causing bodily harm which happened on New Year’s Eve. ...

Larnaca police on Sunday afternoon arrested a man in connection with traffic offences while family members attacked a police officer. According to a police statement, officers signaled for a driver ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will meet today the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute in the context of preparations for an informal 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus issue. ...

Amidst a lockdown which started early on Sunday morning police carried out a record of 10,092 checks for violations of coronavirus measures in the past 24 hours. Officers mostly checked if people ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will on Monday morning meet the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute to discuss preparations for an informal five-party meeting on the Cyprus ...

Peyia is mulling what steps to take after losing a court case to block the development of a hillside above the Paphos town. The local municipality had challenged the government’...

The health ministry announced one death and 339 new cases of people testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from both PCR and rapid testing totalling 8,778. The death concerned a 75-year-old man ...

British car company bosses were handed a generous gift on Christmas Eve in the form of the announcement that Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union included ...

The health ministry has announced the following sites for rapid testing on Monday. District Sampling points Hours Limassol Lidl Supermarket Parking, Limassol (45 Franklin Roosevelt Street) 8.30am-4.30pm Parking at “Sigma” ...

Another 3,960 Covid vaccination appointments will be available through the government portal to people over 80 from Monday, the health ministry has announced. People who qualify will be able to arrange their ...

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for driving 200 km per hour on the Nicosia – Larnaca highway on Sunday morning, police said. The driver was caught at around 10.40am. Investigations revealed ...

Hellenic Bank said on Sunday it was ready to implement the latest Covid decree and was reducing the number of staff who would be working at its branches. The bank ...

Akel, through it’s Nicosia-Kyrenia Secretary Christos Christofides, on Sunday slammed President Nicos Anastasiades for saying in a Politis interview that the government had successfully managed the second wave of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he had put out feelers to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu about the possibility of procuring vaccines from Tel Aviv. In an interview with ...

Controversy may well always dog the Nicosia square project, but Nicosians can now sigh with relief that bar a few finishing touches, it is finally complete Eleftheria square in Nicosia ...

The Ledra Street police station, which has been closed for months, is reopening on Monday on a 24-hour basis, it was announced. The move is partly to beef up enforcement ...

Business organisations on Sunday issued a “desperate plea” in a letter to the president to increase the number of people allowed to have a physical presence at work to 25 per ...

Rapid testing for businesses that will remain open during the three-week lockdown begins on Monday, the health ministry announced Sunday. The sampling will be carried out at mobile units at ...