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Two companies and two managers were charged by Limassol district court in 2021 for violating health and safety laws in the workplace, the labour inspection department said on Tuesday. The Limassol ...

The health ministry announced 2,546 new cases of Covid-19 and three deaths on Tuesday. The deaths were two women aged 85 and 86 who passed away at Paphos and Famagusta hospitals respectively, and ...

More than two out of ten coronavirus patients in hospital have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, health ministry data showed on Tuesday. The data on current ...

The revived traffic camera system has suffered an early setback as no fines have yet been issued despite thousands of violations having been recorded. The first set of traffic cameras – ...

Police were on Tuesday investigating an armed robbery that took place early in the morning in Larnaca. According to the police, at around 5am on Tuesday two men with covered ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas will ask cabinet to expand the test to stay initiative to hospital personnel and the security forces, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday citing informed ...

By Lanting Liu Alpine skier Yiannos Kouyoumdjian will be Cyprus’ sole representative at the Winter Olympics next month in Beijing, the Cyprus Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday. The games will ...

A total of 75 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Civil defence confirmed on Tuesday that a group of Czech tourists had been rescued after being trapped in snow earlier in the day. Spokesperson Olivia Michaelidou told the Cyprus News ...

A draft bill that will regulate the operation of hostels on the island will be ready in a month, filling a gap in tourism-related legislation, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

The managing companies at the Limassol port came under fire once again on Tuesday from MPs concerned that higher charges will lead to inflation. “We cannot play with inflation,” said ...

An upcoming workshop will take those involved back to nature, to live from what nature provides, being partly run by a woman who has lived off grid for years. ELENI ...

RAF Akrotiri’s 84 Squadron helicopter crew have marked an historic landmark by celebrating 50 years of operational service in Cyprus. Formed on January 19, 1972, the squadron was originally equipped with the Whirlwind ...

Nicosia district court has rejected an application for an injunction challenging the legality of the health ministry’s decrees barring the unvaccinated from most venues. The application for the interim ...

Cyprus saw almost 1,700 reinfections of coronavirus in the last ten days, the health ministry announced on Tuesday, as the Omicron variant remains dominant in the community. Despite a slight drop ...

Limassol CID on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds for having allegedly stolen a motorcycle in the city centre. Police officers are also searching for another two suspects, a 13...

A low-pressure system continued to affect the island on Tuesday as roads and schools closed once more in some mountain villages. The meteorological office issued a yellow warning citing heavy ...

Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, has expressed the hope that the Secretary-General will be in a position to appoint an envoy to facilitate the resumption ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday said if the “ground-breaking” test to stay policy is successful at schools, the measure could be expanded to other public services such as hospitals, ...

Police said on Tuesday that they had carried out another operation in the Chlorakas community on Monday, arresting two more people, after arresting three on Sunday. According to Paphos police ...

US Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Nicole Malliotakis recently sent a stern letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken vociferously objecting to the Administration’s recent reversal of support for the ...

‘Envision’, a highly innovative project that aims to act as a safety net for culture and creativity sector (CCS) stakeholders heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, will run until February 28, 2023. ...

In today’s episode, the supreme court yesterday declared null and void a parliamentary resolution last April that had called on the attorney-general and the deputy attorney-general to abstain from ...

The Foreign Ministers of the European Union had an exchange of views on the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s threats to the country’s security with US Secretary of ...