Cyprus

South Africa’s Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, visited Cyprus on a number of occasions more than a decade ago when he chaired a group of global peacemakers ...

Paphos hoteliers have issued an SOS for staff and are calling on the government to plan early for the 2022 tourist season. The Paphos president of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), ...

All walk-in centres will be open on Monday and Tuesday only for students who want a third shot. According to the Ministry of Health, as part of its efforts to ...

Police booked ten individuals and five businesses for Covid violations between 6am Saturday and 6am on Sunday during 2,627 checks. There were 1,097 inspections in Nicosia with no bookings. In Limassol 310 inspections ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced that one person had died of Covid and that 268 had tested positive from 16,231 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.65 per cent. Case ...

Through food and culture, a YouTube channel looks at what it means to be from the island. Eleni Philippou meets the woman behind it Christmas is a time of family ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites, 44 in total, for Sunday, December 26, in all districts, for eligible groups. To get tested people need to present their ID, passport or driver’...

Police stepped up their Covid checks at on Christmas Eve fining 24 individuals and five businesses for violations during 3,585 checks. Between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday, seven people were fined for ...

In his Christmas message, Archbishop Chrysostomos called on the faithful not to forget their fighting spirit because the “behaviour of the invader” does not allow for any complacency. The message ...

Merry Christmas! Today is the end of Advent, a period which references the Latin adventus, or the ‘arrival’ of Christ. But there’s a lot more to the last few ...

The European Union and the Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People Valdis Dombrovskis launched an initiative this week to further restrict tax evasion through the use of ...

Cyprus has seen a 67 per cent increase in full-time researchers during the previous decade, according to a report released earlier this month by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European ...

It’s not a lockdown this year, but the spread of Omicron has scuppered many family festive reunions As people are forced to spend yet another Christmas blighted by Covid-19, ...

Two people died from Covid and 917 new infections were detected after 112,532 tests, a positivity rate of 0.81 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. The deaths concern two men, both 91. ...

The number of first time asylum seekers applying for international protection in the European Union rose by 58 per cent year-on-year in September 2021, with Cyprus receiving 1,120, according to monthly data published ...

The health ministry reminded on Friday that the vaccination centre will be closed for the rest of this week due to the Christmas holidays. According to the ministry, the vaccination ...

Having more than 17 municipalities would lead to financial viability problems with taxpayers footing the bill, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on the debate on the local government reform. The minister, ...

More than 8,000 Covid-19 cases were recorded in the past 14 days, according to the latest national surveillance report released on Friday. The report, produced by the health ministry’s epidemiological surveillance ...

Humanity is obliged to continue fighting against the coronavirus, following the course drawn by the scientists, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said in a Christmas message released on Friday. The minister ...

In today’s episode, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas has urged the public to adhere to health protocols amid a surge in new Covid-19 infections and concerns that the Omicron variant ...

University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Integrity Forum have joined forces to fight corruption. With the aim to promote initiatives supporting national legal and regulatory reforms to combat corruption and ...

The Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (Anad) announced on Thursday that it has allocated a budget of €23.3 million for a raft of training programmes, applicable to both employed and ...

Fitch Ratings announced earlier this month that it has affirmed insurance company CNP Assurances’ financial strength rating at A+ and its outlook to stable. International French group CNP Assurances is ...

Cyprus announced on Thursday its commitment to contribute €5.77 mln as a donor country, in the context of the remote meetings held on 14 and 15 December for the $93 billion replenishment package of ...