Cyprus

Police on Tuesday said they fined a total of €21,500 to a Limassol retail store and two cafeterias for failing to check customers for a SafePass. The retail store was booked ...

Central Bank of Cyprus governor Constantinos Herodotou said on Monday that he is seeking ways to expedite banks’ client digital onboarding and reviewing processes, with Cypriot banks participating in this ...

Travellers coming to Cyprus testing positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus and their close contacts will have to self-isolate, the health ministry told the Cyprus Mail on Monday. They ...

The United States and Qatar have assured Turkey that Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum will stay out of Turkey’s continental shelf in the eastern Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ...

Political and economic relations between Cyprus and Qatar have witnessed significant development and continue to grow, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday at the inauguration of the new building of ...

One death from coronavirus and 715 new infections were announced on Monday out of 141,566 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent. The death concerned an 85-year-old woman who ...

The EU’s foreign ministers on Monday agreed to consider the possibility of measures against those involved in activities in the fenced area of Varosha, but also called for confidence-building ...

Parliamentarians on Monday sounded the alarm over shocking living conditions at the Pournara reception centre for refugees, calling the situation in the surrounding community ‘a ticking time bomb’ and urging ...

A total of 20 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The energy ministry announced on Monday it has launched its subsidy scheme for the replacement by vulnerable groups of old home appliances with energy efficient ones. The subsidies range from €300 ...

For the second time in two months the Greens have had to postpone electing a new leadership after an insufficient number of members showed up to render the proceedings valid. ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou is asking parliament to revisit two proposals he had submitted in 2016 regulating salaries received by retired individuals appointed to state positions and extending the ministers’ and ...

The cabinet on Monday approved cuts in VAT on household power bills as part of its policy to tackle the fallout from the rise in the price of electricity. According ...

With money tight and supply chain problems meaning things don’t always arrive a growing number of people are taking to making their own gifts. ALIX NORMAN gets a few ...

Cabinet on Monday gave the green light for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 against coronavirus, which is scheduled to start on Thursday as a surge in cases was recorded ...

In a process of ever diminishing returns, locally made drama is only going one way says CONSTATINOS PSILLIDES How often did you catch yourself saying: “Man, there is NOTHING good ...

The cabinet on Monday decided on mandatory self-isolation for Omicron cases or any other future variants as of this Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the spread of new variant ...

Argentina and Chile have been moved from Orange to Red the travel categories, the health ministry said on Monday. The change will come into effect on Thursday. The classification for ...

A Human Library will be organised by the House of Representatives in collaboration with the NGO Human Library – Cyprus on Thursday afternoon, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. “The ...

Direct and indirect deaths related to Covid could be higher in Cyprus, according to the State of Health in the EU report. In 2020, Covid accounted for 131 deaths in Cyprus, or 2 ...

Lefkara has been recognised as one of the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in ...

A 32-year-old woman and 22-year-old man were arrested in Paphos this weekend for illegally staying in the Republic, Paphos police said on Monday. The first arrested was the woman, in ...

Strict application of rules and regulations could many times be harmful to public interest, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, a shot at the auditor-general whose annual report he received. ...

A 26-year-old assaulted a police officer during his arrest, Paphos police said on Monday referring to a man arrested for illegal possession of drugs. According to the police, members of ...