Cyprus

Cyprus medical association (CMA) on Monday slammed the health insurance service organisation (HIO) for “shoddy planning”, reiterating they had warned about the inadequacy of the Gesy budget prior to its ...

Opposition parties on Monday stayed unsatisfied with tweaks to a government bill regulating the access to borrowers’ data by companies buying loan portfolios and debt administrators. Although the bill will ...

Cyprus’ legal system was tested and failed in its handling of the 2019 Ayia Napa gang rape case concerning a British woman, the chairwoman of the House human rights committee said ...

Three deaths from coronavirus and 2,930 new cases were reported on Monday out of 134,415 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.18 per cent. The deaths concerned an 85-year-old woman who ...

The government and the opposition traded barbs on Monday over whose fault it is that Cyprus has come under the European Commission’s scrutiny over its VAT policy on primary ...

Cyprus’ National Guard and the French armed forces successfully completed the air defence exercise “Talos 2022” on Monday. The exercise was part of the bilateral defence cooperation programme, between Cyprus and ...

The fire department in 2021 responded to a total of 12,333 calls for assistance, 7,383 of which concerned fires, 2,909 taking place in urban areas and 4,474 in the countryside. According to the annual report ...

Turkey will not extradite three suspects arrested in Istanbul in relation to the murder of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, it emerged on Monday. A total of twelve people, six ...

The health ministry on Monday said they will investigate the sudden death of a 33-year-old mother of two and whether she died from the anti-coronavirus vaccine she had recently received, ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides announced a modification in foreign policy in a newspaper interview on Sunday, saying the government would focus on promoting the president’s confidence building proposals rather ...

For this year the state-run power corporation estimates it will spend €183 million on purchasing greenhouse gas emissions allowances, while the cost of fuel purchases is projected at €485 million. The numbers ...

Following around four years of discussions, a bill creating an anti-corruption authority will finally go to the plenum this week, with an MP saying the outfit will establish Cyprus’ bona ...

Demetris Demetriou was sworn in as the new deputy police chief in a ceremony held at the presidential palace on Monday. Speaking during the ceremony, President Nicos Anastasiades thanked departing ...

Testing sites for eligible groups for Tuesday District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lemesos (6 units) My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” store) 9 am – 6 pm 94041843 Pano Polemidia ...

Smartphones are no longer a luxury – they’re a necessity. So how are people without a smartphone coping – especially having passed through Covid restrictions? ALIX NORMAN finds out more We ...

On a day that’s all about love, there are people (and places) that get it tragically wrong. Alix Norman looks at the darker side of Valentine’s Day You ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday reiterated his intention to promote gender equality in Cyprus and eliminate discrimination against women as he received the annual report of the Commissioner for Gender ...

The nominations made one things clear says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES, the future is digital Oscar nominations were announced this week and as expected, the streaming platforms dominated. The future is digital ...

The “good picture” of all Covid indicators over the last few days opens the possibility of targeted relaxations of restrictive measures, pulmonologist Haris Armeftis said on Monday. Speaking to CyBC ...

A small lizard found on the island was on Monday announced as unique to Cyprus by researchers at the University of Cyprus. The lizard known as ‘kοurkoutas’ in Cyprus ...

Inpatient care is being put at risk because of the “ongoing severe understaffing” at Larnaca general hospital’s A&E department, government doctors union Pasyki said on Monday. In ...

Edek president Marinos Sizopoulos said on Monday the party is not currently part of discussions concerning the presidential elections next year. Speaking to CyBC radio, Sizopoulos said Edek does not ...

Cyprus skier Yianno Kouyoumdjian on Sunday finished in 42nd place out of 89 competitors in the men’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games. Kouyoumdjian, the only Cypriot at the Winter ...

Vaccination coverage with the third booster is low, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris said on Monday. The number of those over 18 who have received the third shot is ...