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Following a three-day debate, parliament on Friday evening approved the state budget for 2022 with 30 votes in favour and 25 against. The bill was voted by ruling Disy, Diko, Dipa, and independent ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and 695 had tested positive from 82,410 tests, a positivity rate of 0.84 per cent. The death concerns a 62-year-old woman who ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said it was a great honour to have the King of Jordan in Cyprus. King Abdullah arrived at the presidential palace on Friday evening amid ...

Health authorities said Friday they have detected 28 additional cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In a statement, the ministry said 20 of those were primary and secondary contacts of ...

A group of migrants from refugee camps in Cyprus who are being resettled in Italy at Pope Francis’ expense helped the pontiff celebrate his 85th birthday on Friday. “You saved ...

Disgruntled Geroskipou residents held a protest on Friday in front of the municipality’s office to demonstrate against local government reforms – which would see Geroskipou municipality absorbed by Paphos. Dozens ...

Civil defence on Friday warned the public to take the appropriate measures as heavy rain, thunderstorms, near gale force winds and high seas are forecast for the weekend. The met ...

The health ministry on Friday confirmed reports that a lab in Paphos was using cotton swabs for rapid tests. According to the health minister’s spokesperson, Konstantinos Athanasiou, they were ...

The European Council has acknowledged the magnitude of the problem facing the Republic of Cyprus due to the extremely high migration flows it receives, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on ...

A total of 45 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has ...

A Greek Cypriot man who was arrested last week while trying to wrap a Greek flag around a monument just outside the fenced area of Varosha was sentenced to 10 days ...

The consumer protection service on Friday fined a travel agency €50,000 for violating travel laws. The company Love Island Travel & Tours Ltd received an administrative fine for violating a number ...

December 1 has been set as the day of Maratheftiko grape, which was celebrated for the first time in Cyprus this year with a series of events including one at Rous ...

From Saturday the updated CovScan application will assess the validity of a person’s EUDCC Covid-19 certificate in line with the most recent measures. There are now five categories: green, ...

Saying there is high interest among people to get vaccinated against coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Friday that over 94,500 people had received a jab over the last ten days. ...

Cyprus has strengthened its counter-terrorism measures as close cooperation with the US, the EU and key institutions has secured its banking sector, a US State Department report said. The report, ...

A 38-year-old man was found wandering naked in the central Kennedy Square in Paphos on Thursday night and was arrested by police. According to assistant director of Paphos police Michalis ...

A 35-year-old man who was found driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos was arrested for illegal possession of property, police said on Friday. Traffic officers stopped the car ...

Adults with experiences of sexual abuse or exploitation in childhood can now receive free therapy sessions, the Cyprus Family Planning Association (CFPA) announced. CFPA has started providing free psychological support ...

Police on Friday announced that there will be increased security measures and brief traffic interruptions in Larnaca and Nicosia due to the arrival of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, due ...

Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill Paxlovid will soon be available in Cyprus, deputy director of the pharmaceutical services Elena Panayiotopoulou said on Friday, after the EU drugs regulator approved its early ...

In today’s episode, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios unveiled details of the ‘National Strategy for Tourism’ for 2022 after two devastating years. In other news, the vaccination of children ...

Polis Chrysochou municipality will hold a swab sampling on Sunday to try and find a compatible bone marrow donor for an eight-year-old boy with leukaemia. Loukas Stavrou is fighting leukaemia ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...