Cyprus

A Christmas-themed art piece created by a 10-year-old artist is being auctioned to collect money in support of people with leukaemia. Lambros Kallenos created a 69cm high ‘Tree of Life’ ...

A Limassol kiosk employee was injured during an attempted robbery in the early morning hours of Tuesday. According to police, a hooded man wearing a mask entered the kiosk about 20 ...

Limassol city centre post office announced it will remain closed on Tuesday after a coronavirus case was detected in the premises. According to the announcement of Cyprus postal services, the ...

In today’s episode, the European Commission will be drafting proposals to harmonise the duration of the validity of the Covid-19 vaccination certificate, while Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas has discussed ...

Paphos police are investigating after unknown culprits broke into a jewellery shop in the early morning hours on Tuesday. The theft took place around 4.30am, when the alarm system of ...

Paphos police were investigating a knife assault case on Tuesday that led to the injury of a 28-year-old man. According to Paphos spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, the victim was allegedly beaten ...

Police on Tuesday said they issued 22 fines as part of 2,934 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours in the government-controlled areas. Most checks, 1,341, were conducted in ...

The prospects for the further strengthening and utilisation of the trade relations between Cyprus and Greece were showcased at the ‘Doing Business in Cyprus – COVID 19 Challenges and Opportunities’ online seminar. ...

The Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF), an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organisation, signed on November 15 a memorandum of understanding with fellow non-profit organisation Oxygono. The CIF, which was launched in 2010 and ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended a performance by the prisoners’ theatre group, saying he was proud of all the progress made at the Nicosia Central Prisons in the past ...

A man was fatally stabbed late Monday night following an altercation in Engomi, police confirmed. Local media reported that the incident took place around 10pm, in front of a kiosk ...

The European Commission’s VAT committee has approved the government’s proposal to cut VAT on household electricity bills, the finance ministry announced on Monday. A statement said that the ...

Cyprus will use the means at its disposal – diplomatic and legal – to put pressure on Turkey over its actions on the high seas and in the fenced-off town of Varosha – ...

Police on Monday announced the reinstatement of the 12 police officers suspended in connection with the unauthorised departure of a boat with 61 migrants that was being held at the Kato Paphos ...

New coronavirus infections jumped to 491 on Monday out of 83,155 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.59 per cent. No deaths were reported. There are 106 patients in hospital with the ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors arriving in Cyprus from warzones, and measures that should be done to protect them from exploitation ...

Officials on Monday deliberated on a list of suggested further measures that will be brought before the Council of Ministers on Wednesday as the use of the CovScan app became ...

Former first lady Mimi Kyprianou, widow of the late president Spyros Kyprianou, died on Monday. She was 89. Born in Veria Greece, she studied English literature in London where she met ...

Unvaccinated people in the north will not be allowed to enter venues such as bars and restaurants from Monday according to the latest measures against the spread of coronavirus. The ...

Major infrastructure projects will go ahead as planned in the next year, including the Paphos-Polis highway and the installation of charging stations for electric cars, the transport minister said Monday. ...

Ahead of Black Friday, the Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday urged the public to do their research before venturing out on a shopping spree. Launched in the US in the 1960...

An 11-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl was rushed to Makarios children’s hospital from the north after her heart stopped following an accident, reports said on Monday. The hospital’s paediatrics ...

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 ...

France has been downgraded from the orange to the red category as per the latest announcement on the country categories for travellers that will apply from Thursday. According to the ...