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Where is Cyprus’ haunted hotel? Why are orange and black the colours of Halloween? Who still walks the halls of the White House? And what makes black cats an adoption ...

Two flights set to land at Larnaca airport on Saturday night were diverted as heavy rain led to poor visibility, while the downpour caused a leak at the airport’s ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 21 in total, in all districts. Free rapid testing for the general population has been scrapped, while unvaccinated employees, including those ...

From coffee to plastic, companies left waiting months for orders to arrive, then hit by massive price rises Importers and manufacturers are warning that while some price increases have so ...

Three people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours and 155 new infections were detected, after 45,597 tests, the health ministry said on Saturday. Fifty-eight people were being treated in hospital, 21 ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Saturday more than 1,800 irregular migrants had arrived in the Republic in October, the vast majority coming from the north through the buffer zone. Speaking after ...

A 26-year-old man was killed early Saturday near Limassol in a head-on traffic crash with another car whose driver is in critical condition. The incident happened at around 1.30am. The ...

The authorities on Saturday exhumed the remains believed to belong to a seven-year-old boy killed by British troops during a protest in Larnaca against the former colonial rulers in 1956. Demetrakis ...

The president should have resigned a long time ago if he had political ethos, main opposition Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said Saturday, as he called on Nicos Anastasiades to resign ...

The recent uptick in Covid infections could be because of the arrival of the Delta Plus variant, the head of the biotechnology and molecular virology lab at the University of ...

Police issued fines to 25 individuals and three businesses for failing to observe measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The force said it had carried out 3,721 checks in the past 24 ...

With the onset of November expect moustaches to show their annual increase in number. Alix Norman looks at what is happening in Cyprus to mark Movember For the past year, ...

Paphos police have arrested two men in connection with two related fights on Friday that saw five people injured. Two of the injured were admitted to hospital with knife wounds ...

The Cypriot economy is expected to grow more than previously expected according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre. According to the report, Cyprus’ real GDP ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 45 in total, in all districts. Free rapid testing for the general population has been scrapped, while unvaccinated employees, including those ...

The Beau Rivage Hotel in Larnaca has begun to be demolished, a process estimated to take somewhere between two and three months to be completed. As confirmed by NCH Managing ...

Cyprus’ relatively high vaccination coverage and adherence to personal protection measures should help contain any uptick in coronavirus cases this winter, a member of the government’s team of advisors ...

Cypriot authorities have dismissed as illegal gunnery exercises planned for next week by the Turkish navy in waters in the north of the island. Under a Navtex – or marine advisory – ...

In a new twist, a court ruling on Friday paved the way for socialists Edek to finally hold an electoral congress that will decide the party’s new leadership. The ...

Prestigious travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has included Nicosia in the 2022 edition of its annual ‘Best in Travel’ book, which ranks the planet’s must-visit countries, cities and regions. Described ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Friday brushed aside criticism that his office has done nothing in the wake of the Pandora Papers reveals, noting that criminal cases need to be based ...

Authorities on Friday reported no new fatalities from Covid-19, as testing detected 160 positives from 57,738 samples. The death toll since the start of the pandemic remains at 571. Meantime in hospitals 60 people ...

Citing Cyprus’ slide in World Bank metrics on the public’s perception on control of corruption, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides told MPs on Friday that watchdog bodies such as his should ...

Around €70,000 in cash was stolen on Friday afternoon from an apartment in Kato Paphos. According to the police, the robbery occurred at around 3pm when three hooded men barged into ...