Cyprus

Russian sail training frigate Shtandart, from the same crew who built the Black Pearl used in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, will arrive in Сyprus this week and will ...

The antiquities department on Wednesday announced that 38 artefacts from different periods of Cyprus’ prehistory and history have been delivered recently to the country’s embassy in the US. The 38 items ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Police on Wednesday raided the apartment block where a man murdered two days ago had lived, as part of a crackdown on immigrants residing in Cyprus without the proper permits ...

Pope Francis’ visit to Cyprus constitutes a historic event, an official press release said on Wednesday. The visit will take place from December 2 to 4. This is the second time that ...

The Nicosia Municipality announced Wednesday it was renaming Museum Avenue to Mikis Theodorakis Avenue starting November 30. According to the announcement, the municipal council decided to rename the avenue to Mikis ...

By Karen Boardman, Learning to read does not begin when a child puzzles over the words in a book for the first time. In the early weeks of their lives ...

A 38-year-old man recently appointed as ambassador by the public service commission (PSC) despite not being a member of the diplomatic corps, has refuted claims of receiving favourable treatment following ...

The audit service said Wednesday that allowing cars in Nicosia’s revamped Makarios Avenue would violate the plans for which the government received funding, resulting in the money having to ...

Police said Wednesday that five arrests have now been made in connection with the beating of a professional basketball player outside a Nicosia club on Sunday, which left him in ...

In one of the founders of Nicosia’s American Medical Centre, THEO PANAYIDES finds an assertive and dynamic medic looking to the future from the healing environment of his clinic ...

In today’s episode, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas has said the aim of the new Covid-19 measures to be announced on Wednesday is to save the Christmas holidays. In other ...

Police issued 19 fines during 2,589 checks for the implementation of coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, it was announced early on Wednesday. Most people were fined in Limassol, where officers carried ...

“The protection of worker rights, through the actions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, has always been the government’s priority,” President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday in ...

Port workers at the Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol and DP World Limassol participated in a one-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, November 23. According to a press release by the two participating ...

Some of the trees planted in fire-stricken areas this year have dried out after being deprived of water for weeks amidst a mix-up over who is responsible for their maintenance. ...

Around six million kilos of halloumi remain unsold mainly because of the coronavirus pandemic, MPs were told on Tuesday. Energy and Trade Minister Natasa Pilides said in recent months Halloumi ...

Police said Tuesday they arrested two more suspects in the beating of a professional basketball player outside a Nicosia club early on Sunday that left him in critical condition. The ...

The Renewable Energy Sources Fund will turn another deficit next year, and will again need to tap into its reserves to stay afloat. The fund’s budget for 2022 was discussed ...

The state vaccination committee will discuss Wednesday the inoculation of children between the ages of five and 11, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, Christina Yiannaki said on Tuesday. Yiannaki said ...

No deaths from Covid were recorded in the past 24 hours, as new infections reached 437 after 66,797 tests, a positivity rate of 0.65 per cent, the health ministry said on Tuesday. However, the ...

The aim of the new, Covid-19 measures is to save the Christmas holidays, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Tuesday. Replying to questions after giving an assessment of the health ...

Paphos police on Tuesday declined comment on allegations made by Mayor Phedonas Phedonos about an apartment block whose tenants included a drug dealer and a trafficker in migrants. “The police ...

Minister of Interior Nicos Nouris has invited the international investment and business community to choose Cyprus, stating that the country’s government has “a clear vision on how to develop ...