Cyprus

The health ministry reported 346 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday following 53,832 tests – a positivity rate of 0.64 per cent. No deaths were announced. There are 81 people in hospital with the virus, 37 of ...

A 50-year-old man succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday, obtained during a traffic collision on November 6. He was in a critical condition and receiving treatment at the ICU wing at ...

Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek’s unpaid position at a public university while simultaneously serving public office is a violation of the constitution, according to arguments heard at Wednesday’s House ...

A child is sexually abused every 27 hours in Cyprus, a statement by the children’s rights commissioner’s office said on Wednesday, a day ahead of the European day for ...

Efforts are underway to better manage and utilise the animal waste produced in places such as Aradippou, with a Greens MP arguing that it could help produce electricity and not ...

The first batch of halloumi produced according to protected designation of origin (PDO) specifications was produced at a factory in Frenaros on Wednesday. The process was observed by Agriculture Minister ...

A 46-year-old man on Wednesday was remanded for six days by Limassol district court in connection with a large shipment of fireworks. A second suspect is being sought. Police said ...

The Green Party on Wednesday urged the Game Service to take action after receiving a complaint, accompanied by graphic photos, that four stray dogs had mauled three moufflons near the ...

Cyprus, along with Greece, Italy and France agreed to cooperate to promote the teaching of ancient Greek and Latin languages, which, they said, are the common cornerstone of European and ...

Police on Wednesday said a body found in a ravine in Yiolou in the Paphos district is believed to belong to missing Georgios Kyriakides, 59. The body was spotted at around 10.15...

Twenty-five Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) will arrive in Cyprus from Spain this coming Friday as part of the ‘Life with Vultures’ programme’s efforts to avert their extinction and strengthen ...

Students on Wednesday morning marched to the US Embassy in Nicosia to mark the November 17 Athens Polytechnic uprising of 1973 when students held protests against the junta that ruled Greece from 1967 ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced that some groups will be exempt from the new rule requiring EUDCC certificates to be digitally scanned through the CovScan app when its use ...

A new initiative aims to bridge the gap of female representation in jobs in the STEAM fields by organising trainings and other events to empower girls to pursue a career ...

Forestry department personnel on Wednesday announced they would be staging a three-hour work stoppage on Thursday over understaffing and would protest outside the finance ministry followed by a march to ...

Booster shots will be made available at the Larnaca walk-in centre on Saturday to people aged 40 and above and not 50 as initially indicated, provided six months have passed from the ...

In a minor legend of the jazz scene THEO PANAYIDES meets a music nerd, a travelling trumpet player originally from America who says his lips are his livelihood John Marshall ...

The remains of a woman initially reported to have been removed from her grave when it was found open on Tuesday have been located inside it, police said on Wednesday ...

Police on Wednesday said they have arrested a man who is suspected of being an illegal migrant after he tried to depart the island using fake travel documents. The man, ...

Three Nicosia-based businesses were fined €12,500 in total for breaches of coronavirus protocols after more than 1,000 checks in the capital in the last 24 hours, police said on Wednesday. Two of the ...

Xenia Kalogirou and Ioannis Sidiropoulos consider how Cyprus is faring amid the accelerated pace of e-commerce development across the globe Fintech is not just a term referring to revolutionary but ...

In today’s episode, a new neonatal ICU is to be created to facilitate the work of medical professionals and to allow parents to spend more time with their premature ...

Limassol traffic police reported 439 traffic violations in 12 hours as part of efforts to prevent serious road collisions. The operation started at 6am and finished at 6pm on Tuesday in collaboration ...

Paphos police on Wednesday were investigating a case of counterfeit banknotes following a complaint by a bank employee. The employee told police that he found a counterfeit €100 bill while he ...