Cyprus

The bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage (TCCH) has been awarded the 2021 European Heritage Award, in recognition of its key work in conservation projects. An event was held on Wednesday ...

A total of 22 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 ...

The government is to seek the European Commission’s permission to suspend asylum applications from those entering the country illegally. The government made the announcement on Wednesday after an emergency ...

The transport ministry on Wednesday announced that it had received 159 applications for bicycles for the disabled and 7,515 for road and mountain bikes as the portal for the scheme reopened following ...

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili visited the mediaeval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Gialia, Paphos, on Wednesday as part of her official trip to Cyprus. Zourabichvili met with President Nicos Anastasiades on ...

Increased pressure on public hospitals due to a continuous flow of patients with seasonal infections, Covid-19 and other cases is leading to 100 per cent occupancy rate in state hospitals, the ...

Authorities were on high alert on Wednesday, with the fire service saying they had responded to 28 incidents by early evening, including fires caused by gale force winds, which lasted into ...

Cabinet has approved a request by the health ministry to grant people getting their booster shot a day off work, it was announced on Wednesday. This concerns members of the ...

A new group of irregular migrants arrived at Paphos port on Wednesday morning. The group consists of 61 migrants, including 11 women, 22 men and 28 children between two and 16, reportedly Syrian and Lebanese ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new vaccination advisory committee to serve for the next three years. The committee’s job will be to advise the ...

Antiquities department staff staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest against plans which could see the division of responsibility on cultural heritage to the two constituent states in ...

Vandals spray painted nationalist and racist slogans on the walls of a technical school in Nicosia, it emerged on Wednesday. Staff and pupils of the First Technical School, which is ...

Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) said on Wednesday its 425 bus route connects central Larnaca with the airport. The buses of route 425 will operate between Phinikoudes and the airport every 20 minutes, much ...

Some 67 per cent of Cypriots are in favour of stricter government measures tackling climate change, even if this would impose significant changes in people’s lifestyles “similar to those implemented ...

In a writer, actress and activist, AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets a determined woman moved by the power of music I first met Nouritza Matossian when she came to Cyprus in the ...

Cyprus will participate for the first time in the Conference on Libya, which French President Emmanuel Macron has convened in Paris, government spokesman, Marios Pelekanos, said on Wednesday. According to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has intervened in the case between Paphos municipality and ERA Department Store – formerly ‘Korivos’ – allowing a nine-month suspension of a ruling issued by Paphos district court for ...

President Nicos Anastasiades was expected to lead a meeting on migration early on Wednesday to find ways to manage increased flows through the buffer zone with the north of the ...

Paphos police were on Wednesday investigating the theft and arson of a €4,000 car. The owner, a British permanent resident of Theletra, had not realised his vehicle had been stolen. Police ...

In today’s episode, we hear that a price rise for fresh milk has been avoided but there is continued speculation that increases for other goods are expected. Police are ...

A second suspect, 37, was arrested late on Tuesday in relation to the discovery of two kilos of cannabis in Larnaca. He was arrested around 9pm following evidence linking him to ...

A 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two people with a knife over the summer, police said on Wednesday. The case was reported to the police by two men, 18 ...

Businesses in Cyprus are more reserved about their prospects for the coming year than their European counterparts, according to research published on Tuesday by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and ...

A total of 27 people were booked in the last 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said early on Wednesday. The fines came after 2,576 controls in the government-controlled areas carried out ...