Cyprus

Cyprus signed an agreement Thursday procuring from Israel a modern system to be used for the surveillance of the buffer zone. A defence ministry statement said the agreement was signed ...

The subsided holidays scheme for the vaccinated and those who have recovered from Covid will be reintroduced in December until March, the deputy ministry of tourism announced on Thursday. The ...

Health ministry figures released on Thursday show that by November 3, double jabbed people had reached 80 per cent of the adult population. The ministry said that 82.3 per cent had received their ...

Police chief Stylianos Papatheodorou on Thursday said they would discuss with the state legal service what to do next after the administrative court this week nullified the hiring of 75 police ...

Lidl Cyprus is offering €40,000 in scholarships to eligible students for summer programmes on Greek and English courses from humanities to science and engineering. Children will have the opportunity to familiarise ...

As of Monday, it will be mandatory for all businesses to carry out SafePass checks through the CovScan application, the health ministry announced on Thursday. As per a cabinet decision, ...

The government paid more than €21m in the past 10 months for the services of private mobile units offering rapid tests free of charge to members of the public on behalf ...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a reduction of VAT from 19 per cent to 5 per cent on electricity bills for vulnerable groups for six months. The decision is in line with ...

Protesters on Thursday decried what they say is an unconstitutional and ‘monstrous’ bill which seeks to update the near century old infectious disease law by which the government has ruled ...

Police on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a 35-year-old man who earlier in the day escaped from lawful detention while being driven in a vehicle in Nicosia. Authorities identified ...

The Cabinet approved on Thursday the establishment of a Cyprus Studies chair at the University of Thessaloniki, a move expected to promote knowledge of the island’s history and civilisation. ...

The new administration chief officer of the British bases (SBA), Clare Simpson, has said she is looking forward to working closely over development projects with community leaders in the villages ...

The head of the government’s Covid-19 advisory team has issued a strong call for a revision of the current measures – perhaps most notably that the vaccinated should be subject ...

Cabinet on Thursday approved the administration of booster jabs against Covid-19 to people 50 and over and to everyone with severe obesity, regardless of age. It also approved the proposal by ...

Nicosia municipality on Thursday announced the closure of the old GSP stadium as revamp works are set to start next Wednesday. The stadium, which provided free parking for hundreds of ...

Nicosia’s Christmas fair will this year return to the moat around the old city in the Davila bastion parking space, leading to the closure of the parking area for ...

In today’s episode, we hear that Cyprus has topped 125,000 reported Covid-19 cases. Still on the virus, a father has lost a case to vaccinate his two teenage children despite ...

Paphos police arrested a 33-year-old woman while a man, 26, is being sought in relation to a case of illegal possession of explosives and illegal property possession. The woman was arrested ...

Police booked 22 people after more than 3,000 nationwide checks were carried out for the implementation of Covid protocols in the last 24 hours. Most people were booked for failing to wear a ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) released a statement this week refuting any suggestions that the investment sector is experiencing an employee number contraction. This relates to publications in ...

Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) and Invest Cyprus’ seventh iteration of the International Funds Summit drew international attention to the island’s progress and potential as a fund management and ...

Alpha Bank Cyprus has announced the appointment of Michael Colakides as its new chairman of the board of directors. “The choice of Michael Colakides, who has served successfully in leadership ...

Paphos regional board of tourism (ETAP) and local hoteliers were in London this week to establish contacts at the World Tourism Market (WTM), which opened on Monday. The three-day travel ...

The House education committee on Wednesday once again called on the English School’s staff union (Essa) and board of management to cooperate on finding common ground as the conflict ...