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One person has been fined for not wearing a protective mask in the last 24 hours, after the reinstatement of mask mandate in indoor and closed spaces for those over the ...

All public hospitals’ working hours will be extended to cover afternoons from September 1st, the state health services organisation (Okypy) announced on Monday. The public will be accommodated 7:30 am – 3:00 pm ...

The weather will initially be mostly clear on Tuesday, but after midday, increased clouds are expected, mainly in the mountains. The winds be initially variable, weak up to 3 Beaufort, gradually ...

Hellenic Bank on Monday announced that it has successfully launched and priced the issuance of €100 million Senior Preferred Notes, under its €1.5 billion Medium Term Note Programme (EMTN). According to the ...

A post-mortem – with inconclusive results – was carried out on Monday on the body of a 44-year-old man who died suddenly late last week, almost exactly a year after he was ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the obstacles and limitations faced by women seeking an abortion in Cyprus, in light of the US Supreme Court’s recent changes ...

Cyprus’ real estate sector is exhibiting resilience and adjustability, Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents president Marinos Kineyirou said on Monday. However, Kineyirou warned that the market will become ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit reached €2.96 billion for the period between January and May 2022, according to provisional data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Monday. This represents an increase of ...

Police on Monday arrested three people in relation to the discovery of 13.5 kilograms of cannabis in packages that arrived at Larnaca airport. The suspects are three men, one 23 years old ...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling €211,000 from his work, Limassol police said on Monday. His boss, the 54-year-old owner of a company selling electrical goods, made ...

Two men from Inia and Stroumbi were crushed to death after a combine harvester overturned, police said on Monday. The two victims are 53-year-old farmer Nicos Demosthenous, an Inia resident, ...

Electricity bills that will be sent out, will be about 24 per cent more expensive than the last one, an EAC spokesperson has confirmed. Asked about complaints voiced by the consumers ...

The supreme court upheld one of the biggest sentences handed down for transporting cannabis, as an appellant who received just over ten years imprisonment was unsuccessful in his bid to ...

Doctors’ unions and the state health services organisation Okypy on Monday morning signed an agreement about the afternoon operation of state hospitals, which is set to begin on September 1. The ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be visiting the north of Cyprus on 20 July, the anniversary of the invasion, according to Kibris Postasi newspaper. This has dampened speculation in ...

The first batch of conscripts arrived at National Guard enlistment centres on Monday, the start day of conscription, which will be completed on Friday. Conscripts will be assigned and transferred ...

Any decisions on more Covid-related restrictions would depend on what the members of the scientific advisory team tell the health minister at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Health Minister Michalis ...

A fire that broke out in Kritou Terra around 1.30 pm on Monday was brought under control a few hours later as the fire service continued to deal with a second ...

Ninety-eight appointments were made at on-duty clinics island-wide, during their first weekend of operation said the health ministry. On Saturday 93 calls were made to on-duty clinics island-wide, with 37 appointments for ...

The row has deepened between the Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the interior ministry over unsuitable and dangerous living quarters, as both sides continue to blame each other. A lack ...

A final proposal for the creation of a minimum wage is expected to be forwarded to the president in September by Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushios, the federation of independent trade ...

One in three people killed in a traffic accident is a driver or passenger of a motorbike, the latest government data showed on Monday. For the 2017-2021 period 30 per cent ...

A high number of poisoned bait traps were uncovered and removed by the game fund as it announced on Monday that by doing so it prevented the deaths of many ...

Health Minister Michalis Hatjipantela has given his go-ahead for the promotion of natural childbirth in Cyprus through joint actions that will be developed with the midwives committee, it was announced ...