Cyprus

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Police on Friday said they arrested a 44-year-old Famagusta resident based on a European warrant issued for employee theft and money laundering. The crime was reported to the police on ...

President Nicos Anastasiades appealed to the public to get vaccinated on Friday as he received his third dose at the State Fair site in Nicosia. He called on the unvaccinated ...

In today’s episode, we discuss the latest on the coronavirus measures as some restrictions are expected to be tweaked. There’s also the ongoing coronavirus booster shot campaign, the ...

Four businesses were fined for a total of €2,500 for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Friday. The businesses concerned a Nicosia-based grill house which received a €500 fine ...

The improved epidemiological situation recorded in Cyprus in recent days has resulted in the ECDC moving the country out of the red zone and into orange. The European Centre for ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Friday, after police found more than 1kg of cannabis in his vehicle. The suspect was arrested after drug squad officers stopped ...

Two more suspects, aged 22 and 32, were arrested in connection with the illegal shooting of two mouflons earlier this week in Paphos, raising the total number of arrests for the case ...

The English School staff union (ESSA) chair’s potential dismissal still loomed on Thursday as teachers continued their indefinite strike, amid concerns from parents, retired staff and school graduates over ...

Paphos Municipality, Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the Cyprus government have finally reached a significant milestone concerning the establishment of a school of tourism and hospitality management in Paphos, ...

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to an extra €92 million in government spending until the end of the year, over and above the approved budget for fiscal 2021, the ...

The rate of inflation in Cyprus remained high in September – registering at 4.1 per cent – though lower than the 5 per cent of the previous month, according to the Statistical Service. Energy ...

The Law Office of the Republic is “assessing” the material made public through the Pandora Papers, and if it spots content meriting a criminal probe it will instruct the police ...

Britain will scrap tough COVID-19 quarantine requirements for 47 destinations including South Africa on Monday and make it easier for people to arrive from countries including India, Brazil and Turkey in ...

Authorities on Thursday announced no new fatalities from Covid-19, while testing tracked 131 new positives from a total of 56,507 samples. As such, the death toll since March 2020 remains at 557. In hospitals, 60 ...

Director in DG Communication, European Parliament Stephen Clark was in Cyprus recently to get to know the country and its people. He sat down with the Cyprus Mail to answer ...

A total of 22 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Discussion on local government reform bills continued Thursday with stakeholders urged to be sensible about their demands and focus on the big picture, which is the need for reforms. The ...

People of all ages who wish to be vaccinated against Covid or receive their booster shot, will be able to do so on Sunday at a large walk-in centre operating ...

British bases police and their Cypriot counterparts (CyPol) have just completed an annual week-long joint exercise. The annual drill saw the SBA police’s negotiator team involved for a third ...

The health ministry announced that people over 70 would be eligible for a Covid vaccine booster shot starting Friday. A ministry statement said that people over 70 who have received their second ...

The 2022 state budget will feature a significant fiscal correction, after two years of high deficits, said finance minister Constantinos Petrides, while handing it to the President of the House of ...

The mayor of Ypsonas, in Limassol, suggested Thursday that a morning fire at an industrial area had been set deliberately. Pandelis Georgiou said 20 incidents had been recorded in Ayios Sylas ...

Ayia Napa is usually associated with rowdy tourists, clubs, alcohol and partying. However, there is more to the town than that. In addition to arguably some of the beaches on ...