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A second nurses union on Sunday issued a warning over staffing conditions at the intensive care unit in Makarios hospital, saying it could have an impact on the care received ...

The institutional framework for handling of sexual offences withing schools is being examined, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromos said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, the minister said the ...

A total of 949 people received one dose of a coronavirus vaccine at a special walk-in centre set up at the Lanition stadium in Limassol on Sunday, the ministry of health ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that despite pressure the Turkish demand to recognise the occupied areas so talks on solving the Cyprus problem can resume cannot be met. Speaking ...

‘We are told nothing and several people in the UK have taken their own lives because of what is being done to them’ It has been around seven years since ...

Specialised histological, genetic and other tests are expected to show a cause of death for one month old baby that died this week at the Makarios hospital. A postmortem that ...

Eleven businesses and 29 people were charged for breaking coronavirus measures in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday, police said. The charges resulted from a total of 3,698 checks around ...

Cyprus on Sunday welcomed the agreement reached by the G20 on October 8, marking the long-term efforts to create fair and healthy competition at global level and to safeguard the tax ...

A drone was used on Saturday to locate a fire in a rural area while a 70-year-old man was also seen with it lighting a fire. According to a police ...

Turkey is once more undermining the stability of the East Mediterranean by violating the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Cyprus, American senator Bob Menendez said on Twitter. He was speaking ...

A 20-year-old man was remanded for two days on Sunday after police made a further arrest after the home of a 77-year-old was burglarised in the Famagusta district, bringing the ...

Police investigating the stabbing of a man aged 32 have arrested another aged 30. After receiving information at about 2.23 on Saturday afternoon that one man had injured another with a knife during ...

Push to move party away from focus on the Cyprus problem to big environmental issues The Green Party was to decide its future direction on Sunday when members were scheduled ...

Patients say they are suffering like never before Patients are suffering the consequences of tensions between state health professionals and the organisation in charge of public hospitals which is itself ...

The health ministry announced there had been no deaths from Covid on Saturday and said there were 134 new positives from 46,046 PCR and rapid tests a positivity rate of 0.29 per cent. ...

The health ministry announced 48 mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday for eligible groups. These include minors who do not currently have the option to be vaccinated against ...

To fully reap the benefits of casinos, Cyprus needs an effective mechanism that will ensure safe and responsible gambling, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said on Saturday. The minister’...

Volunteers on Saturday collected over five kilos of cigarette ends, small plastics and fishing equipment from one kilometre of beach and seabed near Ayia Napa harbour as part of a ...

The neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios children’s hospital is at serious risk of overcrowding because of staff shortages, nurses’ union Pasyno warned on Saturday. In a statement, the ...

A fire that broke out around noon on Saturday between Tochni and Choirokitia was brought under control a few hours later after burning four hectares of dry brush, wild vegetation ...

Cyprus on Saturday issued an anti-Navtex following Turkey`s latest announcement that the seismic ship Oruc Reis would be conducting research in the Eastern Mediterranean until December 16. The Cyprus News ...

A 35-year-old will face Nicosia district court on Monday for speeding while under the influence of alcohol early on Saturday morning. Police stopped the man as he was doing 119 km ...

Eight businesses were fined a total of €16,750 in the past 24 hours for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Saturday. Two businesses in Nicosia were fined €4,000 each, one ...

A pensioner based in Limassol has put technology through its paces to produce his first CD. Alix Norman meets him In May, David Pentecost turned 81. It’s an age when ...