Cyprus

Almost 2,800 people have received the third dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine, including state health professionals, the health ministry announced on Saturday. According to a written statement, as of Friday, 2,793 people ...

A 57-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after he was found with more than 24 kilos of duty-free tobacco, following a car chase in Limassol, during which officers ...

A comprehensive approach is needed to close the gender pay gap, as women are paid 10.4 per cent less than men for the same job, Gender Equality Commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested late on Friday after an off-duty officer saw him stealing parts from a parked car in Larnaca. The crime occurred a few minutes before midnight, ...

The stories of seven people across time are linked by the olive groves of Terra in a new book. Alix Norman speaks to the London-based Cypriot who wrote it, and ...

Four businesses and 20 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus protocols after 2,572 nationwide checks. Most of the checks, which were carried out between 6am on Friday and 6am on Saturday, were ...

President Nicos Anastasiades praised the resilience of the shipping sector during a dinner hosted by the Cyprus Union Of Shipowners in Athens. Anastasiades underlined shipping’s contribution to the Cypriot ...

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached 321,858 in August of this year, reflecting an increase of 208.7 per cent compared to August of the previous (during which 104,261 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease ...

The University of Cyprus’ Nireas International Water Research Centre has signed an agreement with the Water Development Department (WDD) for the establishment of a national system for the monitoring of ...

The Southern European countries group (EUMed) on Friday called on Turkey to accept Cyprus’ invitation to engage in dialogue on the delimitation of their maritime zones and reverse illegal actions ...

Cyprus’ Paralympic athletes on Friday called for inclusion of people with disabilities into society during an event in Limassol following their return from Tokyo. Education and Sport Minister Prodromos Prodromou ...

Leaders of the EU’s bloc of nine southern European members on Friday demanded urgent global action to combat a worsening climate crisis and build a sustainable future for the ...

Police on Friday evening asked passengers at Paphos airport’s departures area leave after an object was located in a luggage that looked like an explosive device. The incident was ...

The health ministry announced that there were no new deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, and that 153 more people had tested positive from 64,290 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.24 ...

Opposition in the north has criticised Turkish Cypriot authorities for wanting to return 50,000 AstraZeneca doses that expire next month, reports said on Friday. According to daily Yeniduzen, 50,000 AstraZeneca doses of ...

Members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) in Cyprus said on Friday they found several dead birds including three owls at a mist-netting site in Liopetri, in the Famagusta ...

An 81-year-old Russian woman was pronounced dead after lifeguards pulled her out of the water in a Larnaca beach on Friday. Around 11:35am, other swimmers notified lifeguards after spotting the ...

Historical memorabilia from the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 have been donated as a gift to the Cyprus Olympic Committee (KOE) by University of Nicosia professor, Theodoros Charalambous. The gifts concern ...

Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas has said that the cabinet’s decision to drop disciplinary procedures against controversial public school headteacher and artist Giorgos Gavriel was not the reason for his ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) on Friday said they would meet the state doctors’ unions next week to discuss the afternoon operation of state hospitals, amid a row that erupted ...

A total of 52 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Businesses asking for bank loans will have to show commitment to the green economy and sustainable development in the future a gathering of business leaders was told this week. “According ...

Cyprus Public Transport said Friday it would be donating all of Saturday’s proceeds from ticket sales to the Karaiskakio Foundation on the occasion of Leukemia Month. The company said ...

Cyprus looks like it’s heading for an Indian summer with temperatures expected to soar back up to 38C next week, according to the KitasWeather website. Meteorologist Eric Kitas told ...