Cyprus

The auditor general’s office raised the red flag over a farewell do – which has now been cancelled – for a public official that would have cost the taxpayer €10,000. The Cyprus ...

An elderly man spotted floating unconscious in the sea off Kissonerga on Thursday was taken to Paphos general hospital where doctors certified his death. Police said the foreign visitor was ...

Over 5,500 counterfeit items have been seized from several shops in the Famagusta district, police said on Thursday. A joint operation by police and the customs department turned up over 5,500 items ...

Vaccination centres will now operate on Saturdays from September 11 onwards to better cater to school children, the health ministry announced on Thursday. Separately, the ministry also announced that 660 booster shots ...

The House interior committee will decide next week whether the local government elections will take place as planned in December or be postponed, it emerged on Thursday. The decision by ...

A group of parents protested outside the Ministry of Education on Thursday against the implementation of aspects of the health protocols in schools to combat the pandemic. The protest was ...

Police officers found a large quantity of duty-free tobacco in the luggage of two people who were preparing to fly to the UK from Paphos late on Wednesday. An X-ray ...

A fire that appears to have been set deliberately damaged the premises of a courier company a little after midnight, the fire service said on Thursday. Fire fighters were notified ...

A 60-year-old Larnaca man is under arrest on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography over the internet. The cybercrime unit said it had received a tip-off from Europol ...

Police on Thursday said they fined four businesses a total of €7,000 for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 2,570 nationwide checks. The checks were carried out between 6am on Wednesday and 6...

The Cyprus-Greece Business Association will take part at the Thessaloniki International Fair which will take place between September 11 and September 19 of this year. The association’s president Iosif Iosif has ...

The Association of Cyprus Cheese Producers and 11 others have taken legal action against the European Commission, in an attempt to stop the inclusion of halloumi in the register for protected ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday said the government will in the following months announce a new incentive scheme for attracting high-tech companies that will facilitate the establishment and hiring of ...

Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Wednesday pledged to hold meetings will all stakeholders so that progress is made on the discussion in parliament of 45 pending bills, including the ones on ...

Paediatrics chief at Makarios children’s hospital Avraam Elia said on Wednesday that despite receiving death threats he has not been deterred from doing his duty. Elia told the Cyprus ...

The health ministry announced five deaths and 182 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The deceased are an 81-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man who passed away at Nicosia and Limassol ...

A 12-year-old pupil from Limassol who was not allowed to board a bus because she did not have the money for the fare was granted a bus pass for the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he would decide on any unofficial meetings with the Greek Cypriot side on the Cyprus problem after a possible meeting in New York with ...

New head of Paphos police Nicos Tsappis took full charge on Wednesday, taking over from Nikos Pentaras, who had been in the post since 2017. “My aim is to produce tangible ...

Despite the ongoing Covid pandemic, the Cypriot banking sector has achieved remarkable progress and was steadily headed towards viability, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Wednesday addressing the bank association ...

A number of students and their parents gathered outside the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) on Wednesday to protest the ban on the physical presence of unvaccinated students on campus ...

Deputy government spokesperson Niovi Parissinou on Wednesday handed over a government donation to the Anti-Cancer Society as part of the organisation’s annual fundraiser. Parissinou delivered the government’s symbolic ...

A Green party parliamentary assistant said on Wednesday said she was verbally abused by far-right Elam MP Andreas Themistokleous, who moved towards her while shouting at her to get out ...

The health ministry announced 28 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Thursday for groups eligible for free tests. To get tested, people need to present proof of identity ...