Cyprus

A fully automated system to come online perhaps by the end of the year will address the problem of the long delays in the processing and disbursement of benefits, Labour ...

Amid complaints from parents, Nicosia and Larnaca bus operator Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) on Tuesday assured that inconveniences with issuing and renewing student bus passes are just a one-off and ...

UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on Tuesday clarified what he said in an interview last week was trying to pick up from where Crans Montana ended is a recipe for ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 and that 126 people tested positive on Tuesday. But it said not all data for tests taken privately had been collected so the ...

Cyprus was sixth among EU nations for the decrease in commercial flights in August 2021 compared to 2019, with a slump of 23.8 per cent. Although a considerable knock, the reduction was notably ...

The top priority of the House ethics committee is to work towards the modernisation of the law on officials’ declaration of wealth, it announced on Tuesday a day after all ...

The House selection committee unanimously decided on Monday there was no legal reason justifying the exclusion of an MP from any parliamentary committee, after Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos refused to ...

Bahrain’s national airline Gulf Air is considering using Larnaca airport as a hub for several international destinations, possibly including the United States. The topic was discussed during President Nicos ...

A man was fined €12,000 on Tuesday after he was found by the game fund with dead songbirds and traps in Paphos. The hefty fine was imposed following a tip-off to ...

The House commerce committee on Tuesday discussed credit card charges ahead of a new decree mandating all businesses accept card payments, which is due to come into effect this coming ...

A total of 27 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate for eligible groups nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

A 43-year-old former first division Cypriot footballer was arrested in Greece and is to be extradited to Cyprus in connection with the embezzlement of more than €200,000, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. ...

The parliamentary committee on standards unanimously agreed on Tuesday that far-right Elam MP Andreas Themistokleous had a case to answer after he was accused of verbally abusing a Green party ...

President Nicos Anastasiades suggested more effective procedures to be put in place at the education ministry after teachers were told to “tear out” a page from a textbook with a ...

Increased cloud coverage in the coming days is expected result in showers and some isolated storms inland and in the mountains, the met office said on Tuesday. On Wednesday, though ...

Paphos police are investigating the theft of €5,000 in cash, and valuables of unknown value, including jewellery from a home in Tala. According to police, a woman reported that while she ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has released a policy statement on cryptocurrency assets, calling on service providers to comply with regulations and warning investors of the risks involved. ...

Art teacher and controversial artist Giorgos Gavriel, who found himself under fire last year over his work that was deemed to insult religious and national symbols, was asked to appear ...

Two Cypriots are among the contestants of the Great British Bake Off to start airing next week in Channel 4, it emerged on Tuesday. Among the 12 contestants are two people with ...

Eighty per cent of the adult population had received at least the first dose of a Covid vaccine, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Data showed that 80 per cent of ...

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a 22-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in a road accident on Monday afternoon in Limassol. The accident happened shortly after 6pm on Fragklinou ...

Police made a third arrest on Monday in connection with the seizure of over seven kilos of cannabis in Limassol. A 23-year-old man is the third to be arrested since ...

In a span of 24 hours, police booked 22 people and 5 businesses for violating coronavirus measures. Between 6am on Monday and 6am on Tuesday, there were a total of 2,262 inspections across the ...

The European Commission has approved a budget of more than €22 million for the creation of a collection of sewage networks in the Kokkinochoria region in Cyprus. The Commission approved the ...