Cyprus

The health ministry announced 3,782 new coronavirus infections on Monday after 111,926 tests, a positivity rate of 3.38 per cent. No deaths were reported. There are 101 people in the hospital with the virus, ...

Disregarding objections from the government, lawmakers on Monday decided to press ahead with two bills extending the deadline for companies and self-employed persons to submit their tax returns for 2020. As ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has been briefed by his Greek counterpart Kyriacos Mitsotakis about the latter’s weekend meeting with the Turkish president, Nicosia said on Monday, as a former Turkish ...

Cyprus’ GDP could be affected by between 1.5 to 2 per cent during 2022 if Cypriot airspace remains closed to Russia for the entirety of 2022, rating agency DBRS Morningstar said on Monday. The ...

A 41-year-old man was on Monday banned from sports venues for a month, after he lit up a fire torch during the Apollon-Anorthosis football match in Limassol over the weekend. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will present next week the projects completed so far as part of the first national strategy for the development of mountain communities, the government announced on Monday. ...

By Gina Agapiou and Nick Theodoulou The administration of a Covid-19 booster dose has been recommended for children aged 12 and over, while a fourth dose has been advised for certain ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has eclipsed the Republic’s policy shift towards promoting confidence building measures (CBMs) with the north, while murmurings over Turkey’s role in mediation efforts ...

A total of 33 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Monday for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. In addition to any medical certificates exempting them ...

Low-income pensioners will be able to use public transport for free thanks to a new initiative announced on Monday by the social welfare deputy ministry and the transport ministry. Bus ...

Free to play and kind to the environment, disc golf is rapidly gaining in popularity. ALIX NORMAN speaks to the professional who hopes to bring this exciting new sport to ...

A 47-year-old Limassol man was jailed for ten years on Monday for raping his estranged wife, the Limassol criminal court ruled. The man was handed concurrent jail sentences, the longest ...

By Constantinos Psillides Film critics and cinema audiences don’t always see eye to eye and in the age of the mega-blockbuster, making a dent in the box office is ...

The war in Ukraine has seen hotel occupancy fall, president of the Paphos Hotels Association Thanos Michaelides said on Monday, with those hotels that are open running on an occupancy ...

Qatar has been upgraded from the red to the green category, according to the health ministry’s latest updates to country classifications, which will take effect from Thursday. The ministry ...

Road users were on Monday again urged to drive with caution if they were heading up the mountains where many roads were closed to cars without four wheel drive or ...

A car was arsoned in a private car park in Geroskipou on Monday morning, head of Paphos CID Michalis Nicolaou said. The fire broke out at 2am on Evagoras Pallikarides ...

Paphos police on Monday said they were investigating disruptive incidents that took place over the weekend during a second division football game between Akritas Chlorakas and Omonia Aradippou. Spokesman Michalis ...

Fuel prices in Cyprus are rising again due to the increasing cost of importing fossil fuels as a result of the war in Ukraine, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on ...

Two women, aged 46 and 28, were remanded for seven days on Monday after they were found in possession of stolen goods and bullets. Following a tip-off on Sunday, Limassol police carried ...

A 50-year-old kiosk employee was assaulted and forced to hand over the money from the cash register when a kiosk was robbed at around midnight on Sunday, police said. An ...

A shop owner in Nicosia was fined €4,000 for employing people without a SafePass as the police fined 16 individuals and three other businesses for violating measures aiming to contain the spread ...

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades was this morning due to visit the Pournara migrant camp in Kokkinotrimithia to see for himself the conditions there, after they have been ...

More unaccompanied minors are to be housed in hotel units, while some adults will be transferred to a separate centre, the government announced on Monday following the president’s visit ...