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DeFi, decentralised finance, is the fastest-growing market in the cryptocurrency universe. More than $61 billion worth of trades have been executed in the market, up from about $15 billion at the start ...

A ceiling on fuel prices is not justified, according to the state consumer protection service, which rejected opposition claims that price hikes in Cyprus were higher than other countries. The ...

The health ministry will look into ways to help sufferers of ‘long-Covid’ once studies on the syndrome are complete, health minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Friday. ‘Long-Covid’ is a term ...

The health ministry announced four deaths and 238 cases of Covid-19 on Friday. The deceased are all men, three of whom died on Thursday and one on Friday. An 85-year-old man ...

Eighty per cent of school staff have received the Covid vaccine Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday during a House committee briefing. Prodromou said vaccination would work as an ...

The University of Cyprus physics department wants stricter protection from the coronavirus in the new school year, disagreeing with the senate’s decision to allow unvaccinated students and staff in ...

August this year was the hottest month in terms of average daily temperature since records began in Cyprus, it emerged on Friday. According to an announcement by the press and ...

The presidency said Friday that the first intergovernmental meeting between Cyprus and Egypt reaffirms the two countries’ will to boost cooperation between them and to expand it in new fields. ...

A total of 44 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 ...

Though a large part of the population in Cyprus has been vaccinated there are still fears among many when it comes to the jabs, some understandable but others that derive ...

Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis warned that moving parliament permanently from the centre would create serious problems to the capital, including harming efforts to revitalise areas neighbouring the buffer zone. Yiorkadjis ...

Hoteliers in Famagusta are expecting bookings to rise for September and October while the occupancy rates were satisfactory for August, their chairman Doros Takkas said on Friday. “In Famagusta, especially ...

The union of pensioners (Ekysy) said on Friday it plans to hold protests and conferences in a bid to pressure the government into resolving long-standing problems faced by the elderly. ...

The National Guard is taking part in a multinational exercise called Bright Star, currently taking place in Egypt. The Defence Ministry said the participation in the exercise, which will run ...

Cyprus post on Friday announced they will return the VAT paid in the island as well as postal charges to recipients of packages from non-EU countries, who due to a ...

As the economy recovers, the government aims at keeping unemployment levels low to safeguard people’s revenues and roll out targeted policies including the introduction of a national minimum salary, ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said he wants a list of the doctors who are advising their patients against receiving the coronavirus vaccination. A major bump in the road towards greater ...

A short video released on Friday by a local artist who was injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest aims to break the silence on the “rotten” ...

The Holy Synod should take a stance on bishop Morphou Neophytos, a theologist said on Friday, saying the former’s statement that he got coronavirus after praying to the Mother ...

August has seen an 86 per cent rise in Covid deaths compared with the previous month, according to the national epidemiological report released on Friday. Eighty-five people died from Covid-19 in ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Police fined seven businesses and 36 individuals after 2,997 nationwide checks to identify any coronavirus measures violations in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Friday. More than one third of the ...

The rollout of the third dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine started on Friday at nursing homes, after being given the green light by cabinet the previous day. One hundred and ...

People who have already had two anti-Covid vaccinations do not need further booster shots, the European centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency in Sweden said in ...