Cyprus

Delta variant of coronavirus remained dominant between late June and September 12, the health ministry said on Wednesday, being detected in all the recently tested samples. The Β.1.617.2 variant was detected in 100 ...

Limassol police are investigating an email fraud case after a 41-year-old businessman reported he lost more than €38,000. The case was reported to the police on September 14, with the complainant claiming ...

A cafeteria in Nicosia was fined €16,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass, as part of daily checks for coronavirus measures that saw eight more businesses and 21 individuals booked, ...

A 37-year-old Paphos resident was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of assaulting two other men. The incident emerged after the three men visited the Paphos general hospital with multiple injuries. ...

A 13-year-old boy has been hospitalised after his classmate allegedly pushed him down the stairs at a school in Paphos. According to secondary education officer Giorgos Koutsides, the boy fell ...

President Anastasiades said on Wednesday that his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had taken place in a creative atmosphere. The president, in New York for the UN’s ...

71 community councils have been exempted from contributing to the construction cost of various small-scale projects amounting to €5.2 million in total. The councils’ contributions will instead be sourced from savings made ...

The ancient art of falconry has a part to play in modern conservation By Constantinos Antoniou Who can imagine our island as a Mediterranean wildlife oasis where nobles, knights and ...

A small aircraft that has been in Cyprus since 2019 and is currently parked at Paphos airport is being guarded until UN experts arrive to inspect a possible connection with arms ...

Covid-19 antibody tests provide “useful information” but cannot be solely relied upon to show a person has built immunity against the virus, experts reiterated on Tuesday as their use is ...

People on remand and defendants receiving custodial sentences will be temporarily held at police stations after several coronavirus infections were detected in the central prisons, police there confirmed on Tuesday. ...

The government has finished examining all pending applications filed under the – now defunct – citizenship-by-investment programme, and has duly briefed the European Union, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. The ...

No deaths from coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday, while 117 new cases were found. The total death toll remains at 548. Meanwhile, 94 patients are in hospital being treated for Covid, of which 39 ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will take a revenue hit of around €24 million following a decision to offer a 10 per discount on utility bills over the next four months, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday waved off demands made a day earlier for a Syrian asylum seeker to be reunited with her family, saying it might open the floodgates ...

Small shops bemoaning the limited money to be made from cigarettes indicates there is a fixed price, but a spokesman for the industry said on Tuesday this is not true. “...

By Kiriaki Demetriou The private sector is set to lead the roll out of green hydrogen by investing in its production so that it can be used in the sectors ...

As part of the World Clean-up day on September 18, six volunteers from Freedom Divers Cyprus in Anarita Paphos spent two hours on Sunday trying to contribute by organising a beach ...

Pupils aged 12 to 17 due to receive either dose of an anti-Covid vaccine will be entitled to take the day off school on the day of their vaccination, cabinet decided on ...

A total of 23 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

As of September 1, 2022 the Nicosia Water Board will go paperless, sending utility bills electronically to consumers – although it will continue to accept in-person payments at its offices. In a statement, ...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has said one of its members was threatened with a shotgun and attacked by a group of bird trappers in the district of Famagusta ...

Some candidates did not declare their advertising expenses in the run up to the 2019 European Parliament elections, while one received close to €29,000 worth of services for free, the Audit Office’...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced the operation of mobile rapid testing units at primary schools for voluntary coronavirus testing of children. The units will operate on a weekly basis ...