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Yet another school year amid the Covid pandemic kicked off on Tuesday with minor problems and old ‘customs’ involving flares and firecrackers. Over 45,000 pupils returned to school on Tuesday under ...

Larnaca district court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to two years in jail for illegal drug possession and intent to sell. The man was arrested on April 2 after the ...

The Limassol municipality will make a final decision on Thursday on whether and when to hold the city’s wine festival, according to Mayor Nicos Nicolaides. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Police said Tuesday they were looking for a Limassol man suspected of shooting two young dogs belonging to his neighbour and killing one of them. The incident was reported by ...

Police said Tuesday they are continuing their investigation into a Larnaca cardiologist suspected of issuing fake vaccination certificates. Spokesman Christos Andreou said 26 of his patients have submitted to antibody tests ...

Police booked 28 individuals in the last 24 hours, for breaching the Covid measures. A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 2,703 checks were carried out islandwide from 6am Monday until 6...

A 43-year-old detainee who escaped after being transferred to the Paphos hospital when he complained of feeling unwell, has been re-arrested after a car chase involving a stolen taxi on ...

Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades met with his Egyptian counterpart Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir on Saturday, September 4, as part of the wider intergovernmental conference between the two governments. The ...

Invest Cyprus sponsored The International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), the leading annual conference for the global hotel industry which was hosted in Berlin from 1st – 3rd September. George Campanellas, CEO ...

By Paul Lambis and Jonathan Shkurko A public outcry forced the Paphos municipality to abandon plans to paint historic neoclassical buildings in the centre of town a dull grey as ...

There are currently no plans to give a booster jab to people who have received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the health ministry said on Monday. Despite the decision to ...

The 2019 law to prosecute customers of human trafficking victims was not being implemented said the president of the House human rights committee, Irini Charalambidou on Monday. “Trafficking of human beings ...

As Archbishop Chrysostomos harangued members of the clergy for urging their flock not to get vaccinated for the coronavirus, two of the bishops on opposite sides of the issue kept ...

The personal data protection commissioner on Monday fined two big Nicosia clubs and a contracting company a total of €105,000 after finding security gaps in their ticketing systems. In a written ...

The health ministry on Monday announced one death and 223 new coronavirus cases, after 74,092 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.30 per cent. A 55-year-old man who died on ...

Cyprus was among 15 EU member states where the share of childcare workers and teachers’ aides was below 1 per cent of the total employed population, according to figures published by Eurostat. ...

Main opposition party Akel on Monday urged the government to quickly intervene to shield the public from rising prices in electricity as well as in essential goods, noting that thousands ...

A 62-year-old man was jailed for two years on Monday after he was found guilty of starting a fire in Limassol in August last year. The man was charged in ...

Ministers participating in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday will be briefed on the implementation of the reforms, projects and policies announced by President Nicos Anastasiades or which are included in ...

The health ministry has announced 36 rapid testing sites for Tuesday. People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport, or driver’s licence. District Locations ...

A 54-year-old man, partner of a 58-year-old British woman who was critically injured after being hit by a car in the Paphos district on Saturday, is under arrest as police ...

The coronavirus has caused a second pandemic: anxiety. As mental health issues worldwide escalate, ALIX NORMAN looks at the latest in anti-anxiety tools (and how to get a discount) During ...

A 29-year-old woman has died from Covid, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday. The woman, who had been six months pregnant when she was hospitalised, had also lost her baby ...

The successful implementation of the €1.3bn Recovery and Resilience Scheme is very important to public finances and the island’s growth prospects, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Monday, as ...