Cyprus

The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that a record 1,925 had tested positive from 121,127 PCR and rapid tests, another record, which resulted in a positivity ...

The 44-year-old, who was detained for six days in connection with a hit-and-run in which a 60-year-old woman died has been referred by the Paphos court for trial on February 3. ...

Rainfall in December reached 113 of normal levels, according to preliminary data published on Monday by the met office. According to the data, the average total amount of rainfall from December 1 ...

The Bank of Cyprus Borrowers Association (Syprodat) on Monday called for an immediate reaction from the central bank and from parliament over plans by the commercial banks to hike their ...

Testing locations for Tuesday are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Lemesos (5 units) Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) Square, behind Rectorate 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Pano Polemidia ...

The health ministry has reclassified three countries on its list of colour-coded destinations for Covid-19. The changes, which take effect from Thursday December 30 included moving New Zealand from orange to ...

Over 4,000 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The first phase of the plan was implemented on December 20, 2021, and will run ...

The health ministry announced on Monday that inspections at workplaces would begin on December 29 to ensure employees have their Covid papers. The ministry said all employees who have had two ...

The north has announced a curbing of activities ahead of the New Year after detecting close to 30 cases of Omicron. According to reports from the north, only up to 10 people ...

A first of its kind study on the levels of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among Cypriots who had Covid-19 has been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Medicine. The study ...

The department of antiquities announced on Monday that the lighting at Larnaca castle have been switched off due to “serious technical problems” “Efforts are being made by all those involved ...

The road transport department announced on Monday that vehicle registration licences can be renewed starting on January 7 and ending March 11, 2022. Licences can be renewed for a period of three, six, ...

The EAC said on Monday that its Strovolos Customer service centre will remain closed today Monday 27 and tomorrow Tuesday 28 December due to a coronavirus case. The other customer service centres ...

The family of a four-year-old boy with a rare cancer are racing to put together the remainder of the money they need to take their son to America to take ...

Two men, aged 41 and 51 have been arrested in connection with a case of illegal trapping and killing of wild birds in Zygi, following a complaint by anti-trapping activists. The two ...

Paphos police are investigating two cases of burglary which netted thieves a total of 16,000 euros over the weekend. Police said that in Tsada, a 71-year-old homeowner reported that a small ...

Business at leisure and recreations centres were down between 50 and 65 per cent over the holiday weekend, the association of recreation centres (Osika) said on Monday. The measures taken to deal ...

During the past 24 hours police carried out 2,297 Covid checks to see if people had their required documentation, fining 13 individuals and six businesses for violating mandates. In Nicosia, 734 inspections were carried ...

A 17-year-old girl is suspected of trying to break into the Peyia police station while officers were out on patrol Sunday evening. According to police, after they returned from patrol ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday and that 912 people had tested positive from 53,715 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.7 ...

No cases of the Covid Omicron variant found so far in Cyprus have needed hospitalisation, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday during a visit to the Famagusta reference hospital. ...

Flights to and from Cypriot airports in Larnaca and Paphos continue to operate normally despite widespread cancellations of international flights that have affected thousands of passengers at many airports around ...

Loan restructurings in the Cypriot banking system edged close to €2 billion in the first ten months of 2021, marking the highest figure according to Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) records which ...

Police said on Sunday that there was heavy traffic on the Karvounas-Troodos-Platres road and urged motorists to drive cautiously and to comply with traffic signals and police instructions. The depth ...