Cyprus

One death from coronavirus and 599 new positive cases were announced on Saturday out of 61,883 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.97 per cent. The death was a woman, aged 84, ...

Cyprus enjoyed a successful Tokyo Olympics, with the 15-strong athlete delegation giving some very good performances, despite returning home without a medal. The best-placed finishes were by Pavlos Kontides, who ...

An 82-year-old woman, a resident of Tala, Paphos, reported that she was tied up and robbed at her home on Friday evening with perpetrators taking jewellery and cash. The woman ...

A 14-year-old girl from Nicosia was caught driving in the Alaminos area, in the Larnaca district with her parents and sister as passengers, police said on Saturday. According to a ...

As of Saturday, people found positive for Covid-19, will have to fill out an electronic form if they want to get their release certificates when their quarantine period is completed, ...

The vaccination coverage is closer to the new goals set by the government that wants to see 80 per cent of the population vaccinated by the end of August, as over 75 ...

An appeal hearing in the case of the British teenager found guilty of public mischief after reporting a gang rape in July 2019 will be go before the Supreme Court in ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 46 in total. People need to present a form of identification to get tested such as ID, passport or driver’s ...

Police on Saturday warned they will intervene if protests turn into mobs that disturb the peace and called on organisers of such events to comply with the measures. Citing upcoming ...

Police said a club in the Famagusta district was ordered to close on Friday night after it let in around 1,000 people, many of whom dancing. This is the fifth time ...

A 53-year-old doctor was remanded for seven days by Larnaca district court on Saturday in connection with the issuing of a fake Covid vaccination certificate to a man who is ...

Inspired by Greek mythology, one mural painter describes his works as contemporary Byzantine painting, balancing realism and abstraction. Alix Norman meets him Fikos is halfway up a wall in Athens. “...

A 48-year-old man from Limassol was arrested on Friday in connection with online threats against paediatricians for supporting vaccinating children over 12. Police said testimony was secured against the 48-year-old as ...

ASBIS, an information and communications technology distribution company based in Limassol, has announced that it has made a property acquisition to the tune of €6.2 million. The recently acquired 5,735 square metre ...

Four per cent of the adult population in Cyprus consumes alcohol daily – half the EU27 average — while 29 per cent never consumed or had not consumed any in the last 12 months, ...

Sex education is critical to protecting children from sexual abuse and must be offered at all levels of the education system, the Hope for Children Policy Centre said on Friday. ...

The education ministry is more than willing to invest in more summer school programmes, Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday while visiting two Nicosia schools participating in the programme. Prodromou ...

Four people, three men and one woman, died from Covid-19 and 525 people tested positive for coronavirus after 59,287 tests, a positivity rate of 0.89 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. ...

Opposition parties on Friday called on the government to act against Turkish plans on a two-state solution in Cyprus amid news that the further opening of the fenced area of ...

Famagusta district court on Friday sentenced a 48-year-old man to 20 days in jail after finding him guilty of driving seven times over the legal limit. It also suspended his driving ...

Police on Friday arrested a 53-year-old man, believed to be a doctor, who is suspected of issuing fake vaccination certificates to three people now seriously or critically ill with Covid-19. ...

Cypriot firefighters helping battle fires in Greece are currently operating in the Afidnes community of Attica, spokesman Andreas Kettis said late on Friday afternoon. In a message on Twitter, Kettis ...

Booster shots for the anti-coronavirus vaccine are highly likely as Cyprus is considering following in the footsteps of other EU countries, with members of the advisory committee on coronavirus saying ...

A total of 48 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Since Sunday, free rapid testing for the ...