Cyprus

Authorities conducted 1,677 Covid violations checks across the country over the past 24 hours. Fifteen individuals and eight owners or managers of businesses were fined. A total of 328 checks were conducted in ...

Over 3,600 primary and secondary school students competed for the best green-business ideas that would help reduce plastic use and promote environmental sustainability as part of the mindREset programme. Students were ...

Paphos police have made a second arrest in connection with a case of impersonation and obtaining money under false pretenses, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. It said that ...

Wednesday’s scheduled meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan has been cancelled as the prince holds urgent meetings in the ...

Residents, local authorities and entrepreneurs can combine forces to invest, produce and sell renewable energy By Natasa Ioannou In Sifnos, an island in Cyclades in Greece, a new cooperative has ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will oversee the signing of a number of partnership agreements, in the form of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), between the Republic of Cyprus and the United Arab ...

Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios has reportedly assured the tourism industry that the government is devising a contingency plan in the event of a flare-up in Ukraine and possible ...

A newly established NGO called Voice for Autism aspires to set up the first 24/7 group home where young adults with disabilities can “reach their full potential”. Voice for Autism: Advocacy &...

The delay in introducing natural gas to generate electricity puts energy adequacy at risk, Akel said on Tuesday after Phileleftheros reported that the electricity authority (EAC) must, under commitments made ...

Young people debated the future of Europe at parliament on Tuesday, with House president Annita Demetriou calling it a chance to practise “participatory democracy.” The event titled ‘Your opinion for ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakos on Tuesday stressed the need for a change in culture regarding the rights of LGBTI+ people, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the Protection and ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced five deaths and 2,322 new coronavirus infections. The new cases were from 104,793 tests, giving a positivity rate of 2.22 per cent. The five deaths concern one ...

A section of the Venetian walls encircling Nicosia old town were found collapsed on Tuesday, which authorities in the north attributed to recent heavy rains, saying tenders would be launched ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday announced an action plan to tackle bad practices within the national health system (Gesy), asserting that despite its problems the system is not only ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of impersonating a doctor and obtaining money under false pretenses. The 34-year-old is suspected of being connected with at least two cases ...

A number of teachers absent from state schools last Friday could have been in class had they used the test-to-stay programme, the education ministry reiterated on Tuesday in an ongoing ...

Cyprus needs the Limassol carnival this year “perhaps more than ever before”, mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Tuesday as he presented the upcoming carnival events, albeit somewhat cut back. The ...

Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday imposed a €76,000 fine on WiSpear Systems Limited, a company selling surveillance systems, over the ‘spy van’ affair that broke out in late 2019. The company was ...

Cyprus is boosting its cooperation with the UAE, which is ahead in high tech, including blockchain, cyber security and artificial intelligence, deputy minister of research, innovation and digital research Kyriakos ...

Paphos police on Tuesday said they are looking for a 27-year-old man in connection with the theft of about €8,000 after six burglaries in Chlorakas this month. The burglaries were from ...

After a period of stagnation, work to determine the fate of the missing is beginning to progress, thanks in part to the use of modern technology, Greek Cypriot member of ...

The further easing of Covid-19 restrictions should take place over the course of weeks, not months, one of the government’s advisors said on Tuesday emphasising the need to learn ...

A total of 80 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus will operate on Wednesday for eligible groups, according to the health ministry. Eligible for a free rapid test are people fully ...

A unique type of body cast allows women to see themselves from a new angle. ELENI PHILIPPOU experiences it and meets the woman who creates them The portal of life ...