Cyprus

The ties between Cyprus and Thessaloniki, but also Macedonia in general, are deep and historical, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. On a visit to Thessaloniki, Anastasiades met mayor Constantinos ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

In a story about the way some dogs are treated on the island one local writer is hoping to raise awareness and funds. ALIX NORMAN meets her One day in ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has always coordinated with Turkey on important issues but is not Ankara’s puppet, he was reported as having said on Monday. In an interview ...

House president Annita Demetriou and Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan reaffirmed the bonds and cooperation between Cyprus and Armenia during a meeting in Nicosia on ...

The American festivity has swept the world with TV shows and film also in its wake. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES picks the best to watch Something wicked this way comes. It’s ...

An infant suffering from life-shortening spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has completed the first phase of her treatment at Makarios children’s hospital and has returned home, reports said on Monday. ...

Cyprus has not seen any side effects by mixing Covid vaccines of a different technology during the administration of booster shots, a pharmaceutical services official said on Monday. The department’...

Cyprus will receive any new Covid vaccines or treatments immediately after they are licensed, which is only a matter of time, a government official said Monday. “We are close to ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday called on the state consumer protection service do the job it was set up to do, citing a new law that favours businesses instead ...

The Ayios Panteleimonas primary school in Limassol, which closed last week after a Covid cluster was discovered, reopened on Monday. Limassol school board president Dinos Ellinas told CyBC that out ...

Four countries, including the Netherlands, Poland and Iceland, were downgraded in new travel guidelines issued by the health ministry on Monday. According to the announcement, Lichtenstein was downgraded from the ...

Following reports that the prime minister’s inner circle had acquired Cypriot passports, Cambodia’s parliament on Monday passed constitutional amendments barring holders of the country’s top posts, including ...

In today’s episode, a 30-year old man suspected of people smuggling has been arrested after a boat with irregular migrants arrived in Paralimni in the early hours of Sunday. ...

The pilot operation of eight traffic cameras – four fixed and four mobile- started on Monday morning with the aim of reducing road accidents. The cameras, installed as part of the ...

Limassol police have charged two people who were drunk and causing a nuisance just before the Aris-Apoel football match at the Tsirio stadium on Sunday. The two, a 37-year-old man ...

Police on Monday said they arrested an illegal migrant who was a passenger of a car that was involved in a traffic collision in Nicosia. The driver of the car ...

Four businesses were fined a total of €5,000 in the last 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said early on Monday. The fines concerned a Famagusta-based business which was booked for €3,000 ...

‘Certain traditional religious beliefs and vested interests are interfering with progress’ By Bejay Browne It’s been five years since cremation was made legal in Cyprus after a long battle ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced 89 new Covid-19 cases, out of 38,139 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. No deaths were recorded. There are 63 patients in ...

Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos on Sunday chastised the socialist party’s members who refused to attend an extraordinary congress held in Nicosia accusing them of trying to undermine Edek’s ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Monday in all districts, 21 in total. People need to present their ID, or passport or driver’s licence for identification purposes. District ...

A weekly show by Alpha TV called on President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday to help so that the two children of a bicommunal couple can get IDs since authorities have ...

By Evie Andreou An animal shelter in the Nicosia district is racing against time to find the funds for a new site to rehome its dogs, cats and three donkeys ...