Cyprus

Hotels in Famagusta saw occupancy rise to over 80 per cent in August, buoyed by Russian tourists but also Cypriot holidaymakers who opted to stay on the island rather than travel ...

A network of environmental organisations on Friday voiced opposition to the construction of a shooting range near the island’s largest reservoir, Kouris, saying it will pollute the area’s ...

Larnaca district court on Friday handed down a 30-day prison sentence to a 43-year-old man who crashed into another car while driving 14 times over the legal limit in Larnaca. The ...

The state has appealed as insufficient a seven-year prison sentence for a 73-year-old man who had been convicted of sexually abusing his underage grandchildren, the Legal Service said on Friday. ...

The chief of police is looking into an incident concerning two senior officers who initially refused to undergo a PCR test at Larnaca airport on Tuesday afternoon. Local media reported ...

Cyprus is among the 50 countries which signed a statement expressing concern about girls and women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. “We are deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their ...

A woman, 32, and a man, 40, were remanded for five days on Friday on suspicion of stealing €12,000 worth of items from a Paphos home earlier this month, police said on Friday. ...

A total of 32,667 vaccinations have been administered in the past seven days, the health ministry said on Friday, as it announced that 77.2 per cent of the adult population has received ...

A 28-year-old man was caught driving 191 km per hour on the motorway while eight times over the legal limit late on Thursday, police said. There were four passengers in the ...

Five businesses in Limassol and Paphos were charged €500 each for violating coronavirus protocols, police said on Friday. The businesses concern a pub and a mini kiosk in Limassol and a ...

Cyprus has the sixth most expensive bread and cereals in the EU27, according to figures published by Eurostat on Friday. The EU’s statistical office said that in 2020, the price ...

Paphos police have arrested a 54-year-old man as it investigates a case of assault and causing grievous bodily harm, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. This follows a complaint ...

Police on Friday said they identified several suspects in relation to a fake post on social media that claimed a 12-year-old child had died in Limassol a day after receiving ...

Astrobank is offering free cash withdrawals at more than 330 ATMs nationwide for AstroBank customers, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. AstroBank continues its cooperation with the company Euronet ...

The animal police unit has investigated about 200 incidents of potential abuse or mistreatment and two cases will proceed to court. Vyronas Vyronos, the officer in charge of the animal police ...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) has criticised the Cyprus government for allowing hunters to shoot in an area where protected migratory birds fly, fearing a repeat of what they ...

Health authorities announced three deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday and 420 new infections after 48, 220 tests, a positivity rate of 0.87 per cent. Hospitals are treating 208 people for the virus, 85 of whom in ...

The police cybercrime unit said Thursday it was investigating a fake post on social media claiming a 12-year-old child had died in Limassol a day after receiving a Covid jab. ...

None of the people who came into contact with Morphou Bishop Neophytos on Sunday have tested positive for the coronavirus so far after the cleric announced he had contracted the ...

The met office has issued a new yellow alert valid from 1pm to 4pm on Friday. Forecasters said temperatures overnight on Thursday would be around 19C inland and 23C on ...

A total of 47 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

The application process announced by the government for the issuance of an EU Digital Covid Certificate to vaccinated Turkish Cypriots was branded discriminatory and described as “impractical and nonsensical” by ...

The Cyprus embassy in the Netherlands has lodged representations with the Dutch government over the visit this week by Dutch MP Liane den Haan to the north of the island ...

Residents who received the first dose of the Pfizer anti-coronavirus jab at Ayia Napa walk-in vaccination centre have completed their vaccination, it was announced on Thursday. According to the written ...