Cyprus

Eleftheria Square will be symbolically lit in purple on Tuesday evening to honour International Overdose Awareness Day, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives to overdose and recognise ...

Police on Monday said they arrested seven asylum seekers who attempted to leave Cyprus using forged travel documents. The arrests concern four Congolese men, aged 35, 28, 27, and 25, a 20-year-old man from ...

Five businesses and 29 individuals across the island were booked in the 24 hours until 6am Monday for violating coronavirus protocols, police said. The fines resulted from 3,756 checks. According to police, eight ...

A 38-year-old driver was arrested after she hit a motorcyclist, 28, who died as a result of the crash late on Sunday in Limassol. The collision took place on Omonias avenue ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested driving four times over the maximum alcohol limit without insurance, police said on Monday. The man, who lives in Nicosia, was stopped for a traffic ...

Transport ministry says Ayia Fyla traffic light system a success While public reaction to the island’s first smart traffic light system at the busy Ayia Fyla roundabout in Limassol ...

Contrary to official statements that air quality was not hugely affected by the factory fire that burned overnight on Thursday in Yeri, a University of Cyprus (UCy) monitoring system found ...

The health ministry said on Sunday that two people died from Covid-19 and that 208 tested positive from 30,027 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.69 per cent. The deaths concerned ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, with his proposal that the two sides in Cyprus return to the 1960 constitutional arrangement, has “lost all credibility”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said. In a ...

A man aged 57 has been arrested on suspicion of stealing three cows from a farm in Anarita in Paphos. The farmer reported the theft to police on Friday, saying that ...

Turkish Cypriots are seeing a doubling in the price of coffee and bread, reports from the north said on Sunday. Global fuel prices are currently contributing to an increase in ...

Free testing for certain groups will be at the following locations on Monday: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (10 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 1st Primary ...

Cyprus on Monday will be on red alert for forest fires, the forestry department said on Sunday, calling on the public to be particularly careful. In an announcement, it cautioned ...

The interior ministry has confirmed to the Sunday Mail that there is a new policy of increased and more detailed checks on Greek Cypriots at crossing points with the north. ...

Cypriot Paralympic medallist Carolina Pelendritou took third place for the second time in a repeat of the final of the 50m freestyle in Tokyo on Sunday breaking her previous record ...

Popular Turkish singer and trans woman, Bulent Ersoy, better known as ‘Diva’, and her 21-member entourage and musicians appeared in court on Sunday after trying to enter the north of ...

Mass jabs still touted as way to herd immunity despite rising infections among vaccinated By Theo Panayides Questions over the long-term outlook of the global Covid-19 vaccination programme have continued ...

Authorities in Cyprus and the Isle of Man are desperate to find family members of a British woman whose body has lain unclaimed in the morgue of Paphos hospital since ...

The body of a diver missing since Saturday noon in the sea area of ​​Larnaca airport was located before midday on Sunday at a depth of 18 metres the Search and ...

The Greek Cypriot side stands ready to attend any meeting the UN Secretary-General wishes to convene on the Cyprus issue, either between the leaders of the two communities or with ...

Up until Saturday, 78.2 per cent of people in Cyprus had received one Covid jab and 73.8 per cent were fully covered, the health ministry said on Sunday. The government’s target ...

Kyriacos Nicolaou catches up with two Premier League greats on the island recently to coach kids at summer camps at Limassol’s Parklane hotel As the unrelenting August sun beat ...

A letter has been sent by Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas to the state health services organisation (Okypy) warning “for the last time” about delays, and “compliance with Council of Ministers ...

A man driving at six times over the limit hit a traffic sign in Pervolia on Saturday night after losing control of his vehicle, police said. The man, 41, was driving ...