Cyprus

By Stavros Nikolaou A strike that began at Limassol port on Monday continued into Tuesday with port operator DP world saying it was trying to resolve the issues as quickly ...

In the last 24 hours, police booked 35 individuals and two business owners for violating the measures against the spread of the coronavirus during 4,853 inspections islandwide. A police spokesperson told CNA that ...

The antiquities department announced on Tuesday the completion of underwater works and digital mapping of the ancient port of Amathus in Limassol which is to operate as an underwater archaeological ...

A 57-year-old man from Famagusta has been remanded for three days as part of an investigation into a case of assault and causing serious bodily harm against a 28-year-old and ...

Paphos police have arrested four people at Paphos airport for a case of impersonation and forgery. According to police, four people, two 20-year-old men, and two 26-year-old women, all with ...

The captain of a Maltese-flagged ship was sentenced to one month in prison by the Larnaca District Court on Tuesday for illegally entering the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. ...

Paphos police on Tuesday said they are investigating the second rape claim in less than a week. A 37-year-old woman reported she was raped by a 45-year-old man on July 24, ...

Paphos police are investigating after a shop owner reported that an unknown man stole €600 worth of equipment from his business. The thief was identified from CCTV cameras as a 39-year-old ...

A 29-year-old food delivery man reported he was assaulted by four other men on motorcycles who stole his wallet and mobile phone late on Monday in Limassol. The assault took ...

An 80-year-old man is hospitalised in critical condition after he was found unconscious in the sea off Psarolimano in Larnaca, police said on Tuesday. The man appears to have lost ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus has released its Quarterly Financial Accounts (QFA) publication, providing aggregated data on the financial assets and liabilities in the financial sector. The latest results, which ...

More than 80,000 people living in Cyprus cannot afford a one-week holiday according to research carried out by the European Trade Union Confederation published on Monday. They account for 79.2 per cent ...

Four deaths from coronavirus and 493 new cases were reported on Monday out of 33,583 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.47 per cent. The deaths were of a woman, aged 81, ...

The heatwave is expected to continue until Wednesday inclusive, though high temperatures are forecast for the rest of the week, the met office said on Monday. Τhe meteorology department’s ...

A population-based study using data from the Cyprus Paediatric Oncology Registry showed that thyroid cancer incidence in Cypriot children and teenagers is among the world’s highest. Published in Volume 74 ...

By Stavros Nikolaou The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to overturn the conviction of a man found guilty of sexually abusing a woman when she was 10 years old. The ...

A total of 39 free rapid testing mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced, listing the population groups which will be eligible to visit the ...

Only one country, Liechtenstein, was promoted to the Green category for travel, while several others have been demoted according to the latest epidemiological risk assessment to be in effect from ...

The statistical service on Monday issued a new invitation for candidates interested as working for the October to December census. The initial invitation for 1,100 census-takers and supervisors was made on ...

Ayia Napa municipality on Monday said a walk-in centre will operate in the area again later this week following last week’s successful run. In collaboration with the health ministry, ...

Cyprus Multiple Sclerosis Association has called on locals to participate in an international survey to evaluate health care procedures. In a social media post inviting people to participate in the ...

Women of the 1920s and 30s made sacrifices hard to understand in modern times. ALIX NORMAN speaks to a man behind a series of drawings dedicated to them “Tales of ...

Former Kitium bishop Chrysostomos on Monday denied rape charges in a formal written statement without swearing an oath on the Bible at the Larnaca criminal court. The 83-year-old cleric fully ...

Private pharmacies on Monday said they will hire additional staff as people formed queues outside pharmacies and labs to get tested for the coronavirus after the health ministry scrapped its ...