Coronavirus: Just 86 people take up Novavax jab
Just 86 people have received the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine after about a month of it having become available in Cyprus, despite initial hopes it would entice some holdouts.
The vaccine, a ...
Broadcasting authority issues reminder over upsetting images
The Cyprus broadcasting authority on Friday reminded the media to abide by relevant regulations as to not offend the sensitivity of viewers following public complaints over the broadcasting of dead ...
Police find large quantity of duty-free tobacco in Limassol.
Police found large quantities of duty-free tobacco in the residence of a 43-year-old in Limassol.
After being tipped off and conducting surveillance, the police obtained a court warrant and searched ...
Minister asks HIO to restore physio for cerebral palsy patients
A month and a half after the parents and friends of children with cerebral palsy denounced a decision by the Health Insurance Organization (HIO) to slash the number of physiotherapy ...
Police probe video threatening officers, court employees
Cyprus police on Friday said they have taken protective measures after they received a video showing a group of masked armed men threatening officers and court employees over alleged false ...
Zelenskiy’s address to Cyprus parliament leaves bitter aftertaste (update 2)
The Ukrainian president’s failure to mention Turkey’s invasion of 1974 has cast a long shadow over his historic address to parliament on Thursday, the bitter taste exacerbated by the ...
UClan Cyprus, Lebanon’s UOB to open medical school in Larnaca
UClan Cyprus and the University of Balamand will jointly open a medical school in Larnaca district.
The two academic institutions signed a letter of intent on Thursday, Larnaca Mayor Andreas ...
Free guided tours of old Nicosia
Free guided tours in English and Greek will take place in the old city of Nicosia from April to December this year, the tourism deputy ministry has announced.
The Nicosia ...
Preventive recall of some Kinder products
The health ministry on Friday announced the withdrawal of some Ferrero chocolates from the Cypriot market following a possible salmonella link that resulted in some EU member states recalling batches ...
EU Commission sets up bicommunal informal working group on halloumi
The European Commission has established an informal working group on halloumi/hellim, which will focus on the correct implementation of the standards agreed in the Protected Designation of Origin scheme ...
Coronavirus: Total Covid-19 deaths revised upwards by 19
The health ministry on Friday added 19 more fatalities to the total death toll attributed to coronavirus, following a review of the epidemiological data.
This brings the number of people who ...
High dust levels persist on Friday
Dust levels remain persistently high for the seventh day on Friday, although respite is on the way later today, when the dust is expected to gradually start clearing.
According to ...
Cyprus News Digest: Local government reform still in the balance
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international.
Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Cyprus to close its ports to all Russian ships and to deny “privileges” to Russian nationals, as part of ...
Coronavirus: Five people booked in Larnaca and Famagusta
Police on Friday said they fined five people for failing to abide by coronavirus measures in Larnaca and Famagusta following 2,307 checks across the island in the last 24 hours.
About half ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) this week announced that it participated in the inaugural meeting for the U-Mar Project, in Sicily, as part of the actions of the ...
Anonymity for burner phones coming to an end
After more than a decade of back-and-forth, parliament appears ready to finally bring to the plenum a bill obliging users of burner phones to identify themselves.
Marinos Mousiouttas, chair of ...
House rejects president’s referral on municipal reform
By a majority vote, parliament on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to President Nicos Anastasiades’ challenge to legislation on local government reform – the fate of which could now hang in the ...
More than 700 asylum seekers found jobs and seen welfare terminated, minister says
More than 700 asylum seekers recipients of welfare benefits were found to have secured jobs and their grants will be terminated, deputy minister for social welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Thursday.
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Coronavirus: Two deaths, 2,457 test positive (Updated)
Authorities on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 2,457 positives to the coronavirus.
The latest fatalities were both men; one aged 74 who passed away on Wednesday; ...
Zelenskiy addresses parliament, calls on Cyprus to close ports to Russian ships (Updated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on Cyprus to close its ports to all Russian ships and to deny “privileges” to Russian nationals, as part of an effort to ...
Coronavirus: No more mask outdoors, Flight Pass scrapped (Update 3)
The health ministry announced a slew of changes to the Covid-19 restrictions, ranging from the end of outdoor mask mandates from April 11 to a SafePass no longer being required in ...
Nuland sounds death knell for EastMed pipeline (Updated)
Prospects for the EastMed pipeline suffered what seems like a final blow on Thursday as a senior US State Department official labelled it expensive and unviable, while making the case ...
Two men aged 20 to be sentenced in rape case
The Larnaca – Famagusta criminal court will sentence two men, both aged 20, on Wednesday after they were found guilty of raping an underage girl in Ayia Napa in the summer of 2020.
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