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Bookings from UK tourists in Paphos are still very low, despite the UK government decision that fully vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk amber list countries, such as Cyprus, will no ...
There can be no prospects of improving Greece-Turkey and EU-Turkey relations as long as Turkey insists on breaking the law in Cyprus, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said after a ...
Croatia will impose obligatory Covid-19 tests for visitors coming from Britain, Russia and Cyprus from July 26, the state health institute said on Wednesday.
“Due to the worsening of the epidemiological ...
So far 70 per cent of the adult population has received at least the first dose of a vaccine, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
According to the data released by ...
The health ministry announced a total of 62 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Thursday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
Cypriots or permanent residents of the Republic who have been vaccinated in non-EU countries may now obtain the EU Digital Covid Certificate (EUDCC), the health ministry said on Wednesday.
They ...
The National Council warned on Wednesday that possible claims by Varosha refugees to the immovable properties commission (IPC) over their properties carried risks because it furthers Turkey’s goal of ...
Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed RCB Bank’s deposit rating and upgraded its outlook from stable to positive in its newly published and updated press release on the Bank.
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Mora Thavmata association has donated an €11,000 non-invasive respiratory support device for newborns to the Makarios children’s hospital.
The new donation is the third new generation device donated to the ...
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council (P5), France, China, the UK, US and Russia, and other countries, have come out with what the government described on Wednesday ...
An epidemiologist who spoke at Sunday’s demonstration, a protest held primarily against the expanded SafePass requirements, is being held by police for eight days.
He has not been charged ...
Police in Paphos were seeking a 28-year-old man after a tourist reported him for allegedly hitting him with his vehicle on Tuesday.
The suspect had been located and taken to ...
The antiquities department on Wednesday urged bathers and divers to be cautious when swimming in the Amathus area during works to showcase the ancient underwater port.
Works began on July 1 ...
Health authorities expressed concern on Wednesday over the increasing number of Covid admissions, which appeared to get out of hand, as people were forced to wait at home to be ...
Cyta has secured, through a tendering process, the exclusive TV rights to broadcast the football games of the Premier League for the three-year period 2022-2025
Commenting on the news, Consumer ...
The Larnaca criminal court ruled on Wednesday that former Kition bishop Chrysostomos is mentally fit to follow proceedings in a rape case brought against him after he was reported by ...
Arsonists in the early morning hours, set fire to a room at the Limassol district court where evidence is kept, causing extensive damage to the contents, police said.
Police were ...
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expressed support for Cyprus on Wednesday, after a move by Turkish Cypriot authorities to partially reopen an abandoned town for potential resettlement, which ...
Two more men, 30 and 38, were remanded for eight days on Wednesday in relation to the Dias attack over the weekend, raising the number of suspects under police detention to 14, while ...
A 22-year-old driver was arrested late on Tuesday on suspicion of hitting a cyclist and abandoning the scene in the coastal area of Yeroskipou.
The accident took place around 7pm ...
As Nicosia recovers from the pandemic, the Nicosia municipality is working to give local businesses close to the Green Line a boost.
“A lot still hinges on how the pandemic ...
The recent fires have highlighted yet again the crucial importance of forest management, not least what trees should go where
By Martin Clark
On Saturday, July 3, with students in Nicosia; ...
The National Council is set to convene on Wednesday to assess the latest developments on Varosha with some parties calling for countermeasures against the announcement that part of the fenced ...
Cyprus has made some progress toward tweaking its justice system, but there remains work to be done on improving transparency and accessibility to public documents, mechanisms to combat corruption, and ...