Cyprus

Police and customs have confiscated 30 cartons of tobacco and 10 packs of cigarettes after searching an apartment in Peyia and fined the owner of the flat €1900 for possessing duty free goods, ...

Cypriot fintech company WiRE, which mainly operates in the real estate market, announced on Wednesday that it has been accepted to participate in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK’s Scale programme. PwC’...

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake was felt in Cyprus late Wednesday, the Cyprus Seismological Centre said. The earthquake was recorded at 23.04 and was felt the strongest in the Paphos district, and to ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and Athens Exchange Group (ATHEXGroup) announced on Wednesday their successful collaboration, resulting in the CSE becoming compliant with the Settlement Discipline Regulation, as of February 1...

The Cyprus Land and Building Developers Association (LBDA) warned against the potential rise in VAT for property purchases, saying that this would harm both the economy and first-time buyers. The ...

Online shopping in Cyprus grew by a faster rate than the EU average as Covid-19 restrictions accelerated an already growing trend in favour of re-commerce, but still remained among the ...

The Pancyprian union of psychologists on Wednesday called on the health minister and the House health committee to push for the inclusion of counselling psychologists to national health scheme Gesy. ...

Police on Wednesday were investigating the circumstances under which a 15-year-old girl fell out of a moving bus and was injured earlier in the day. According to the police report, ...

The health ministry announced 3,083 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths on Wednesday. The deaths were of two men, both aged 74, who died at Limassol and Nicosia hospitals. This brings ...

Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said on Wednesday he will legally challenge the constitution, which he was accused of violating by holding an unpaid teaching post at the University of Cyprus ...

Boxing day was the busiest day for Troodos last year, with more than 5,323 vehicles counted on the Karvounas – Troodos road by a traffic counter installed as part of the EU-funded ...

Infants are at danger from Covid-19 and should be vaccinated, as there is a small chance that they could die from the virus, head of the paediatric clinic at the ...

A 64-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday after being arrested for working as a doctor without a licence and for selling drugs illegally. The man ...

An overhauled bill for the creation of an independent anti-corruption authority heads to the House plenary on February 10, with MPs still seeking common ground on how it will be appointed, ...

Cyprus recorded the third biggest increase in share of renewable energy used in transport but was still ranked sixth from the bottom in the EU 27. Figures published by Eurostat show ...

The president has ordered that the recommendations of the fire services for their upgrade be prioritised within 15 days, as the state seeks to bolster the force. A committee on Wednesday ...

Two Apollonion doctors are facing criminal charges after a patient died and seven others suffered serious post-surgery complications following a cataract surgery at the hospital in 2020, it emerged on Wednesday. ...

Police on Wednesday said they will investigate whether mistakes were made in their handling of the 2019 Ayia Napa gang rape case after the supreme court overturned the conviction of the ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved €1 million for hotel staff ineligible for unemployment benefits as well as €1.6m for three professional groups – taxi drivers, photographers, and street vendors – whose business has been ...

Taxi drivers on Wednesday suspended a scheduled six-hour work stoppage for next week to demand state financial support after the finance ministry agreed to include them in its one-off grant. ...

A total of 37 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Municipalities may soon deploy traffic cameras of their own following the green light from the transport ministry, but offences such as speeding won’t be recorded. The reopening of Nicosia’...

To mark World Wetland Day on February 2, Akrotiri Environmental & Education Centre is inviting people to visit to find out what they do. Thomas Hadjikyriakou, manager of the centre, stressed ...

The interval period for the coronavirus vaccine booster dose will be reduced to five months cabinet decided on Wednesday, as it also adjusted the health protocols for minors and nursing ...