Cyprus

People who are not registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to get vaccinated for free against Covid-19 at the walk-in vaccination centres starting Friday August 6, the ...

The procedure for the announcement of a bid offer for the two-kilometre coastal walkway in Peyia amounting to €2.5m is continuing, mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Wednesday. The project concerns ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Wednesday presented a €1.65m project to fund the construction of an archaeological park at the ancient administrative acropolis of Idalion, aiming to the promotion of ...

The fire service has received a donation of two state-of-the-art drones worth more than €40,000, which are expected to boost firefighting capabilities, it was announced on Wednesday. The CEO of Hellenic ...

All members of the UN Security Council asked Britain for a clear reference to the basis for a Cyprus solution during discussions on Tuesday on the second draft of the ...

Three people are detained on suspicion of identity theft, illegal entry and stay in the republic, police said on Wednesday. The first person was arrested at Paphos international airport around 10...

Households and business owners in Cyprus are less optimistic about the economy when compared with a month ago, a report by the University of Cyprus Economics Research Centre shows. The ...

Property prices dropped in the second quarter of 2021 according to real estate data experts WiRE FS. On a quarterly basis, prices for apartments fell by 0.14 per cent, for houses by 0.36 ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou The European Union has for a long time now been trying to reduce waste as part of the Circular Economy package and its long-standing policy to favour ...

Greens are up in arms following an announcement by Paphos municipality that a contract has been signed to create a new cell for storing trash at the Marathounda landfill. The ...

Seven parallel wave breakers will be constructed along the Oroklini coastline as part of a €3.377.000 contract signed at the transport ministry on Tuesday between the government and C Kasinos & ...

Greece and Cyprus are in “perfect coordination” regarding Turkey’s actions in Varosha, President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said after meeting in Athens on Tuesday evening. ...

A London-based panel has ruled in favour of the Republic, finding that Hermes Airports is in contractual violation if it does not carry out expansion works at the island’s ...

The health ministry announced six deaths from Covid-19 and 791 new cases on Tuesday. Three men and three women died, bringing total deaths to 410. Since the start of the pandemic 269 men ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday officially inaugurated the new Omirou underground municipal car park and the upgraded section of Omirou avenue. The car park, located underneath the avenue in ...

Former Edek MP Yiorgos Varnavas said on Tuesday he would run for party president in the October 24-25 party conference. In thinly veiled barbs against incumbent president Marinos Sizopoulos, Varnavas ...

The findings of a probe into complaints against police violence during a protest in Nicosia last February against the restrictive pandemic measures were delivered on Tuesday to the independent committee ...

The met office on Tuesday issued a new extreme high temperature warning, the second in as many days, with temperatures forecast to hover around or above 40C for several days. ...

Nicosia district court on Tuesday denied a motion that it temporarily suspend restrictive measures – including the SafePass – until such time as it rules definitively on the substance in a class-action ...

Police arrested two more people on Tuesday, men aged 21 and 37, in connection with the attacks at the Dias offices and the presidential palace earlier this month. This brings to a ...

Four people, including three minors, were arrested early on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing money from coin operated toy machines at a Famagusta-based entertainment park. The arrests follow two reports ...

The EU on Tuesday warned that the bloc’s foreign ministers will consider actions against Turkey at their next meeting if Ankara does not reverse actions in Varosha, which are ...

A new €90m national action plan aims to ease Cyprus’ transition to a less wasteful, eco-friendly circular economy, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday. She, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis ...

In a special plenary session on Tuesday, the House voted to reject President Nicos Anastasiades’ refusal to sign off on a bill that would renew a freeze on property foreclosures, ...