Cyprus

The supreme court on Tuesday raised the prison sentence of a rapist from eight to 12 years, upholding a state appeal. The man had been sentenced to eight years in jail ...

A total of 40 teenagers who participated in the Space and Steame Summer Camp in Paphos dedicated part of their programme last week to European environment projects. The objectives and benefits ...

Health professionals will be offered incentives to help staff overstretched Covid-19 clinics at public hospitals, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday. Meanwhile non-coronavirus patients in state hospitals will ...

Justice will sooner or later prevail, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday commenting on the announcement by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar that 3.5 per cent of the closed-off town of ...

The majority of side effects reported by people who received an anti-Covid-19 vaccine in Cyprus concern those who received the Pfizer jab, figures presented by the health ministry showed on ...

The health ministry announced a total of 64 rapid test sites that will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

The education ministry announced on Tuesday that all students and staff members, as well as visitors to universities in Cyprus will be required to have a SafePass – or any other ...

History cannot be erased, co-president of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Culture, Androulla Vasiliou told CNA, commenting on the Turkish occupation authorities’ move to cover the inscription “Greek Gymnasium” from ...

A 67-year-old man suspected of starting the fire in Arakapas on July 3 which destroyed over 55 square kilometres and killed four was arraigned before the Limassol district court on Tuesday. He ...

A foreign press photographer was attacked by protesters last Sunday, who beat him and tried to take his cameras, the journalists’ union said on Tuesday. The union said Associated Press ...

A significant increase in air travel to and from Britain has been recorded in the week since quarantine restrictions were lifted in the UK, Hermes Airports said on Tuesday. It ...

The municipality of Turkish-occupied Famagusta is launching an international campaign to persuade foreign countries to exert pressure on Turkey as regards its stance in the fenced off town of Varosha. ...

Cyprus pays tribute on Tuesday to all those killed during the Turkish invasion in 1974 which resulted in the occupation of 37 per cent of the Mediterranean island’s territory, an EU ...

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition aiming to bring to justice a man suspected of killing several cats in Oroklini last winter. Post-mortem examinations on ten dead cats found ...

MetaQuotes Champ Boxing Academy is hosting a training camp on the island with boxers from Russia, Greece, and Cyprus. The event is taking place from July 22-28 at the Village ...

Drivers and passengers on public transport must present a SafePass starting from Tuesday, the transport ministry has clarified. The ministry issued a written statement with the recent guidelines for public ...

Paphos police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday for verbally assaulting an officer and refusing to share his personal information. The incident took place around 1pm on Monday at the ...

A steady increase in tourist arrivals from abroad has led to a 30-40 per cent occupancy rate at Ayia Napa hotels, the town’s mayor said on Tuesday. Christos Zannettou ...

Two drivers, aged 20 and 18, were arrested for speeding in Larnaca and Nicosia, police said on Tuesday. The first driver was caught speeding at 191kph on the Larnaca-Kofinou motorway around 11.30pm ...

The Cypriot economy continues to recover after registering an impressive year-on-year growth rate of 11.2 per cent in June according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre. ...

The decree enforcing the latest SafePass measures in all indoor and outdoor areas with more than 20 people comes into force on Tuesday. Beaches, parks, linear parks, dams, nature paths and ...

An arrest warrant issued against a British mother for calling a local community leader ‘useless’ in the comments section of a Facebook post has been struck down by the Supreme ...

The mayor of occupied-Famagusta said that the current period is the most challenging yet – not just for Varosha but for the whole of Cyprus. Simos Ioannou was speaking at a ...

Five deaths from Covid-19 and 1,056 new cases were reported on Monday out of 69, 464 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.52 per cent. The deaths were four men, aged 35, 66, 77 and 88. ...