Cyprus

An interview with the ‘mushroom couple’ proved to be a welcome, educational relief from Covid-19 for Antigoni Pitta A journalist, a marketeer and a lawyer walk into a bar….to ...

The Arakapas fire in July destroyed an area of 55 square kilometres By George Psyllides While Covid has dominated the news and affected life on the planet for the past two ...

In the last 24 hours, police booked 11 individuals and four businesses during 2,663 checks on people breaking Covid decrees. In Nicosia no fines were issues while in Limassol four individuals and three ...

A 20-year-old woman died in the early hours of New Year’s Day on the Athienou-Aradippou road in the Larnaca district. According to police, Gabriella Savva from Oroklini was a ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres recommends renewal of Unficyp’s mandate for another six months, as he censured the government over its treatment of asylum seekers, emphasising the importance of ...

The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that a record 5,048 had tested positive from, another record, 169,476 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.98 per ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has expressed optimism that the new year ahead will be one of “creativity and hope”. In his televised address for the New Year, the president referred to ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos expressed sorrow on Friday over the surge of the pandemic, as he urged people to trust their doctors and not be influenced by clergymen when it came to ...

Part of Makarios Avenue will temporarily open to all vehicles from next week, Nicosia municipality announced on Friday. The debate on vehicle access on the revamped avenue had been raging ...

Rainfall in December has by far exceeded the average precipitation for the month, head of the meteorological department Kleanthis Nicolaides said on Friday. According to Nicolaides rainfall precipitation may have ...

The possibility of securing a negotiated settlement in Cyprus has continued to fall from an already low level, and without decisive action, the continuing dynamics in and around Cyprus could ...

A total of 44 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Six individuals and two businesses were fined in the past 24 hours for violating coronavirus protocols, police said on Friday. The fines came from 2,535 checks across the Republic. A police spokesman ...

In today’s episode, coronavirus hit a new all-time record on Thursday with 3,851 people testing positive continuing the upward trend that began on Monday. In other news, a new orange ...

A 74-year-old British man who said he killed his wife to spare her the suffering caused by leukaemia is expected to be arraigned in Paphos on Friday after his release ...

All regions in Western Europe are now in the deep red category, according to the latest epidemiological map on the spread of Covid-19 by the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...

Fusion Reactors CEO Christos Stavrou is unequivocal when he speaks about the potential value of fusion technology, both in terms of its use to the world, but also to Cyprus. “...

Property sales in Paphos district exceeded €2.5 billion in value over the past five years, a report from independent real estate asset management and advisory firm WiRE has revealed. The lion’...

The Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (Oeb) president Antonis Antoniou said during his end-year address that the unpredictability of the past two years has hurt both private businesses and the ...

From Saturday, the grace period for people caught on traffic cameras will be over and fines will be issued for offenders. Police remind the public that, as of January 1, the ...

Heavy rains lashed down at the island on Thursday, particularly in the Nicosia district, as the fire department and police responded to dozens of calls for assistance on the roads ...

The fisheries department on Thursday urged people not to disturb seals after reports of sightings of members of the Monachus monachus population in the Ayia Napa area, as this could ...

Police are investigating a suspected case of sudden death in Limassol concerning a two-month-old baby boy. The mother found the baby unconscious in his crib on Thursday morning. The father ...

Authorities on Thursday announced one more death attributed to Covid-19, while testing yielded a new record of 3,851 positives, continuing the trend of the past few days. The latest fatality was ...