Cyprus

Following a prolonged period of cinemas and venues being closed, the Lemesos International Documentary Festival returns full of energy, for the 16th consecutive year. With some of the best and ...

An environmental issue used as means for bi-communal peace building By Tasos Karonias The Mediterranean sea is one of the most polluted seas worldwide, especially with regards to plastics It ...

The Council of Ministers will meet on Friday and will discuss the possibility of new measures to stem the surge in coronavirus cases, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Wednesday. ...

Six businesses and 43 individuals were reported in the last 24 hours for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Wednesday. Two business owners in the capital received fines of €8,000 ...

As recently as 2019, a solid six per cent of Cypriots between the ages of 16 and 74 took part in an online learning programme. This percentage put Cyprus on par with such ...

The European Commission (EC) plans to impose a carbon surcharge on products entering the EU from third countries, through a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), likely to be phased in ...

One Nicosia-based private vet specialises in treating wild animals, but his main obsession is birds As a boy, Constantinos Antoniou watched and counted birds while spending the summers at his ...

Owners of recreation centres on Tuesday threatened to stage nationwide protests unless the government amends a decree that sees business owners checking that customers and staff have a SafePass. After ...

The government’s draft legislation to replace the current Infectious Diseases Law, on which the health minister’s decrees have been based for the various measures taken relating to the ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced that two people died of Covid-19, while daily recorded coronavirus cases reached 1,081. The deaths concerned two men. The first, aged 86, passed away at Larnaca ...

The government on Tuesday submitted to parliament three bills aiming to open up the electricity market in Cyprus in line with EU regulations. Together, the three bills set out the ...

Members of the parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics and migration agreed on Tuesday to discuss ways of tackling the low birth rate in Cyprus. Committee chair Elam MP ...

The met office has issued a yellow warning for extreme temperatures on Wednesday, when a high of 41C is expected. An announcement on Tuesday said that between 1pm and 5pm, ...

The Limassol district court on Tuesday jailed three Bulgarian nationals, a woman and two men, the first for two years and the others for 20 months, after finding them guilty of ...

The government has received a series of legal opinions over the past six months from foreign experts about Varosha, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday. Savvides, speaking to the press ...

The expert who oversaw the restoration of a landfill in the north which is believed to be where the remains of 70 missing Greek Cypriots were buried is expected to visit ...

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 ‘walk-in’ vaccinations centres where people will not need to book an appointment will start operating on Thursday the health ministry announced on Tuesday. According to health ministry spokesperson Margarita ...

A fire that broke out earlier between the villages Faleia and Pentalia in Paphos is under partial control, the fire service said on Tuesday night. The fire burned around 2.5 square ...

The attorney-general on Tuesday made public the findings of an inquiry into the operation of a slaughterhouse linked to the state treasurer who was cleared of any wrongdoing but was ...

The Pancyprian federation of labour (Peo) on Tuesday said the instructions for employers to forbid people from working unless they have a SafePass creates a climate of tension and instead ...

The UK has lifted travel advice to British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Cyprus, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks, but tourism stakeholders warned that ...

Paphos on Tuesday welcomed the Seabourn Ovation cruise liner that docked off Kato Paphos harbour. The 420-crew liner with 305 passengers on board, in their majority Americans, arrived at the Kato ...

Paphos police are investigating a case involving the alleged abduction of a female domestic earlier this week. The Nepali woman said she was walking in a specific area in Paphos ...