Cyprus

The Met service issued yet another thunderstorm warning, this time for Sunday afternoon. The warning is valid between 1pm and 5pm, the service said. Earlier Saturday, the service issued a ...

The ministry of health on Saturday announced 70 testing sites where the public can get a free rapid test. Results are given within 30 minutes or are sent by text message. A ...

Police said it carried out more than 3,700 checks in the past 24 hours and booked 30 people and 12 establishments for various violations of health and safety measures. According to a statement, officers ...

Close to 72 per cent of the adult population (over 18) has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine while 63.2 per cent have completed their vaccination, the health ministry said ...

Paphos police were investigating a house break-in on Saturday and the theft of cash and a watch worth €180,000. The theft was reported by the resident of the house at 11.45pm ...

A Limassol man paid €60,000 over the internet for a house in Cyprus, which turned out to be a fraud, police said on Saturday. The man reported to police that on ...

Police said a car belonging to a 35-year-old man from Limassol was set on fire early on Saturday, causing damage to it and another vehicle. The fire started at around 3.30...

By escaping reality and learning to touch in a positive way two people in Cyprus are trying to help trafficking victims and others overcome trauma through dance Dance as therapy. ...

Moody’s ratings agency has upgraded Cyprus’ sovereign rating to Ba1 from Ba2 and changed its outlook to stable from positive on a decrease in banking sector risks and the ...

The Limassol municipality is helping businesses affected by the pandemic by suspending or discounting a number of fees and taxes. According to a press release by the municipality, the decision ...

The environment department has given the go-ahead for the construction of seven small jetties along the Makenzie shoreline, Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency on Friday. He ...

There were no deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, as 895 new infections were detected after 76,273 tests, a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent. The ...

The UN Security Council on Friday condemned plans announced by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots to reopen part of the fenced-off town of Varosha and called for the immediate reversal ...

Police on Friday released a doctor arrested in connection with a large protest outside the presidential palace against Covid vaccinations and the government’s SafePass measures last Sunday that was ...

The Limassol criminal court jailed a 27-year-old man for six years on Friday, after he was found guilty of attempted murder. The defendant was arrested after a man, 20, was shot ...

Police on Friday published the photos and names of four people wanted in connection with an assault against a television station last Sunday following a large protest against vaccines and ...

Cyprus and Lebanon signed an MoU agreement for cooperation in the oil and gas sector on Friday during a visit by the neighbouring country’s Defence Minister and Deputy Prime ...

Amid reports businesses are struggling to find staff, the labour ministry said on Friday that third-country students who were in Cyprus on May 31 will be allowed to work in nine ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded in custody for five days in Limassol on Friday on suspicion of injuring his neighbour, 74, with a knife. Police said the incident happened at 6am. ...

The health ministry announced a total of 74 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannetos have taken an advance dive into the coastal town’s underwater sculpture museum, ahead of its official opening later this month. In total 93 works by ...

A walk-in vaccination centre will operate at the former residence of the Paphos district officer from 8.30 am to 3.00 pm on Saturday to facilitate members of the public wishing to receive ...

Cabinet has approved a new holiday scheme for low-income pensioners for the period of September 1 to December 22 covering accommodation and full board at premises in the mountain resorts and in ...

Ten semi-government organisations, including Cyta and the Electricity Authority, have new board members after cabinet approved their appointment on Thursday. The names, and the new board members of five other ...