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The majority of elderly patients with coronavirus who are currently hospitalised at Larnaca general hospital are unvaccinated, the facility’s director Dr Adamos Hadjipanayis told the Cyprus News Agency on ...

Cyprus has a lower share of overweight people than the EU average which suggests more than half adult Europeans were considered overweight in 2019, a recent report by Eurostat showed. A ...

Police on Friday said they are looking for two persons suspected of stealing more than €3,000 worth of furniture from a Paphos-based maisonette they had rented. The theft was reported to ...

Eurobank on Friday announced the acquisition of a 9.9 per cent holding (40,800,000 shares) in Hellenic Bank, according to a statement released on Friday. It also announced entering into a share purchase ...

Members of the Directorate-General of the Migration and Home Affairs Unit of the European Commission visited the shelter for unaccompanied children of “Hope For Children” CRC Policy Center in Nicosia, ...

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) will be listed as a very rare side effect of Covid-19 vaccine Janssen and a warning will be included in the product information to raise awareness among ...

A 29-year-old woman, wanted on an international arrest warrant for money laundering and fraud, was detained after arriving at Paphos’ airport, police said on Friday. The woman arrived in Cyprus ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

Police arrested a 35-year-old man on Thursday after he was spotted allegedly stealing copper pipes from a school in Paphos. The man was detained after he was seen by a ...

Two more people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Dias media group and the protest outside the presidential palace on July 18, police said on Friday. This brings ...

A new draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement about the Turkish announcements regarding the fenced off city of Famagusta (Varosha) has been presented by the UK. The draft statement, which ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said that the plan for the implementation of sustainable mobility solutions in Nicosia is progressing, according to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). Speaking during an event ...

Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has on Wednesday upgraded Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited’s (Bank of Cyprus) and Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd’s (Hellenic Bank) long-term ...

The fight to stop a lone pine in Konia from being chopped down has become a symbol for the Paphos Greens in their struggle to save trees. “This pine tree ...

Authorities have seized almost 700 boxes containing thousands of laughing gas canisters, found in a warehouse at the port of Limassol. Police on Wednesday had secured a search warrant on a ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while 89,188 – a record number of daily tests tracked 1,046 positives to the virus. The latest deaths were: a woman aged 74, ...

Direct financial assistance to those who suffered damage to their properties in the massive July 3 blaze will begin being dispensed as of next week, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said. He ...

Haggling continued through Thursday night over a UN Security Council statement over Turkey’s latest pronouncements on Varosha, with the body apparently unable to agree a final text in its ...

Police said Thursday they were looking for a 37-year-old Palestinian man in connection with an arson attack at the Limassol courthouse, which destroyed evidence relating to serious criminal cases. Police ...

Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe praised Cyprus’ “impressive recovery” from the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, stressing that this performance was the result of good national policies coupled with good decisions taken ...

Cyprus must gradually return to prudent fiscal and macroeconomic policies to bolster its economic standing, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday, warning that a reversal of reforms would harm ...

Archbishop Kyprianos was not canonised on July 9, the anniversary of his execution at the hand of the Ottomans in 1821, because the Holy Synod refused to officiate the ceremony with Archbishop ...

The health ministry is urging people who wish to reschedule their appointment for the second Covid-19 vaccination jab to call the dedicated helplines at 22 60 54 00, 97 71 01 01 and 97 71 02 02. The lines will be operative ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites, 61 in total, for Friday. People need to present identification. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (18 sites) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 a.m....