Cyprus

Some candidates did not declare their advertising expenses in the run up to the 2019 European Parliament elections, while one received close to €29,000 worth of services for free, the Audit Office’...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced the operation of mobile rapid testing units at primary schools for voluntary coronavirus testing of children. The units will operate on a weekly basis ...

Hundreds of users of popular food delivery application Foody received emails on Tuesday morning informing them of orders made on the platform that they had not placed themselves. The emails ...

Police on Tuesday were investigating an early morning bomb blast that damaged a car parked at a home in Nicosia. The 4.30am blast in Lakatamia caused extensive damage to the ...

The official results of the 6th annual Resort and Retreat Awards 2021 hosted by LUX Life magazine are in, with Aphrodite Hills Resort Ltd awarded Best Luxury Holiday Accommodation – Paphos District ...

Authorities on Tuesday were investigating a fire that caused extensive damage to a cafeteria in the Nicosia district a few minutes after midnight. Two fire engines as well as police, ...

Vulnerable groups were urged to avoid going outside on Tuesday because of high concentrations of dust in the air. Citing measurements from ground stations of the Air Quality Monitoring Network, ...

People above 86 will be given a third dose of a Covid vaccine at walk-in centres starting Wednesday, pending the operation of the vaccination portal, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. ...

Two years after the last Aida World Championship in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, the International Association for the Development of Apnea (Aida) is ready to welcome top freedivers to the 27th World ...

Paphos town hall will be lit purple for three hours on Tuesday night to mark World Alzheimer’s Day. The initiative aims to support and promote the work of the ...

More than 1,600 suspected counterfeit items of clothing, bags, wallets, and hats were confiscated in Paphos on Monday following a coordinated operation by the police and customs. The operation was carried ...

Police said on Tuesday they fined five businesses and 28 individuals for violating coronavirus protocols after 3,092 nationwide checks. Most checks, which were carried out between 6am on Monday and 6am on ...

Cyprus is working towards an efficient, greener and value-oriented industry sector, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides said on Monday. “We are one step closer to the industry ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism said that this year’s World Tourism Day’s theme of Tourism for Inclusive growth is fully aligned with Cyprus’ national tourism strategy for 2030. “The ...

Although a positive move, making card payments a compulsory transaction option might create a number of issues for smaller shop owners, their union Povek said on Monday. As of Sunday, ...

Pasydy, the civil servants’ union, has seized an opportunity provided by the pandemic to make the easy working life of its members a little easier. It has written to the ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Evie Andreou President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday he is “not as optimistic” as he would like to be regarding the upcoming informal meeting on the ...

Business leaders as well as trade unions say the labour market is still struggling to settle after the turbulence caused by the coronavirus-related closures and other measures, pointing to a ...

One death from Covid-19 and 156 new cases were announced on Monday. The death was of a woman aged 92 who died on September 19. The health ministry said 64, 474 PCR and rapid tests ...

The presentation of a negative coronavirus test for the vaccinated when crossing between the government-controlled areas and the north may soon be scrapped. Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday that ‘...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ net wealth comes to €266,000, while his deposits in banks amount to €115,000, according to his assets and income declaration. The 2021 capital statements of the president, government ministers, other ...

Larnaca is to press forward with a renewed vaccination campaign as officials fret over the district’s coverage, which is about ten per cent lower than the rest of the ...

Lawmakers on Monday sought an update on what efforts, if any, are underway to reunite a Syrian family who arrived here as irregular migrants, but were thwarted after the interior ...

Lawmakers on Monday began reviewing the government’s request to spend an additional €91 million, the lion’s share of which will go to continuing support to businesses as well as ...