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Five cases of coronavirus have been found in Apoel, the football club announced on Sunday. “After carrying out retests with PCR tests on all the personnel of its football team, ...

Eighty per cent of Covid cases are currently thought to be of the Omicron variant, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday, adding that this is likely to rise to 100 ...

Investigations continued on Sunday after the Big Potato erected at the entrance to the village of Xylophagou was chopped down the previous day. The stand for the potato was cut ...

A total of 640 children received a Covid jab on Sunday as one centre at the State Fair in Nicosia was open only to them. The A centre was receiving only ...

The pandemic in Cyprus is manageable, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday, adding that there are three scenarios already set up in case it gets any worse. “At this ...

A total of 53 testing sites will be operated around the island on Monday by the ministry of health to offer free rapid tests to those in eligible groups. These include ...

Numbers over the next 48 hours will be crucial to any further measures as the health minister will meet the government coronavirus advisory team on Tuesday and the Council of Ministers ...

A 28-year-old has been arrested in Paphos for using a false identity and circulating forged documents. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, a man presented travel documents at Paphos ...

As of Tuesday all travellers arriving in Cyprus must have a negative PCR test result not older than 48 hours regardless of where they are coming from or their vaccination status, ...

The fire service was fighting a fire on Sunday morning that broke out at dawn in a building being used as a workshop for machines. Spokesman Andreas Kettis said in ...

In the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday, police carried out a total of 2,980 checks around the island, charging a total of 13 individuals and 11 businesses. In Limassol the owner ...

By the end of the year a total of 69.6 per cent of the population had been fully vaccinated, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. The figure for the adult ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 and that 2,332 people had tested positive from 38,977 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 5.98 per cent. ...

The bravery of one woman heralded a deluge of sexual harassment claims By Gina Agapiou Resilience is an important skill for journalists seeing as the newsroom can sometimes be a ...

Whether interviewing an ex-Eoka B leader or a Covid-19 government advisor, Theo Panayides often found himself skating around awkward topics 2021 was the year of taboo conversations. Questioning the relative severity ...

Testing locations are as follows. District Sampling points Hours Limassol (7 points) University Square (behind TEPAK Rector’s Office) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hall of Cultural Events of Pano Polemidia 9 a....

By Jonathan Shkurko At the end of a 2021 still marred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Cyprus received a glimpse of hope represented by the visit of Pope Francis to the ...

By Elias Hazou Where to start? Another year, another 12 months of growing authoritarianism, coercion and medical surveillance, with Covid serving as the predicate. In that sense, 2021 merely picked up where 2020 ...

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 ...