Cyprus

The health ministry on Wednesday said there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that a record 952 people tested positive from 44,045 tests, a positivity rate of 2.16 per cent. There ...

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said the EU stood with the people affected by last weekend’s fires, and announced that part of Cyprus’ ...

Police on Wednesday seized around 200 counterfeit euro notes and arrested a 33-year-old man who allegedly had them sent by mail from Turkey. The suspect was arrested after appearing at the ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Evie Andreou The labour ministry has announced it will financially compensate the families of the four Egyptian seasonal workers who lost their lives on Saturday in ...

Test locations for Thursday District Testing Locations Hours Limassol (19 points) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. TEPAK, Tassos Papadopoulos building, Ayia Zoni 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. – ...

Fire-stricken villagers will receive help amounting to €6 million while an additional set of measures will aim at helping affected farmers, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. The decisions were presented by ...

The Independent Authority for the Investigation of Allegations and Complaints Against the Police (IACAP) on Wednesday said it will be taking disciplinary action against the police officers whose apparent failure ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels in Cyprus to vaccinate staff. According ...

The government on Wednesday placed restrictions in hospitality venues and other places where people gathered in large numbers in a bid to stem the spread of Covid infections, which have ...

An investigation into a fatal road accident which involved a moped and a motorbike that led to one death will have further results pending a DNA test on Thursday. The ...

Lidl Cyprus has won the honorary distinction of Brand of the Year, winning a total of 7 awards at this year’s Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards. Although 2020 was a strange and ...

The European Commission has raised its forecast for Cyprus’ economic growth in 2021 to 4.3 per cent from 3..8 per cent in its previous forecast. This brings Cyprus closer into line with the ...

Police investigators on Wednesday retraced the route taken by four men who died later in a large forest fire, which also destroyed everything inside an area of 55 square kilometres. The ...

The supreme court rejected an appeal to return over 600,000 Covid rapid tests seized as part of an investigation into bogus kits. The appeal had been filed by the importer, which ...

A two-state solution in Cyprus is a non-starter, European Council President, Charles Michel, said on Wednesday, speaking before the European Parliament plenary. In a debate with MEPs about the outcome ...

Lordos plastics donated €1,300 to the University of Cyprus to aid their sea cleaning campaign at a ceremony on Wednesday. More than 150kg of disposable plastics have been removed at a 10...

The drug squad said Wednesday they arrested three people and seized 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport the previous day. Police said two of the three men, aged 32 and 41, had ...

Akel MP Irene Charalambidou was elected as one of the vice presidents of the organization for security and co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Charalambidou is the first Cypriot MP to hold ...

Police booked 58 people the last 24 hours for breaching coronavirus protocols, mostly in Nicosia. The violations were reported after 2,575 checks island-wide between 6am on Tuesday and 6am on Wednesday. Nicosia police ...

A burglar assaulted a Russian tourist with a knife after breaking and entering into his hotel room in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The incident was reported to the police ...

Local hunters have opposed Birdlife Cyprus’ call for the suspension of the hunting of the globally threatened turtle dove for four years and instead proposed the implementation of a bag ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Cyprus on Wednesday and Thursday to officially inform the government on the Commission’s evaluation of the island’s recovery and ...

A 19-year-old man died in Larnaca on Tuesday evening after the car he was driving crashed into an electricity pole and a wall, police said. The incident took place at ...

Cyprus sees the Eastern Mediterranean gas findings as a means for sustainable growth and a vital tool in the transition towards clean energy, the Minister for Energy, Commerce and Industry ...