Cyprus

Half a million people will have been vaccinated after Saturday’s numbers are added, while just over 60 per cent of the population is now fully vaccinated, the health ministry said ...

Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of a 60-year-old man whose body was found inside a burnt-out car near Anarita village, Paphos. Police said on Saturday that ...

The newest freediving World Record was set right here in Cyprus earlier this month. Alix Norman finds out what it takes to be a champion freediver Freediving World Champion Jennifer ...

LearnWorlds, a company based in Cyprus, has procured a $32 million minority investment from global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. This comes off the back of an impressive ...

Cyprus-flagged ships violate US sanctions at their own risk, as this country is not legally obliged to enforce those of the US. This is in reply to a Lloyds List ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said Cyprus was aiming for a rapid transition to a green economy and to reach low to zero emissions by 2050. The strategy was presented during a ...

A 30-year-old man was fined €4000 after police found illegal tobacco products at his premises in Limassol. Acting on a tip off, police said they had searched the premises on Friday ...

Maximum temperatures will be around 40C inland and around 32C over Troodos’ highest peaks on Saturday, the met office said as it issued a new extreme high temperature warning. The ...

After recording more than 1,000 new cases for three consecutive days, the health ministry on Friday announced one death, 953 new infections and a positivity rate of 1.31 per cent. The death concerns ...

The actions taken in Varosha do not help the solution and they contradict the UN Security Council resolutions serving the permanent division of our island, according to a bicommunal joint ...

From Tuesday until the end of the month, a SafePass will be required at all indoor and outdoor areas where more than 20 people — including the businesses’ employees — can congregate, the ...

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

The BeSafe incentive scheme to convince youths to vaccinate unveiled on Friday has been posted on the website https://www.presidency.gov.cy/cypresidency/besafe.nsf/home/home?Openform and ...

A SafePass will be required at all locations outdoors or indoors where more than 20 people congregate as from July 20 after the government on Friday decided to step up efforts to ...

The north is preparing for the visit next week of Recep Tayyip Erdogan but some Turkish Cypriot parties announced they would shun the special ‘parliament’ session the Turkish president plans ...

The foreign ministry has made representations to UNFICYP after a Turkish coastguard fired warning shots at a patrol boat of Cyprus’ port and marine police in the sea off Kato ...

Universities are places of learning, but their teachings aren’t always on paper; studying is a formative time when we learn to be independent, come in contact with different ways ...

A building was evacuated in Limassol on Friday afternoon after a warning message was sent to the media about a bomb explosion at the premises, police said. Police were rushed ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos expressed concern on Friday over the explosion in Covid infections as he urged people to vaccinate, saying it was dictated by Christian duty. Appealing to people’s patriotism, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades urged people to vaccinate against Covid-19 on Friday, saying it was not the government’s intention to divide the population between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, but ...

By Paul Lambis There is a rumour that the women in the village of Lefkara think they are rather special, some even classifying themselves as originally Italian, rather than Greek. ...

The Famagusta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on Friday called on workers to hold a five-minute stoppage on Tuesday morning in protest over Turkey’s actions in the fenced ...

Cyprus’ ongoing migration issues were outlined by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris in Slovenia on Friday during a meeting with several of his European counterparts. During the discussions, Nouris said the ...

The Achna community council on Friday urged British bases (SBA) authorities to reconsider their decision to reject a request to police games at Famagusta’s Achna Forest stadium, which champions ...