Cyprus

A 26-year-old man is in custody after attempting to travel out of Cyprus using forged documents, Paphos police said on Wednesday. According to the police report, the suspect was intercepted ...

US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole arrived in Limassol last week for a scheduled port visit while operating in the US Sixth Fleet area of operations, the US Embassy ...

A family tragedy unfolded on Wednesday when a man was accidentally shot dead by his teenage son while the two were out hunting near Souni in the Limassol district. The ...

Some 100 unvaccinated citizens have appealed to the courts, asking for the suspension of the recent health ministry decision to bar their access to places such as restaurants, cafes and entertainment ...

A mobile vaccination unit will operate in Lefkara on January 7 as the health ministry steps up its vaccination drive amid a surge in new infections. In an announcement on Wednesday, ...

An emergency cabinet meeting has been convened for 6pm on Wednesday to decide measures aiming to halt the spread of Covid, as the number of infections hit record highs for ...

The health ministry expects to receive a new order of self-tests in the new year as pharmacies are already running out, officials said on Wednesday. Earlier in December, the government ...

Police on Wednesday were investigating the gangland-related murder of a 53-year-old man who had been gunned down outside his Larnaca home the previous evening. Andreas Evangelou was parking his car ...

Ηealth Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas and members of the Scientific Committee on the pandemic are meeting on Wednesday afternoon to assess the situation following the sharp hike in cases in Cyprus. ...

A 31-year-old Paphos man was fined €200 after he was caught by game wardens using a flashlight to poach in a field on Wednesday evening. Police said a game service patrol ...

Paphos police have shut down a business after it had repeatedly violated the government’s health and safety decrees aimed at stopping the spread of Covid, it emerged on Wednesday. ...

Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Christodoulos Angastiniotis said on Tuesday that the pandemic continues to be a source of uncertainty in regards to how the Cypriot economy is expected ...

The only approved app businesses and venues should use to check the validity of a SafePass is CovScanCyprus, the Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy said Tuesday. In a ...

A 53-year-old man was murdered in central Larnaca on Tuesday evening, police said. Police responded to reports of gunshots in the Touzhane area in central Larnaca late Tuesday night. The ...

The supreme court has ruled against a 60-year-old appealing a prison sentence imposed on him for causing the death of a young man in a traffic accident in Limassol in ...

Scientific checks have confirmed the bodies found buried in the garden of a holiday home in early December were indeed those of Alraeesi Khaiat, 43, and Mariia Gazibagandova, 33, police said on ...

The government has been transferring electricity to the north since last week to help meet needs during peak hours, it was reported on Tuesday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

The health ministry announced 2,241 new cases of Covid-19 but no deaths on Tuesday. As there were no deaths, the total death toll remains 630, of whom 402 were men and 227 women. There ...

Seeking to facilitate parents and guardians of children aged 5 to 11, the health ministry said on Tuesday it will operate large vaccination centres for children in cooperation with the Society of ...

Members of the government’s coronavirus advisory team warned of a further rise in daily cases on Tuesday after Monday’s record-breaking spike, which saw them shoot up to nearly 2,000. ...

Conditions for patients and staff alike at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital are at breaking point, which could lead to a disaster, a nurses union warned on Tuesday. In a statement, ...

The decision of Cypriot commercial banks to impose new charges on clients has sparked a fierce reaction from customers, trade unions, some political parties and interest groups. In the case ...

A woman is in police custody after she tried to fly out of Paphos airport with a document police suspect is fake. Paphos police deputy chief Michalis Ioannou said the 21...

A 44-year-old man referred to trial at the criminal court for a hit-and-run fatality in Paphos earlier this month will remain in police custody until the start of proceedings on ...