Cyprus

The learner’s driving licence, previously allowed to be renewed indefinitely, is set to only be valid for one year, according to a draft amendment to legislation proposed by the ...

Free rapid tests will be abolished by August 1, the Council of Ministers decided on Friday, also presenting a range of incentives in a bid to boost vaccine take-up, particularly among ...

Cyprus and Serbia on Friday signed a cooperation agreement in the field of protection against disasters, with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris also taking the opportunity during his talks in Belgrade ...

The health ministry announced 529 cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday. There are 54 coronavirus patients in hospitals, of whom 20 are in serious condition. Of the 20 patients, seven are intubated, ...

The state Legal Service has forwarded the findings of an inquiry into the citizenship by investment programme to police with instructions to investigate whether any criminal offences had been committed ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 73 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

An inquest into the 2005 suspicious death of a soldier was adjourned on Friday pending further investigation and decisions by the state on the handling of the case. The family of ...

Outgoing Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Friday said just because he would not stand for re-election did not mean he would not continue to support the party. In his 16-page ...

After a protracted heat wave, there is some respite on the way with temperatures inland set to drop by 3C to 4C starting from tonight, the met office said in ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) on Friday called on its members to urge staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19, adding that more than 50 per cent of hotel employees remain unvaccinated. ...

Turkey will carry on exploring for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday in comments that may revive tensions with the European Union and ...

The forestry department on Friday said the National Guard would start assisting in the forest monitoring programme aimed at preventing fires. According to the forestry department the programme concerns drone ...

Police said Friday they have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of setting a fire in the Paphos district two days ago. The fire broke out between the villages of ...

Giving the names of contacts to the health ministry’s coronavirus track and trace team does not violate personal data protection laws, commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Friday. The ...

Firefighters were battling a fire in the Kokkinotrimithia area outside Nicosia, which broke out at around 12pm on Friday. Six engines and one aircraft were dispatched to the scene, the ...

The United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus have taken a further step to deepen security cooperation with the launch of a new cyber training programme, the British High Commission ...

President Nicos Anastasiades apologised Friday for the administration’s mistakes in managing the island’s citizenship by investment programme, which led to a political crisis that he said was the ...

National Guard conscripts require a SafePass to participate in written and athletic exams to join the special forces or serve as officers, the defence ministry said on Friday. A SafePass ...

A snorkelling reef in the Voroklini Marine Protected Area is to be named Dorida following a competition among the district’s school children held within the framework of the first ‘...

Cyprus’ postal authorities on Friday issued a warning about an email scam claiming to be sent from the post office regarding the payment of custom duties. These messages are fake, ...

Firefighting crews and four aircraft were called in on Friday morning to tackle a blaze between the villages of Fasoula and Palodia in Limassol district. According to fire service spokesman ...

Champions Omonia chairman Stavros Papavastavrou accused the authorities of the GSP stadium on Friday of acting like the mafia amid an ongoing dispute over a €300,000 debt the club owes for ...

The average age of new coronavirus cases is 23, the health ministry said, as a spike in infections has pushed Cyprus back into the red category of the European Centre for ...

With temperatures set to soar to 43 C in the interior, the labour inspection unit on Friday said all outdoor works taking place in direct exposure to sunlight should be suspended ...