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Cyprus Public Transport said Friday it would be donating all of Saturday’s proceeds from ticket sales to the Karaiskakio Foundation on the occasion of Leukemia Month. The company said ...

Cyprus looks like it’s heading for an Indian summer with temperatures expected to soar back up to 38C next week, according to the KitasWeather website. Meteorologist Eric Kitas told ...

Almost two years later, reports said Friday no proof has been found that a van with covert surveillance capabilities had been used to spy on people, but four people involved ...

The government on Friday announced a 10 per cent discount on electricity bills for the next four months, as well as renewable energy schemes aimed at long term savings for businesses ...

Mandatory coronavirus tests for the vaccinated is under discussion by the scientific advisory team but there is currently no motion towards changing the measures as of now. Asked to confirm ...

August was the deadliest month since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in the island, the health ministry’s epidemiological report showed Friday. Covid deaths in August increased 102 per cent over July ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will on Friday outline Cyprus’ initiative to deal with the effects of climate change during the EUMED Summit in Athens. The summit is being held this year ...

By Nikolas Grozdanovic Having not read or ever studied the original poem on which it’s based, I cannot write to the faithfulness, or lack thereof, of David Lowery’s ...

A woman suffered mild burns on her hands after attempting to put out a fire that broke out in her apartment in the Paphos district early Friday. The fire started ...

The health ministry will operate a mobile vaccination unit in Athienou on Saturday for the inoculation of 126 residents of “all ages”. Following a request by the municipality, which is in ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Two men with coronavirus were arrested late on Thursday after they were found driving in Limassol with illegal drugs in their possession. The arrests occurred as part of police patrols, ...

Police fined 20 individuals and four establishments for violating the protective measures in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In the 24 hours ending at 6am on Friday, officers carried out ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of unlawful detention of a minor after a mother reported her former husband travelled to Russia with their daughter and has not returned. The ...

AstroBank appointed two new board members on Friday, September 10. In an announcement released on Thursday, September 16, the bank said that Michalis Sarris and Evi Rossidou have joined the board. Rossidou ...

The mooted deal for Bahrain’s national airline Gulf Air to use Larnaca airport as a hub for a number of international destinations has the potential to open up the ...

The excess mortality rate in Cyprus in July was much higher than in other EU countries, according to a Eurostat report. According to the data, the excess rate in Cyprus ...

An elderly woman, reported missing since Tuesday, was on Thursday found dead in an open-air area near the Polemidia reservoir in Limassol. The body of Varvara Pouri, 70, was spotted by ...

Police in Paphos are seeking a 24-year-old man, suspected of raping a young woman last Sunday. According to the account of the 22-year-old alleged rape victim, the incident occurred around 11...

Health authorities on Thursday announced one more death attributed to Covid-19, while testing yielded 124 new positives. The latest death, a woman aged 92, takes to the toll to 545. Earlier in the ...

The health ministry on Thursday revised its Covid-19 death tally, adding to the count nine more people who had not been included at the time of death. The addition of ...

Following the success of its summer campaign to attract domestic tourism, the Paphos regional board of tourism announced that it will be extending its inbound tourism promotion for a further ...

The House plenum on Thursday voted for the postponement of local government elections as part of the sector’s reform. The elections were to have taken place in December. Postponement ...

Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides on Thursday biked to work to mark the beginning of European Mobility Week, which aims to encourage the use of clean modes of transport. “This week’...