Cyprus

The health ministry announced 398 new coronavirus cases on Saturday from 43,940 tests, a positivity rate of 0.91 per cent. There was an increase in patients treated for the virus in state hospitals ...

The ministry of health on Saturday announced 61 testing sites around the island for workers and other to get a rapid test on Sunday. Some of them will remain open until 7.30...

Pensioners are frustrated over the difficulty in reaching the labour ministry to sort out problems concerning their pensions and allowances. The Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) said every day they ...

The finance ministry has so far identified 700 unviable cases rejected by a state-backed mortgage relief scheme aimed at stricken borrowers and will be looking at ways to help them keep ...

Hospitality venue owners on Saturday said they were not fully satisfied with a government decision to reopen establishments that had outdoor areas to accommodate their clientele. The head of the ...

Police made several arrests for various offences over the past 24 hours, including possession of a knife and threatening an officer, drunk and disorderly conduct, and driving under the influence of ...

Volunteers are organising a second clean-up in the Pedieos riverbed this Sunday following a first attempt to get rid of large amounts of trash illegally dumped in the area last ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis announced on Saturday that the government would be giving away an additional 100,000 saplings as part of its Planting for the Climate initiative. The announcement came after ...

Meetings will be held in the coming days to examine ways for the safe return of pupils to schools as soon as possible, the head of the government advisory team ...

A man who went missing after diving in the Lympia reservoir is dead, reports said on Saturday. Fire service rescue crews had been searching for the man after he was ...

“I fear the lockdown may have discouraged many from pursuing music,” says Hovig Nassanian. “Being a musician or performer was already an undervalued profession in Cyprus; now many have had ...

The forestry department will donate thousands of small trees this Saturday to families who wish to plant them in their garden. Using the slogan “tree planting becomes a family matter”, ...

Police reported 180 people and two establishments in the past 24 hours for violating health and safety measures, in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In total, police conducted 12,921 checks ...

A 27-year-old woman and her two children, eight and six, were in serious condition on Saturday following a road collision in Nicosia on Friday afternoon. Police said they were investigating ...

Members of the advisory committee on coronavirus have defended the decisions announced on Friday regarding schools even as parents called them “inexcusable” and “incomprehensible”. It was decided that primary schools ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou held a series of meetings on Friday in the north that included former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, ahead of the informal five-party summit on Cyprus ...

The welcome news that dining out was back on the cards from Tuesday, if only outdoors, as part of the relaxation of measures, was tempered on Friday by news that ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 383 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. The deaths concerned two men, a 70-year-old and a 69-year-old, both with underlying conditions. One died in ...

The supreme court has upheld the conviction of a father found guilty of sexually molesting his underage daughter. The offences were committed between 2010 and 2013 when the victim was aged between ...

The health ministry announced that 64 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

The transport ministry on Friday called on Cypriots and permanent residents arriving from countries in the red category to get a PCR test within 72 hours prior to their arrival in ...

The government on Friday announced an additional economic support package of €70m for businesses and employees affected by the extension of the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The package ...

The pandemic has put a damper on Green Monday celebrations, but though gatherings will be much smaller, Cypriots are unlikely to depart from tradition, at least as far as indulging ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met members of the supreme court on Friday, as efforts continued to overcome obstacles preventing the much-needed reform of the justice system. The meeting was attended by ...