Cyprus

Life expectancy at birth has been increasing by more than two years per decade since the 1960s but latest available data suggest it has stagnated or even declined in recent ...

Ruling Disy announced Wednesday that its leader Averof Neophytou was self-isolating because he was a close contact of a confirmed coronavirus case. A statement said Neophytou was following the health ...

Police on Wednesday were investigating an incident in Nicosia during which multiple shots were fired at an upmarket restaurant. No one was injured in the incident as the establishment, the ...

The government vaccine portal crashed a few minutes after opening on Wednesday due to heavy traffic, angering thousands of people who were trying to arrange jab appointments. The portal opened ...

Prime minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to confirm the date upon which foreign travel will be permitted for British citizens has extended the uncertainty in the already beleaguered Cypriot tourism ...

High concentrations of dust were recorded in some areas in Cyprus, especially in Nicosia, on Wednesday morning, while temperatures are expected to peak at 29C inland. The hourly dust concentration ...

Police booked 163 individuals including three business owners for breaching coronavirus mandates from Tuesday until Wednesday morning while carrying out 11,203 checks. 2,538 checks were carried out in Nicosia, 2,345 in Limassol, 1,473 in Larnaca, 1,522 ...

But as pay-as-you-throw approaches, there’s no avoiding it. We all have to learn Are you one of the 88 per cent of people in Cyprus who believe it’s a ...

The latest of many plans for the peninsula would protect a tiny part of it but with visitor access made all-too-easy, and development sprouting up all over the rest of ...

The Animal Party announced on Tuesday it will run in the parliamentary elections with 19 candidates in all districts. The party said it continues its political, humanitarian and animal welfare interventions, ...

A campaign calling for online signatures to a petition in support of the reunification of Cyprus was launched on Tuesday, three weeks before the informal five-party conference in Geneva. The ...

An ad hoc committee set up to draft a national strategy to promote financial literacy is expected to present the findings of a central bank study during a webinar on ...

A €1.374m contract for improvement work at Ormidia fishing shelter was signed on Tuesday aiming to bolster competitiveness and sustainability of fishing in the area. The project is 75 per cent ...

Two deaths and 559 coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday. The deaths concern a 74-year-old woman and a man, 62, both with underlying health conditions. Neither of them were vaccinated against Covid-19. ...

The health ministry on Tuesday said that the ban on events that could attract crowds, including election rallies, continues to be in place. The ministry said it has received several ...

The government on Tuesday delivered a batch of vaccines for Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the north. The vaccines will go to adults living in Rizokarpaso, Ayia Triada, Kormakitis ...

Head of the president’s press office Victoras Papadopoulos is in hospital after undergoing a cardiac catheterisation procedure. Papadopoulos, according to an official statement, was feeling unwell and went to ...

Measures to protect and encourage the spread of Astragalus macrocarpus subsp. lefkarensis, a shrub native to Cyprus, were announced by the forestry department on Monday. The plant is endemic to ...

Tourists will be able to move around without sending an SMS, just with a special form, but they are not exempt from the measures that apply for everyone else, an ...

Police have filed charges against a 23-year-old man believed to be responsible for more than 40 thefts and attempted thefts from cars in Nicosia. In an announcement on Tuesday, police said ...

The EU remains committed to the relaunch of the Cyprus settlement talks and fully supports the UN-led process as an active observer, European Council President Charles Michel said on Tuesday ...

Police have received a new sexual harassment complaint and will also be pressing charges against a former bishop for two separate complaints, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday. Andreou told ...

Authorities are awaiting guidance from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) regarding a possible link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots but do not anticipate ...

A total of 56 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...