Cyprus

The health ministry announced one death and 75 more people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from 60,508 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.12 per cent. The death concerned a 91...

At least 50 per cent of employees who is physically present at the office are required to have a rapid test, as are self-employed persons and domestic workers. Exception to the ...

Hotels hope to entice domestic tourism with prices capped at €60 Hotels in Cyprus are enticing permanent residents to holiday at home this year with an incentive scheme that caps bed ...

The Turkish side’s growing intransigence is not conducive to the UN Chief’s efforts aiming at the resumption of UN-brokered talks over a jointly accepted and functional solution to ...

The Hunters Party – Active Citizens movement condemned on Sunday an arson attack against one of their members’ armoury. According to a party announcement, Nicosia candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections ...

A 30-year-old man who was in intensive care in Nicosia general hospital after a work accident since Thursday died on Sunday. According to police, a man working at an interior ...

The parliamentary elections at the end of this month will be a different affair this time, as the Covid pandemic has imposed many hindrances, primarily on campaigning, but also on ...

One woman is determined to do much more than simply gaze at the stars A young woman who aspires to become the island’s first astronaut says Cyprus is ready ...

Citizens who are eligible for vaccinations and have already received the first dose of the Covid vaccine have reached almost 50% of the population, the health ministry said on Sunday. According ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Sunday praised the country’s national healthcare system (Gesy) for providing equal and quality services to citizens as Cyprus marks two years since its implementation. “...

A total of 7,015 vaccination slots for persons aged between 46 to 49 years have been granted on Saturday as the vaccination portal reopens for all ages providing a second opportunity for a ...

Cyprus accused of ignoring UN committee’s request to hold off extraditing Russian businessman Lawyers for a Russian businessman imprisoned in Nicosia are demanding answers as to why Cypriot authorities ...

Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said on Sunday that the President of Cyprus and his government as well as all involved in the missing persons` issue are doing their utmost and ...

The Ministerial Councils of Cyprus and Egypt will jointly convene soon, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has said. In statements as he wrapped up his visit to Cairo Saturday and the ...

A total of 52 people and two businesses were booked for in a span of 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said on Sunday. Between 6am on Saturday and 6am on ...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades travels to Brussels Sunday to attend the special meeting of the European Council, to take place 24-25 May. A press release by the Presidency says that ...

Cyprus’ authorities announced on Sunday that they are investigating a new case of blood clot in a 40-year-old female, who is being treated at the Nicosia general hospital two weeks ...

Cypriot banks’ sizable property portfolios expose them to excessive property market risks, the Central Bank of Cyprus said in its Annual Report for 2020. According to the report, as of September 30, 2020, ...

In one week parliamentary elections will take place but there has been a lack of vision although the word change has been bandied around, few have said how that will ...

One person died from coronavirus on Saturday as 91 new cases were recorded from 61,069 tests, a positivity rate of 0.15 per cent. The death brings to 353 the total number of people who ...

The UN Secretary General’s Cyprus envoy Jane Hall Lute is expected to travel to Greece and Turkey later this week, according to diplomatic sources. She will explore the possibilities ...

A fire destroyed dry grass and vegetation in a Nicosia rural area, fireservice spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Saturday. The fire broke out at around 2.45pm between Ayioi Trimithias and ...

A total of 85 sites providing free coronavirus rapid tests will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry said. The sites aim to assist the mandatory testing of 50 per cent of ...

Main opposition Akel on Saturday accused President Nicos Anastasides of acting like Disy’s party leader and being involved in “pre-election conflict” after he publicly responded to the party’s ...