Cyprus

President Nicos Anastasiades has been discharged from a private hospital after Friday’s successful minor spinal surgery. The president was discharged on Saturday morning after remaining in hospital overnight for ...

Five months after the implementation of the ‘pay as you throw’ waste management system, Aglandjia municipality has reduced its rubbish by 1,396 tonnes, the municipality said on Saturday. In a written ...

Prompt action by the Paphos ambulance service was praised by head of cardiology Dr. Joseph Moutiris after their swift response saved the life of a 20-year-old man having a cardiace ...

For the first time since October 2020, league cricket will be played in Cyprus this Sunday when a new season of the CCA #BAOFinancial T20 League commences at the Ypsonas cricket ...

Preloved clothes get a new look from one local artist who paints and embroiders on them to present a new look. Alix Norman learns more Love films? Passionate about books? ...

A 22-year-old man, Rafael Grigoriou, lost his life on Friday evening in a traffic accident near Pera Chorio when the vehicle in which he was a passengers collided with another ...

Cyprus ranked in 33rd place in the 2021 Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Ranking Cyprus dropped three places in the ranking from the previous year, according to the survey which ...

Police said they will be stepping up their presence over the Kataklysmos long weekend to avert traffic collisions, protect properties and prevent fires. In a written statement, police said that ...

Technical Chamber Etek on Friday said it staged an impromptu visit to the under-reconstruction listed buildings near the Archbishopric in old Nicosia after receiving complaints from members of the public ...

Deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios, accompanied by Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannetou on Friday visited the newly-upgraded Pernera and Katsarka beaches which were reformed thanks to a sponsorship scheme aimed ...

No deaths from Covid were announced on Friday, as 76 new infections were recorded following 41,891 tests, a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent. According to the health ministry, 45 people were being treated ...

The installation of ‘smart’ traffic lights at Ayia Fyla roundabout in Limassol has slashed the duration of the drive from the community to there by 73 per cent, Transport Minister Yiannis ...

The death of a soldier 16 years ago, which appears to have been the result of strangulation and not suicide as initially thought, should be investigated, and resolved as a matter ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute, is continuing her consultations to see if there is any common ground to build on, a UN source told ...

Giving away live animals at event or festivals is illegal and cruel to the animals, the veterinary department said on Friday following reports that wedding guests had been given baby ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 76 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

The camping sites at Platania and Stavros tis Psokas are reopening on Saturday on the basis of new, updated guidelines from the health ministry to prevent the spread of coronavirus, ...

A 14th century tombstone was handed over to the archaeological museum of Limassol district on Friday by Tasoula Hadjitofi, president of the NGO Walk of Truth that is active against ...

Russian flights to Cyprus will resume on June 28, confirming the island’s improved epidemiological condition, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said Friday. The minister announced that Russia would be resuming scheduled ...

Fifty thousand futher doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine have been sent to the north from Turkey, it was announced on Friday. The special flight from Turkey contained 26,000 first doses ...

Nearly all of those who have used the general health system (Gesy) said they were satisfied with its services, a survey by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to mark two ...

Though Cyprus is edging towards its target of administering a first jab of the coronavirus vaccine to 65 per cent of the eligible population by the end of June, it is ...

Hermes Airports, which operates the Larnaca and Paphos facilities, has joined other tourist sector stakeholders to push for the safe reopening of European borders and the easing of travel restrictions ...

Nicosia Municipal pool will reopen on Tuesday, June 22, operating daily from 10am to 7pm until September 12, the municipality announced on Friday. The pool will operate in line with existing Covid-19 ...