Cyprus

Children in the north are being enticed to pray at the mosque twice a day as part of a religious summer school with the promise of a free bicycle, it ...

The Limassol criminal court jailed a 66-year-old man for two years on Friday after finding him guilty of possession and distribution of child pornography. The man was arrested in September 2019 ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 81 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

Russia is asking European countries for more information about their epidemiological situation before making decisions on charter flights, it was revealed on Friday. A government source told Phileleftheros that the ...

Another 21,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were delivered to the Turkish Cypriot community on Friday. The doses, all Johnson & Johnson, were delivered through the Ayios Dhometios corssing point. The delivery ...

Fully vaccinated people make up less than one per cent of new coronavirus cases in Cyprus, while about five per cent concerns those who received one dose of the jab, ...

The goal shared by the government and parliament is to meet the people’s expectations and that could only be achieved with cooperation and unity, new House president Annita Demetriou ...

Any attack aimed at silencing a journalist not only violates that person’s human rights, but is also an affront to the collective deeply held beliefs in freedom of expression, ...

Police said on Friday they had confiscated 600,000 unauthorised or fake Covid rapid tests and suspended their use, as part of a worldwide Interpol-led operation targeting the sale of counterfeit and ...

The temporary orders against the members of the advisory epidemiological committee imposed after lawsuits filed by 103 individuals over the legality of the coronavirus decrees have been lifted, the state legal ...

The Larnaca municipality has said that the project for the reconstruction of streets and facilities for the disabled in the centre of the town was in its final phase and ...

TV favourite turns badass By Nikola Grozdanovic Fans will immediately recognize Bob Odenkirk from TV’s Breaking Bad, where he played the sleazy, shyster lawyer Saul Goodman so well he ...

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 – in audio form. Presented by ...

Police said Friday they launched an investigation into a fire that destroyed two unoccupied shops in Larnaca in the early morning hours. The fire broke out at around 2.20am at ...

A 26-year-old food delivery man was beaten and robbed early on Friday in Nicosia by three assailants, police said. The man told police he was meant to deliver an order ...

The UK has now concluded annual fisheries negotiations with the EU, providing certainty for the fishing industry on catch limits for the remainder of 2021, the Department for Environment, Food & ...

An interview with TheSoul Publishing COO Arthur Mamedov Cutting-edge 3D technology, stop motion fun, live-action, quirky music videos, inspirational craft projects, and vibrant animation – leadership in all of this has ...

Vaccination coverage of the population is paying off, the health ministry said, citing a significant drop in cases and the positivity rate in recent weeks. The positivity rate in nursing ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Turkey to provide by year’s end additional information on a number of issues concerning the deaths of four ...

An investigation on allegations of Turkey’s interference in the 2020 elections for the Turkish Cypriot leader has revealed alarming details of the pressure put on incumbent Mustafa Akinci, as well ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides hauled the head of the state veterinary services over the coals anew on Thursday, calling him a ‘bad-faith actor’ whose actions have led the government to overpay ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced four new deaths from Covid-19, while island-wide testing tracked 59 new positives. In an email circulated to the media, the health ministry clarified the four deaths ...

Telephony providers Primetel are advising subscribers to exercise caution with an ongoing phone scam with calls made from unknown numbers, particularly overseas numbers. In a press release, the company said ...

The award ceremony for this year’s blue flags to 68 beaches took place on Thursday in Neo Chorio in Paphos. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who awarded the flags to representatives ...