Disy to announce nomination for House Speaker
Ruling Disy will on Friday announce who they will formally nominate for new House president, in what should get the ducks in a row as to who is most likely ...
Remand for possession of child porn
Paphos district court on Thursday remanded in custody for four days a 22-year-old man facing charges of possessing and distributing child porn online.
The suspect had been placed under arrest ...
Motorcyclist 21 killed on old Nicosia-Limassol road
A 21-year-old man died on Thursday after his motorcycle collided with a car on the old Nicosia to Limassol road.
According to the police, the accident occurred in the Dali ...
Coronavirus: one death, 53 people test positive on Thursday (Updated)
Authorities on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19, plus 53 new positives from ongoing island-wide testing.
The deceased was a woman aged 73, who passed away at the ICU of Nicosia ...
Sizopoulos called to clear the air on loan write-off
Socialist Edek cadres have called on their leader Marinos Sizopoulos to clear the air regarding persistent reports that a company he was tied to had a loan written off, as ...
Biden letter expresses concern over Varosha opening, Koushos says
US President Joe Biden expressed concerns over the unilateral decision last October by the Turkish side to open part of the fenced area of Famagusta, it was announced on Thursday.
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Coronavirus: tweaks to new rules, wedding guests can stay out later
The health ministry on Thursday issued an official decree tweaking some of the curfew and SafePass rules, effective from 5pm on June 4.
Firstly, wedding guests can be out until 3am ...
Coronavirus: testing locations for Friday
The health ministry announced a total of 73 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
UCy to draw up training programme on craftmanship
The University of Cyprus will draw up training programmes for traditional professions that will be offered to the unemployed by the Human Resources Development Authority as part of a drive ...
HFC and betting authority join forces to protect children from gambling
Hope for Children and Cyprus’ National Betting Authority have joined forces to create a safety net to help protect children and adolescents from gambling activity.
A memorandum signed by the ...
Coronavirus: vaccination portal reopening for more age groups in coming week
The vaccination portal will reopen for more age groups in the coming week, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Cyprus remains third in vaccinations among EU member states with 71 doses ...
Coronavirus: Negative test results must be in paper for crossings (Updated)
Crossings between the two sides of the island will resume on Friday after the agreement of the two communities on the measures to be followed due to the pandemic.
The ...
Coronavirus: half are satisfied with government’s handling of pandemic
More than half of Cypriots are satisfied with the way the government has handled the pandemic, a recent Eurobarometer survey showed.
The Eurobarometer is an initiative launched in 2007 by the ...
Conservation work at Asha church completed
Conservation works on the perimeter wall at the Panagia church in the village of Asha in the north have been completed, the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage (TCCH) announced on ...
FM, US Ambassador visit CYCLOPS training facility construction site
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and US Ambassador Judith Garber, accompanied by the Mayor of Larnaca Andreas Vyras, visited on Thursday the construction site of the Cyprus Centre for Land, Open-seas, ...
Men arrested after fracas at welfare office (Update 2)
Three men who were arrested following an incident at Polemidia social welfare office on Thursday morning will be taken to court after terrorising staff members and causing damages to the ...
Nurses’ union calls strike amid rift with ministry over disciplinary action
The health ministry said on Thursday it will press ahead with a disciplinary investigation of a number of mental health professionals despite threatened strike action from state nurses’ union Pasyno.
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Pentalia fire under control (Updated)
A large fire near Pentalia village in Paphos was put under control the fire service said on Thursday after burning 10 hectares of wild vegetation and many trees.
According to fire ...
Foreign Minister expects no change in relations with Israel
Any change of government in Israel or in Cyprus will not affect relations between the two countries because they are based on common objectives and goals to address common challenges, ...
After crossings agreement, Anastasiades ready to meet Tatar on CBMs (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his readiness during a teleconference with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday for a meeting to discuss the confidence-building measures (CBMs) he has proposed.
Anastasiades ...
Hoteliers see quiet June, hope business will pick up in July
June is likely to see few visitors in Cyprus, but there is cautious optimism as far as July and August are concerned, according to Philokypros Roussounides, director general of the ...
Coronavirus: Ministry issues reminder on SafePass rules
The health ministry on Thursday reminded the public of personal protection measures against the coronavirus, particularly regarding the SafePass, a day after health minister Constantinos Ioannou expressed concerns about complacency ...
Some progress, but urban air pollution still a problem
The mean concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) in urban areas in Cyprus stands at 13.8 μg/m3, slightly above the EU average, according to a Eurostat report for the year 2019 published ...
International community rejects Turkey’s two-state call, says minister
Turkey’s insistence on a two-state solution in Cyprus faces the universal negative reaction of the international community, of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the ...