Four more arrests after fight at Limassol party
Four more people are to be taken to Limassol District Court on Monday after a fight broke out at a party in Limassol on Saturday night.
Police said the individuals ...
No more big development projects, plead Peyia residents
‘It’s madness to keep building when we have more than enough’
By Bejay Browne
Peyia residents are up in arms over a number of big building projects earmarked for ...
Coronavirus: Monday’s free testing sites for eligible groups
Free testing sites for Monday are as follows:
District
Location of testing units
Operating hours
Telephone
Limassol
(7 units)
My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” store)
9 am – 6 pm
94041843
Pano ...
Coronavirus: Four deaths, 2,214 test positive on Sunday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that four people had died of Covid-19 and that 2,214 had tested positive from 85,567 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.59 per cent.
The deaths concerned ...
The last queen of Cyprus
A remarkable woman who clung on to power for as long as she could
Caterina Cornaro, one of Venice’s most influential female aristocrats, demonstrated that a queen could be ...
Theopemptou re-elected as leader of the Greens
Charalambos Theopemptou was on Sunday re-elected as head of the Green Party – Citizens Cooperation during the party’s 12th annual congress.
Alkis Papis was elected vice president, while Kyriakos Tsimilis ...
CNA’s correspondent in Egypt found dead in Cairo home
Journalist Nikolaos Katsikas, the correspondent in Egypt for the Cyprus News Agency and the Athens News Agency (APE) was found dead in his Cairo home on Saturday night, it was ...
‘Two suns’ spotted in Troodos
A photo taken on Sunday in the Troodos area shows ‘two suns’, an atmospheric phenomenon commonly known as a ‘sun dog’.
A sun dog, also known as a ‘mock sun’ ...
Coronavirus: Advisor defends continued use of SafePass
And says we shouldn’t follow some fellow European countries yet in scrapping other Covid measures
The SafePass is still effective in the age of Omicron, while the need for ...
Anastasiades wishes Tatar speedy recovery from Covid
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he had conveyed his best wishes for a speedy recovery to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by telephone.
Tatar contracted the virus last week.
...
House Speaker denies executive role in Neophytou’s presidential campaign
House President Annita Demetriou said she would not be taking an executive role in the presidential election campaign of ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou, following reports last week that she ...
‘Diko will be in government after 2023 presidential elections’ Papadopoulos says
Centre-right Diko will be the ruling party or a main part of a coalition government in order to bring about change after the presidential elections in 2023, leader Nicolas Papadopoulos said ...
Man and two children injured by attackers at party in Limassol (Updated)
Two man aged 25 and 20 have been arrested and remanded for eight days by the Limassol court following a fight at a house party in Kato Polemidia during which two children ...
Pay gap in Cyprus falling, now lower than EU average
A woman has to work until February 6 to reach the same wage as a man received in the preceding year, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Sunday.
Emilianidou said that ...
Audit office defends its position on LNG debacle, says it had major doubts
The audit office on Sunday hit back at reports that it was somehow culpable in the growing concern over delays to the construction of the LNG terminal in Vasiliko.
The ...
Coronavirus: 13 individuals and 22 businesses fined for violations
Police fined 13 individuals and 22 businesses were fined for violating Covid measures over the past 24 hours.
They carried out a total of 2,484 checks islandwide.
In Nicosia, there were 611 checks, booking 10 people ...
Probe into Paphos escapees, fugitives appeared to have a key – reports (Updated)
Three police officers in Paphos have been suspended pending an investigation into how two suspects escaped detention cells at the city’s police HQ on Saturday.
According to the latest ...
Teen driver loses control, runs over four girls aged 16 on pavement
An 18 year-old man has been arrested in Nicosia after losing control of his car and smashing into four teenage girls standing in front of a supermarket wall in Lakatamia.
The ...
Driver killed on Limassol-Platres road after crashing into a tree
A 32-year-old man was killed in a road accident on Saturday night on the Limassol-Platres tree after he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.
In statements ...
Coronavirus: One death 2,568 test positive on Saturday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and that 2,568 had tested positive from 87,025 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.9 per cent.
The death concerned ...
Gesy should be evaluated by an independent body, patients group say
An independent body should be brought in to evaluate the health system, the patients’ association said on Saturday, a day after an audit-office report alleged illegalities and tax evasion within ...
Public opinion: Two years of Covid in Cyprus (Video)
As we come up to two years of Covid, we asked a selection of people on the streets of Nicosia about their experience, how much it’s changed them, and ...
Coronavirus: State wants 75% of total population jabbed, interest slows, focus on kids
The health ministry on Saturday said it hopes to vaccinate 75 per cent of the overall population against Covid-19, while calling on people to keep abiding by the personal protection measures.
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Woman hospitalised after house fire
A fire that broke out from a lit candle in a Yeri apartment resulted to the hospitalisation of a woman before it was extinguished by a neighbour, the fire service ...