Cyprus

by George Eid A change of position by the US mediators was apparently the cause of the breakdown in the sixth round of US-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel on ...

Close to 32 per cent of the eligible population has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, with around 10 per cent receiving both, the health ministry said on Wednesday. ...

The police, together with health professionals, have assumed a heavy burden in the fight against the pandemic, with the members of the force having to enforce the measures to stop ...

The cabinet on Wednesday night decided to reopen most closed businesses and to introduce a so-called Coronapass for people to be allowed into hospitality venues, churches, gyms, shops and other ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has filed an appeal at the supreme court against a resolution passed by parliament calling on him and his deputy Savvas Angelides to recuse themselves from the ...

The ministry of health announced one death from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the fifteenth this month, and 562 new infections after 57,314 tests, a positivity rate of 0.98 per cent. The ministry said 246 people ...

Nicosia relies on the international community and especially on its EU partners to make Ankara realise it needs to put the interests of all Cypriots above what it narrow-mindedly perceives ...

With schools set to reopen on Monday with in-person teaching, parents of secondary school pupils should ensure their children have a negative rapid antigen test, the education ministry said on ...

The state pharmaceutical services on Wednesday said they had so far received 26 reports about serious possible side effects after vaccination against coronavirus. In total 149 reports were filed about adverse events ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will leave on Thursday for Porto, Portugal to attend the Porto Social Summit hosted by the EU Portuguese Presidency on May 7 and 8. During a working dinner he ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 65 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he would return his Cypriot ID and passport if he could after it emerged he too was a registered citizen of the Republic of ...

The European Commission appointed former crisis management and Ebola coordination Commissioner Christos Stylianides, a Cypriot national, as Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the ...

Dogged by problems, vaccination centres need the Ministry of Health’s help to regulate both the supply of vaccines and flow of staff, the state nurses’ union (Pasyno) said on ...

The College of Commissioners appointed on Wednesday Myrto Zambarta as Head of the European Commission’s Representation in Nicosia, to take office on September 1. In this capacity, she will act ...

The family of the first Cypriot to receive the vaccine have stepped in to dispel rumours linking his death to the coronavirus jab. “My grandfather did not die from the ...

Cyprus Greens slammed the government on Wednesday for continuing to impose the “draconian” measure which forces citizens to send an SMS and secure approval from the state before going out. ...

The scientific staff of Medical Schools and Health Sciences faculties of Cyprus Universities has joined forces in a bid to inform people about the benefits of the vaccines against Covid-19, ...

A project in Cyprus aims to reduce and reuse the waste produced by the construction industry – and in the process, help to create safer and better insulated buildings. The method ...

Vassos Lyssarides was a world citizen and a visionary fighting for Cyprus’ and every people’s freedom and dignity, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday at the funeral of the ...

Epidemiologists are understood to favour the lifting of the nationwide lockdown next week, given the drop in the daily tally of coronavirus cases, it was reported on Wednesday. The reports ...

Polis Chrysochous received very limited visits during the Easter period, but business owners are expecting to reopen in the coming week, mayor Yiotis Papachristophi said on Wednesday. This year, local ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides is heading to Brussels to take part in Thursday’s session of the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence), where EU Defence Ministers will discuss current issues and ...

The fire service responded to 61 calls for assistance, 45 fire alerts, and four false calls in the past 24 hours, including a fire at a Limassol warehouse believed to have been the ...