Cyprus

Priority should be given to vaccinating employees in the catering sector, president of the recreation centres association (Osika) Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. This would pave the way for reopening ...

The deputy ministry of innovation announced on Tuesday that only one user will be able to access the vaccination portal per person, following technical issues with the platform due to ...

A fire broke out at in the early morning hours of Tuesday in a landfill located in the Marathountas area of Paphos. According to police, the fire service was alerted ...

Public expenditure on fire-protection services was 0.4 per cent of total expenditure in 2019 in Cyprus, slightly lower than the EU average, Eurostat reported on the occasion of International Firefighters’ Day marked ...

Police booked a total of 208 people for breaching coronavirus protocols in 24 hours leading up to 6am on Tuesday. Most were fined for neglecting to send an SMS requesting permission to ...

For Bank of Cyprus Deputy CEO Dr. Charis Pouangare, the royal road to profit passes through enhanced service for the customer. “This enables us to overcome many challenges. First, the ...

Health authorities on Monday announced seven deaths from Covid-19 and 481 new positives in island-wide testing. The seven deaths concern: a man aged 73, unvaccinated, who died at Nicosia general ICU; a ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday criticised President Nicos Anastasiades for having an “anachronistic and domineering mentality” over references in his Easter message to his Turkish Cypriot “compatriots”. Tatar, ...

The ombudswoman has flagged the sacking of a woman from the department of civil aviation (DCA), noting that it was unwarranted and unfair. The case concerns a woman who had ...

Health authorities announced that 60 sites for free rapid tests will operate across the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly ...

The vaccination portal will open on Tuesday for people aged between 37 and 38, the health ministry said, adding that given the increased demand, it seems it will be feasible to reach ...

By Jean Christou and Evie Andreou The Cyprus Police Association on Monday condemned attacks on police officers and firemen during the weekend by young people who hurled stones at them ...

The first 40C of the year was hit on Monday, with a high of 40.6C recorded in Athalassa area of Nicosia, Kitas Weather reported as high temperatures are set to ...

Cyprus ranked the fourth worst in the EU27 in 2018 in relation to the incidence of fatal accidents at work, according to data released by Eurostat. According to a standardised incidence ...

Police on Monday afternoon tracked down and captured two men, both aged 26, who had earlier escaped from the Menoyia detention centre in the Larnaca district. The two men, both from ...

The health ministry on Monday called on people to get rapid tests before returning to work after the Easter holidays. The ministry reiterated that according to the latest measures, half ...

Iceland was demoted from the Green category to Orange according to the latest country assessment for travel, issued by the health ministry on Monday. The other changes concern Malta and ...

A total of 97 people were charged in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning for breaking coronavirus protocols, the police said on Monday. The charged were the result of 7,102 checks ...

A 59-year-old man was found dead in his home on Sunday afternoon in a state of sepsis, police said on Monday. Police said they were informed at 6pm on Sunday ...

A 50-year-old was arrested on Sunday night after driving into a parked vehicle in a parking lot in Yeroskipou, Paphos. According to the police, the man was drunk when officers ...

Two people have been arrested in Paphos in connection to a case of illegal stay on the island. According to the police, at 1pm on Sunday lunchtime a police patrol ...

An education ministry proposal on how the Pancyprian exams will be carried out is set to be presented during Wednesday’s Cabinet session. A report carried by daily Philelftheros said ...

For the second year running, President Nicos Anastasiades told locked-down Cypriots he hoped this would be the last Easter that was overshadowed by the pandemic. In his Easter televised address ...

The health ministry announced one death and 58 positives for Covid-19 from 6,158 PCR and rapid tests on Sunday with a positivity rate of 0.94 per cent. Mass testing was not carried out ...