Cyprus

A 49-year-old man, Charalambos Terlas from Limassol, died on Saturday after being critically injured in a traffic accident on October 2, police announced on Sunday. Terlas was driving on Mouson street ...

A 26-year-old man was remanded for five days by Limassol district court on Sunday after fires started at two different points in the village of Pyrgos on Saturday night. At ...

A blue Black Friday looms as chip shortage bites The ongoing global supply crunch of semiconductors means that shoppers in Cyprus are left with fewer products to choose from, delays ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 218 new coronavirus cases from 48,428 rapid and PCR tests, bringing the positivity rate to 0.45 per cent. No new Covid deaths were recorded. There were 82 patients ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas is reportedly expected to submit a proposal for the administration of an anti-Covid 19 booster shot for all adults, it emerged on Saturday. Amidst concerns regarding the ...

Several hundred people gathered outside the presidential palace on Saturday evening to protest coronavirus measures which they said were violating human rights. The Nicosia-based demonstration started at 5pm, with about 400 ...

The health ministry announced the operation of 43 testing sites this Sunday for people in eligible groups still allowed to have a free test. Eligible are minors who do not currently ...

Two Greek Cypriot teenagers are in police custody in the north pending their court appearance after they were found with almost half a kilo of cannabis in their possession, the ...

The independent union of Cyprus’ public employees (ASDYK) and its police branch have called on the police leadership on Saturday to “immediately reconsider” the suspension of 12 officers in connection with ...

A group of taxi drivers blocked the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with their cars for several hours on Saturday, to protest police preventing them from filling their tanks with cheap ...

The remand of two suspects, 26 and 32, arrested in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a container in Limassol was renewed for six days on Saturday. ...

Authorities have suspended the operation of a coffeeshop in Paphos after customers were found gambling in the premises on three different occasions, police said on Saturday. The trial for the ...

Police on Saturday were investigating the circumstances of a fatal traffic accident that took place in Latsia a few minutes after midnight. Nicos Valanides, 59, from Limassol, was driving on Yiannou ...

One in five of the population in Cyprus aged 15 years or more – or 21.2 per cent — smoke daily, the sixth highest share in the EU27 according to the latest figures published ...

Two people, aged 41 and 58, who were remanded for eight days on Saturday after about 18.7kg of cannabis were found in their possession, are believed to be members of a larger ...

Police were investigating on Saturday after a hand grenade and TNT explosive were found in Aglandjia. The explosives were discovered around 9pm on Friday by officers in a carton box ...

Thirteen people and four business owners were fined by police after 2,721 checks for violating the Covid-19 measures in the 24 hours until Saturday morning. In Nicosia, 1,153 checks saw one person and ...

The Cyprus Employers and Industries Federation (OEB) has released the results of a study revealing the true labour needs of Cypriot businesses. The study takes into account data collected between ...

There is more to bees than honey. One locally-based company creates a range of all natural products ranging from sun screen to nappy rash cream Iakovos Korniotis, now 78, learned beekeeping ...

The recovery of the Cypriot economy remains on an upward trajectory, with most indicators boding well for future growth, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research ...

My Mall Limassol, Cyprus’ third-largest shopping centre, will see Israeli involvement in its ownership structure, with 46 per cent of its shares due to be sold to two Israeli companies. This ...

The extent of new projects in the pipeline for the agriculture ministry under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) are second only to those of the transport ministry, and all ...

International business negotiation skills, strategies, and effective communication in large organisations are the focus of a seminar currently underway in Paphos. Organised by the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, in ...

An earthquake calculated at 3.4 on the Richter scale hit northeast of Limassol on Friday at 4:26pm, with many reporting that they felt two shakes. The epicentre was in the Pareklisia ...