Cyprus

After years in the political wilderness, will independents’ day dawn at last on May 30? By Theo Panayides No independent – i.e. non-party – candidate has ever been elected to parliament in ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 69 in total. People need to present an ID or other form of identification. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (20 sites) ...

A boat with around 50 people was spotted off Cape Greco on Sunday afternoon. The vessel was spotted 16 nautical miles off Cape Greco. Police vessels with nurses and translators were on ...

The government is keen to attract young farmers to the island’s villages. Jonathan Shkurko visits Odou, where a young community is turning the land into a thriving trade Starting ...

The more people getting vaccinated the lower the number of cases and hospitalisations, the health ministry said on Sunday citing the latest epidemiological data. Analysing data between April 26 and May 14, ...

Andreas Avgousti, 68, died on Sunday after he was crushed by his car that fell off a 15-metre cliff on the Mandria to Koilani road in the Limassol district. According to ...

One man wants to find a cave to live in. Another wants the jab ASAP. Divergent views on the newly introduced SafePass By Antigoni Pitta May 10 marked the much-anticipated lifting ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Sunday inaugurated the Larnaca producers’ market in Ayios Theodoros. The minister said the market was created on the initiative of the Women’s Association of ...

A 45-year-old man was fined €3,000 after caught smuggling diesel fuel from the north, police said on Sunday. According to the police, during a coordinated operation in a farm area in ...

Five businesses and 38 people were booked during the past 24 hours for violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus. In Nicosia, a bar was fined for serving more people ...

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is cancelling a new line that had been scheduled to run from Israel to Greece and Cyprus from next month, citing regional security concerns. The sailings ...

A car was destroyed on Saturday night at the Larnaca airport and two others were damaged after fire erupted on the first vehicle. All cars were parked at the airport’...

New parties have mushroomed but probably lack the breadth, vision or resources to succeed at the polls By George Psyllides A record 658 candidates submitted their candidacies this week ahead of ...

Anorthosis beat Olympiakos 2-1 after extra time to win the Cyprus Coca-Cola Cup on Saturday night at the GSP stadium in Nicosia The winner for the Famagusta club, in front ...

The health ministry announced 157 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. No deaths were reported. The new cases were among 83,338 tests, PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.19 per ...

No longer European, ‘high-living’ Brits lose out British residents living in high altitude areas have been excluded from the government’s financial scheme for such communities because they are no ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Sunday, 79 in total. People need to present an ID or other form of identification. District Testing sites Operating Hours Limassol (24 sites) Agios ...

The ‘Where Do I Vote’ service was activated on Saturday to help people find out which polling station they can cast their vote at the May 30 parliamentary elections. People can ...

The fire service and police on Saturday morning rescued an injured man who was at the Kalidonia waterfall nature trail in Platres. Authorities were alerted at around 9.30am about an ...

DBRS Ratings GmbH (DBRS Morningstar) has confirmed Cyprus’ Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at BBB (low). Short-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings have been confirmed at R-2 (...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos dived down to the submerged ancient port of Amathus off Limassol on Saturday to promote plans to introduce diving tours at the site in the near ...

The government will evaluate development and housing schemes for rural and remote areas to satisfy all affected communities, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Saturday. The minister was on a ...

The vaccination portal opened on Saturday for people between 50 and 54 who missed the opportunity to get an appointment earlier on. The portal will remain open until 5.30pm on Saturday for ...

Clinical waste in hospitals has risen by about 35 per cent since the start of the pandemic it emerged on Saturday. This waste includes masks, gloves and rapid test kits according ...