Cyprus

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

The National Council convenes on Friday morning under President Nicos Anastasiades, with a view to discuss developments as regards the Cyprus problem in view of the 5+1 informal meeting that will ...

Vartkes Mahdessian, the representative of the Armenian community in the House of Representatives, is hopeful that US President Biden will recognise the Armenian genocide on Saturday. Biden is likely going ...

Cyprus increased its total sales of pesticides by 101 per cent between 2011 and 2019, by far the highest increase in the EU, the latest Eurostat figures show. Of the 18 EU countries for ...

As a result of 11,004 checks police booked 185 individuals, four of them business owners, for breaching coronavirus measures from Thursday until Friday. One business owner was fined in Limassol, two in ...

Turkey’s lira skidded 2 per cent to its weakest this month on Thursday as the country’s ties with US come under strain, and after President Tayyip Erdogan again defended ...

Ruling Disy appears to have it in the upcoming parliamentary elections – or at least that is the perception among the public – while a substantial percentage are not upbeat about the ...

In a fireworks-laden session, the House passed a law giving the state the nod to guarantee up to €1 billion in loans to businesses and self-employed persons stricken by the coronavirus-related ...

Parliament on Thursday called for the immediate release of an interim report on the controversial passports scheme that was recently completely and delivered to the attorney-general. In a resolution, the ...

A UN Refugee Agency (Unhcr) official has expressed concern over the wellbeing of 200 migrant children, half of whom unaccompanied, currently hosted at an overcrowded reception centre, the organisation said on ...

Akamas communities on Thursday said they did not agree with the findings of a study on the environmental impact of the masterplan for the area, arguing that it does not ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19 and 927 new cases, while 296 patients are currently being treated for the coronavirus in hospitals – a record number. The latest ...

Turkey might, as a tactic, state at the Geneva Cyprus summit that it is willing to discuss a federal solution, Disy leader Averof Neophytou warned on Thursday, warning that an ...

A total of 60 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The health ministry said on Thursday anyone over 30 can receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from their personal doctor without going through the portal. Those wanting any of the other shots, must ...

Parliament on Thursday approved a scheme allowing people stricken by the pandemic with overdue taxes, to repay them with installments. The proposal had been tabled by Diko MP Christiana Erotokritou, ...

The audit office has researched the government’s procurement of rapid tests and said it generally did a good job, considering the urgency of the situation. A total of 3,491,000 rapid ...

The EU has not received an invitation to participate in the informal five-plus-one summit on Cyprus in Geneva next week but an official will be there to monitor developments, it ...

The British bases have recorded a close to 95 per cent reduction in the illegal trapping of ambelopoulia, also known as black caps, it was announced on Thursday. These findings were ...

The cabinet approved a €165m scheme on Thursday aimed at helping vulnerable people who took out housing loans under various state plans and were having difficulty repaying them. Dubbed, Ikia (...

The cabinet will convene again on Friday to decide on any new Covid-19 measures after consultations with the epidemiology experts, it was announced on Thursday. Deputy government spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas ...

The places where Cyprus’ unique but endangered water snake (Natrix Natrix Cypriaca) live have increased significiantly, according to environmental group Terra Cypria. A study carried out by the group in ...

Fully vaccinated pensioners who got infected with Covid-19 this week but are asymptomatic prove the vaccines’ efficacy, a member of the government’s epidemiological team said on Thursday. Commenting on ...

Only ten per cent of the 9,000 vaccination appointments arranged so far by people aged 47-48 concern AstraZeneca, it emerged early on Thursday. Between the opening of the vaccination portal at 7.30 ...