Cyprus

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 ...

The government needs to invest in the professional midwife and use midwifery properly within Gesy, the nursing staff of Pasydy said on Wednesday on the occasion of International Day of ...

The organisation making Cyprus’ villages green by resuscitating traditions By Martin Clark Grampus Heritage and Training is a leading organisation in sustainable development, of which I have been the director ...

Police booked 126 persons for breaches of coronavirus protocols in 24 hours leading up to 6am on Wednesday. One of them is the owner of a business in Paphos. Officers carried out 7,200 ...

A 20-year-old man who is in danger of losing his leg and a 46-year-old man with multiple injuries are the victims of two road accidents which happened on Tuesday evening ...

Limassol Marina General Manager Nikiforos Pampakas talks about how the wharf is faring and evolving. Q:How has the Limassol Marina been affected by the pandemic? A:We are now ...