Cyprus

Police on Tuesday said they issued 15 fines after 2,985 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours. Most checks, 1,243 were carried out in Nicosia where three people were ...

Approximately one in five (21 per cent) people in Britain have a foreign holiday booked at the moment, easyJet’s ‘Taking The Temperature’ report has revealed. Moreover, roughly a quarter of ...

The government of Egypt has confirmed the double tax treaty with the Republic of Cyprus. The confirmation came through Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi who ratified the agreement. The double ...

A union representing the rights of public-sector workers has called for the suspension of rapid tests for the coronavirus, after media reports showed a swab contained multiple times the permissible ...

A cannabis production site was busted on Monday by the drug squad Ykan, with pictures and a video posted on social media showing findings of the raid. The site, seemingly ...

Paphos hoteliers on Monday asked for improvements in the volume, coverage and frequency of flights to Cyprus for the winter months. An increase in winter flights can create impetus for ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has turned up the heat on the Health Insurance Organisation, reporting the entity to the attorney-general for its alleged failure to provide information he requested. In a ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19, men aged 49 and 82, along with 189 new positives on Monday. There are 59 Covid-19 patients in hospital, 20 of whom are in serious condition. Of ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Monday said he would try and help the two children of a bicommunal couple get IDs since authorities have been refusing to issue the documents ...

A 40-year-old was arrested in Paralimni after being caught driving at double the speed limit, police said on Monday. A police statement said that the man was pulled over by ...

Police on Monday said they have thoroughly investigated the death last year of a 29-year-old man from Greece, after their conclusion that he committed suicide has been questioned by his ...

By Evie Andreou and Nick Theodoulou The Delta Plus sub variant has been detected in two of the Covid-19 samples sent for sequencing to the ECDC and a private lab ...

Residents of the Akamas communities will hold a protest on Tuesday outside the offices of the state environment service in Nicosia after the authority suggested changes to the local master ...

The coronavirus situation has acted as an accelerator for digitisation, Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos said Monday as MPs reviewed the junior ministry’s proposed ...

The ties between Cyprus and Thessaloniki, but also Macedonia in general, are deep and historical, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. On a visit to Thessaloniki, Anastasiades met mayor Constantinos ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

In a story about the way some dogs are treated on the island one local writer is hoping to raise awareness and funds. ALIX NORMAN meets her One day in ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has always coordinated with Turkey on important issues but is not Ankara’s puppet, he was reported as having said on Monday. In an interview ...

House president Annita Demetriou and Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan reaffirmed the bonds and cooperation between Cyprus and Armenia during a meeting in Nicosia on ...

The American festivity has swept the world with TV shows and film also in its wake. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES picks the best to watch Something wicked this way comes. It’s ...

An infant suffering from life-shortening spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has completed the first phase of her treatment at Makarios children’s hospital and has returned home, reports said on Monday. ...

Cyprus has not seen any side effects by mixing Covid vaccines of a different technology during the administration of booster shots, a pharmaceutical services official said on Monday. The department’...

Cyprus will receive any new Covid vaccines or treatments immediately after they are licensed, which is only a matter of time, a government official said Monday. “We are close to ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday called on the state consumer protection service do the job it was set up to do, citing a new law that favours businesses instead ...