Cyprus

The Pancyprian federation of labour (Peo) on Tuesday said the instructions for employers to forbid people from working unless they have a SafePass creates a climate of tension and instead ...

The UK has lifted travel advice to British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Cyprus, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks, but tourism stakeholders warned that ...

Paphos on Tuesday welcomed the Seabourn Ovation cruise liner that docked off Kato Paphos harbour. The 420-crew liner with 305 passengers on board, in their majority Americans, arrived at the Kato ...

Paphos police are investigating a case involving the alleged abduction of a female domestic earlier this week. The Nepali woman said she was walking in a specific area in Paphos ...

Α 57-year-old woman was remanded in custody by the Paphos court for three days on Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice in a case involving her ...

The UN Secretary-general’s reports on Cyprus do not reflect gravity of Turkish provocations, the island’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou has said. He was speaking ...

The weekend’s cricket in Cyprus produced another batch of high scores, but only one close finish in the 2021 CCA#BAOFinancial T20 Cup. Mangala Pradeep hit his second consecutive century ...

The deputy ministry for tourism on Tuesday released a list of hotels participating in its subsided holidays scheme for vaccinated people. The list includes more than 200 hotels in all districts ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced the launch of a Facebook page where people can submit questions to a scientific team regarding the pandemic and the coronavirus vaccines. The page ...

Paphos police arrested a theft suspect on Monday for cannabis possession and driving under the influence of drugs before he admitted to three burglaries, they said. The 32-year-old man was ...

An 18-year-old was arrested on Monday in connection with two cases of theft in Paphos. Police arrested the teen after CCTV footage placed him near the house of a Paphos ...

Police on Tuesday said they arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of child porn possession and distribution. The arrest was made after local police received information from Europol regarding an ...

Six businesses and 46 individuals were reported after 3,089 checks in the last 24 hours for coronavirus measures violations, police said on Tuesday. The fines concerned two businesses in Nicosia, two in Limassol ...

A portion of businesses have postponed events or suspended the operation of dine-in services saying they refuse to discriminate against unvaccinated people and check their customers for a SafePass. Following ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday gave instructions to state services to proceed immediately with implementing measures to improve the tackling of fires after a meeting with all competent authorities. According ...

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said on Monday he hoped the bloc would not be forced to hold any extraordinary meetings in response to statements Turkish President ...

The health ministry announced 832 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday out of 59,764 PCR and rapid tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.39 per cent. No deaths were reported, but 153 are ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the issue of victims of crime and how the state can better come to their aid given that – while Cyprus does have ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides departed for Brussels on Monday to take part in the Eurogroup meeting taking place on the same day and the Ecofin (Economic and Financial Affairs Council) ...

The latest expanded control measures taken relating to the coronavirus situation are both “legitimate and proportional”, the data protection commissioner said in a statement on Monday. In a statement, Data ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Tuesday, 59 in total. People need to present identification to get tested. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (16 sites) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 ...

Over 200 hotels in Cyprus are taking part in the government scheme valid from July 16 to August 31 which subsidises tourist accommodation costs for those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered ...

The fintech services provider aims to fortify its team while broadening its regional presence. Over the last two years, Deriv has been amping up its global reach with new offices ...

The rise in hospitalisations might lead the island to a “critical situation”, officials warned on Monday as a health ministry’s advisor said Cyprus is experiencing a fourth wave of ...