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The environment department has approved the construction of a four-lane highway from Akaki to Astromeritis, after suspending a project regarding another highway from Astromeritis to Evrychou. The Akaki-Astromeritis highway will ...

A SafePass will no longer be required for outdoor activities, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced on Friday as part of further relaxations of coronavirus measures. The relaxations, announced after a ...

The number of hospitalised coronavirus patients has been cut by 45 per cent, falling from highs of about 300 to 167 currently, health officials said on Friday. The good news is in line ...

Almost 60 per cent of vaccination appointments available for 22 to 24-year-olds were booked within two hours of the opening of the portal on Friday without any interruptions due to technical issues, ...

Cyprus’ positivity rate has dramatically reduced from about 1.2 per cent to 0.2 per cent, the weekly national report showed on Friday, and according to the health ministry that is due to ...

The Union of Municipalities has called on the next parliament, which is to be voted in at the end of the month, to review the long-standing issue of local government ...

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 ministry of health on Friday reminded that the largest number of people allowed to gather according to coronavirus restrictions is 10, whether inside or out. This includes parks, beaches, dams, ...

A 51-year-old man wanted by the Russian authorities was arrested on Thursday night by police in Paphos. According to the police, the Russian authorities had issued an arrest warrant against ...

Police handed out fines to 27 people for violating measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the 24 hours up to 6am on Friday. A police spokesperson told CNA ...

The majority of Cypriot businesses will keep the same number of employees during the following year a study by CMRC Cypronetwork LTD has revealed. This is certainly due, at least ...

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The attorney-general on Thursday sought to downplay the implications of a court case, where the state stayed the prosecution against a man facing charges of incitement to assembly and protest ...

The transport minister visited a number of sites in Paphos on Thursday where upgrading work is currently underway. Paphos mayor, Phedonas Phedonos, briefed the minister Yiannis Karousos and the ministry’...

The proposal for a forty-metre statue in the north, dubbed the Noble Peasant, which drew international attention has been criticised by the Kyrenia municipality in the Republic. Earlier this month, ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19 and 213 new positives from island-wide testing. The new cases came from 74,926 PCR and rapid tests, for a positivity rate of 0.28 ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has sent letters to the UN secretary-general, the UN Security Council`s permanent and non-permanent members, EU institutions as well as EU heads of state and government ...

The cabinet will on Friday approve Cyprus’ National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the blueprint containing projects and reforms with a view to absorb almost €1 billion from the EU’s Recovery ...

A cat has caught Covid-19 from its owners in the north, according to the Near East University Experimental Health Sciences Research Institute (DESAM). According to the researchers cited in the ...

Two Paphos beaches will be made accessible to people with disabilities using European funds, the Cyprus paraplegic association announced on Thursday. The scheduled upgrades in Yeroskipou and Neo Chorio in ...

For the second year in a row, artists will have free access to Nicosia’s cultural venues to boost their exposure, Nicosia municipality said on Thursday. The aim is to ...

Pissouri beach got a brand new outdoor gym earlier this week, the Limassol tourism board (Etal) announced on Thursday. The gym was installed in a selected spot on the coast ...

Corruption constitutes a key factor in the public’s loss of confidence towards the state, politicians, and institutions, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said on Thursday. Speaking at an event at ...

The health ministry announced a total of 70 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...