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A 17-year-old girl is suspected of trying to break into the Peyia police station while officers were out on patrol Sunday evening. According to police, after they returned from patrol ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday and that 912 people had tested positive from 53,715 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.7 ...

No cases of the Covid Omicron variant found so far in Cyprus have needed hospitalisation, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday during a visit to the Famagusta reference hospital. ...

Flights to and from Cypriot airports in Larnaca and Paphos continue to operate normally despite widespread cancellations of international flights that have affected thousands of passengers at many airports around ...

Loan restructurings in the Cypriot banking system edged close to €2 billion in the first ten months of 2021, marking the highest figure according to Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) records which ...

Police said on Sunday that there was heavy traffic on the Karvounas-Troodos-Platres road and urged motorists to drive cautiously and to comply with traffic signals and police instructions. The depth ...

Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias, who served two terms between 2005 and 2015, died on Sunday at the age of 92, the presidency said. Papoulias, who was also foreign minister in 1985-89 and 1993...

Traffic police appeared to have a quiet time on Christmas Day but booked several offenders in the early hours of Sunday, they said. As part of checks in the early ...

Rapid testing sites for Monday, December 27. Eligible groups must bring, in addition to their ID: Certificate of completed vaccination Evidence that a person has been ill with COVID-19 for the ...

A motorcyclist, 31, is in critical condition at the Nicosia General Hospital after suffering head injures in the early hours of Sunday when he crashed his vehicle into two parked cars. ...

South Africa’s Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, visited Cyprus on a number of occasions more than a decade ago when he chaired a group of global peacemakers ...

Paphos hoteliers have issued an SOS for staff and are calling on the government to plan early for the 2022 tourist season. The Paphos president of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), ...

All walk-in centres will be open on Monday and Tuesday only for students who want a third shot. According to the Ministry of Health, as part of its efforts to ...

Police booked ten individuals and five businesses for Covid violations between 6am Saturday and 6am on Sunday during 2,627 checks. There were 1,097 inspections in Nicosia with no bookings. In Limassol 310 inspections ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced that one person had died of Covid and that 268 had tested positive from 16,231 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.65 per cent. Case ...

Through food and culture, a YouTube channel looks at what it means to be from the island. Eleni Philippou meets the woman behind it Christmas is a time of family ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites, 44 in total, for Sunday, December 26, in all districts, for eligible groups. To get tested people need to present their ID, passport or driver’...

Police stepped up their Covid checks at on Christmas Eve fining 24 individuals and five businesses for violations during 3,585 checks. Between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday, seven people were fined for ...

In his Christmas message, Archbishop Chrysostomos called on the faithful not to forget their fighting spirit because the “behaviour of the invader” does not allow for any complacency. The message ...

Merry Christmas! Today is the end of Advent, a period which references the Latin adventus, or the ‘arrival’ of Christ. But there’s a lot more to the last few ...

The European Union and the Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People Valdis Dombrovskis launched an initiative this week to further restrict tax evasion through the use of ...

Cyprus has seen a 67 per cent increase in full-time researchers during the previous decade, according to a report released earlier this month by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European ...

It’s not a lockdown this year, but the spread of Omicron has scuppered many family festive reunions As people are forced to spend yet another Christmas blighted by Covid-19, ...

Two people died from Covid and 917 new infections were detected after 112,532 tests, a positivity rate of 0.81 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. The deaths concern two men, both 91. ...