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A 38-year-old man under police detention escaped from the Eden rehabilitation centre where he was being treated for Covid, police said on Friday. The suspect, initially arrested for burglary cases ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis praised parliament’s passing of a bill which will overhaul the way in which minors are treated and handled across the justice system. According to Yiolitis, ...

The labour inspection department issued a safety warning on Friday concerning a face mask sold in the European Union market. Swiss Myfixmask protective mask with the filter grade of N-95 “...

The funeral of former Interior and Defence Minister Socratis Hasikos who died earlier this week will take place on Sunday in the presence of the president, the defence ministry said ...

Four nuns at a Nicosia-based monastery reportedly tested positive to Covid-19, it emerged on Friday. The cases were traced to the female Panagia Pantanassa Monastery in Kotsiatis, which will be ...

Strovolos locals were urged by the municipality on Friday to respect public property following repeated damage to parking meters in the area. Ticket machines in public parking spaces are being ...

The Covid-19 ward at Larnaca general hospital has in the last few days admitted younger patients with more serious problems, head of the pulmonary ward Ioannis Demetriades said on Friday. “...

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 ...

Police fined 146 individuals and four businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols from Thursday until Friday. Of the 10,892 checks which were carried out 692 were conducted by traffic police and 87 by marine police. ...

Temperatures are set to drop sharply on Saturday, with snow expected to fall in the higher mountains but they will increase by Monday, the met office announced. On Friday, temperatures ...

Cyprus professionals have mixed feelings about the proposal from the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to establish a global minimum corporate tax. “It’s impractical and makes no sense in ...

Invest Cyprus, a government agency tasked with promoting Cyprus as an attractive destination for doing business in a wide range of industries and market segments, has launched a new initiative ...

Food, clothing and footwear became more expensive in Cyprus during the coronavirus pandemic, while fuel and electricity prices dropped, statistics released on Thursday showed. According to infographics prepared by the ...

Parliament on Thursday amended a law allowing for civil lawsuits to be filed against former officers or executives of the now-defunct cooperative bank. By a unanimous vote, following a terse ...

Only people aged 59-60 will be eligible to book a slot for a Covid vaccination on Friday, 9 April, the health ministry has said. In a press release issued late Thursday ...

A professional soldier in the north had to attend his wedding party in Turkey virtually because he was unable to travel due to pandemic restrictions, it emerged on Thursday. According ...

The government granted citizenships to 221 foreign investors without applying regulations passed by parliament in August 2020, MPs heard on Thursday. According to the auditor-general, between August 2020 and February 2021, the government granted 221 ...

To date two persons in Cyprus receiving vaccines for Covid have developed blood clots, neither fatal, an official said Thursday as the head of the scientific advisory team reiterated that ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 622 new cases of Covid–19 on Thursday after performing 47,547 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.31 per cent. The deaths concerned a woman ...

Members of the bicommunal Cypriot Songs Association found an ingenious way to perform together again after a long hiatus due to the pandemic restrictions. The group, Σύνδεσμος Κυπριακού Τραγουδιού/Kıbrıs Havaları ...

State health service (Okypy) officials held a meeting with representatives of the state nurses’ union Pasyno on Thursday do dissuade them from staging a two-day strike beginning at 7am on ...

An open row erupted on Thursday between the ministries of education and health over contact tracing of positive coronavirus cases in schools, embarrassing the government and perplexing public opinion. The ...

Civil servants in the north went on strike on Thursday over a freeze on the cost-of-living increment for four months. Hundreds of civil servants marched to ‘parliament’ to protest over ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Thursday visited Swedish power metal band Sabaton’s merchandise warehouse in Limassol from where the band ships goods to fans all over the world. Karousos, ...