Cyprus

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday said it was very important to increase the tax department’s efficiency, citing its role as a source of funding for the state’s ...

More than €200 million in EU funds has been allocated to improve the competitiveness of Cypriot businesses between 2021 and 2027, but the full absorption of this amount could be endangered by a ...

Europa Donna’s annual pink silhouettes march that aims to raise awareness on breast cancer will be replaced this year with a torch race to be streamed live in a ...

Cyprus on Thursday will be on red alert for forest fires, the forestry department said on Wednesday, calling on the public to be particularly careful, as strong winds up to ...

Admissions at Famagusta general hospital are falling but the average age of patients is rising, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday as walk-in centres opened for third doses. “...

The animal police unit may be small, but it is a good start for Cyprus, officer in charge Vyronas Vyronos said on Wednesday in response to the Green party’s ...

Cyprus ranks third for car ownership in the EU with 645 cars per thousand inhabitants, according to a Eurostat study. The highest number of cars per thousand inhabitants in 2019 was recorded ...

Promising therapies against Covid-19 are to be the central message during EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ visit to Cyprus this week. She has said that vaccinations are not the only ...

A six-day remand was issued by the Paphos district court on Wednesday against two men involving a case of forged ID. The two men, aged 20 and 26, tried to travel to ...

With relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia at an all time high, September 23 will mark Saudi National Day, which celebrates the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, was called off because the cleric attended the opening of the ‘Turkish House’ in New York, media reports ...

The health ministry on Wednesday sounded the alarm regarding a general lack of blood supplies in hospitals in Cyprus. According to an official statement, the need for blood in the ...

Delta variant of coronavirus remained dominant between late June and September 12, the health ministry said on Wednesday, being detected in all the recently tested samples. The Β.1.617.2 variant was detected in 100 ...

Limassol police are investigating an email fraud case after a 41-year-old businessman reported he lost more than €38,000. The case was reported to the police on September 14, with the complainant claiming ...

A cafeteria in Nicosia was fined €16,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass, as part of daily checks for coronavirus measures that saw eight more businesses and 21 individuals booked, ...

A 37-year-old Paphos resident was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of assaulting two other men. The incident emerged after the three men visited the Paphos general hospital with multiple injuries. ...

A 13-year-old boy has been hospitalised after his classmate allegedly pushed him down the stairs at a school in Paphos. According to secondary education officer Giorgos Koutsides, the boy fell ...

President Anastasiades said on Wednesday that his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had taken place in a creative atmosphere. The president, in New York for the UN’s ...

71 community councils have been exempted from contributing to the construction cost of various small-scale projects amounting to €5.2 million in total. The councils’ contributions will instead be sourced from savings made ...

The ancient art of falconry has a part to play in modern conservation By Constantinos Antoniou Who can imagine our island as a Mediterranean wildlife oasis where nobles, knights and ...

A small aircraft that has been in Cyprus since 2019 and is currently parked at Paphos airport is being guarded until UN experts arrive to inspect a possible connection with arms ...

Covid-19 antibody tests provide “useful information” but cannot be solely relied upon to show a person has built immunity against the virus, experts reiterated on Tuesday as their use is ...

People on remand and defendants receiving custodial sentences will be temporarily held at police stations after several coronavirus infections were detected in the central prisons, police there confirmed on Tuesday. ...

The government has finished examining all pending applications filed under the – now defunct – citizenship-by-investment programme, and has duly briefed the European Union, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. The ...