Cyprus

Cyprus’ 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate for coronavirus hit a new record high with 1,145.6 per 100,000 residents but fewer elderly people appear to be infected and hospitalised, as a result of vaccinations, ...

The body of a 65-year-old amateur fisherman was found floating in the sea near Liopetri, Famagusta police said on Friday. Police said the body was spotted by a passerby around 11.30...

Population in Cyprus will grow by 10 to 20 per cent until 2050, Eurostat estimates published on Friday show. The current population is 875,899 according to Eurostat and the World Bank. According to other ...

Planting Spring-blooming bulbs in Cyprus can be a bit of a gamble. The anticipated riot of colour that follows the planning and planting of Autumn-planted bulbs can turn out to ...

Russia said Thursday it supported the internationally acknowledged basis for a bizonal, bicommunal federal solution in Cyprus and reform of the guarantees system, one of the most thorny issues of ...

The ministry of health on Friday published some reminders with regards to the coronavirus measures that will be in force during the Easter weekend. The country is in strict lockdown ...

Police booked two establishments and 110 individuals for breaching coronavirus protocols in 24 hours from 6am on Thursday until 6am on Friday. 10,028 premises and individuals were checked during this time. The details ...

A cyber safety help line coordinated by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute received calls from 683 individuals in the first quarter of 2021, but more than half of these concerned Covid-19 and not ...

Two people arrested in connection with the possession of illegal drugs and other items were remanded on Friday by the Limassol district court. On Thursday afternoon, members of the drug ...

Police have arrested four youngsters in Limassol in connection with disturbing the public peace and starting a fire. At 9.45pm on Thursday police were informed that teenagers had set fire ...

Cyprus was 12th among the top choices by groups of adults, and 12th among the best picks for family travel, according to a survey of 5,000 consumers using the metasearch site ...

New Zealand cheesemakers are upset over moves by the European Union to grant exclusive use of the term halloumi to the Cypriot producers, NewstalkZB reported on Thursday. Earlier this month, ...

Police officers and cadets gave blood on Thursday to boost blood banks which last week had issued an urgent appeal to donors amid depleted stocks. According to an announcement, police ...

Cyprus had by April 26 taken delivery of 436,040 doses of Covid-19 vaccines the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday citing a document distributed in the committee of permanent representatives (COREPER). It ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced two more deaths from Covid-19, and 668 new positives to the coronavirus from islandwide testing. The two latest deaths are a man aged 75, unvaccinated against ...

The special parliamentary committee on the source of funds of state officials has always adhered to the relevant legislation, as it stands, and cannot be accused of a cover-up, House ...

During the month of April the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) has exhumed additional human remains at an excavation site in Bellapais in the north, bringing the total ...

‘Pafos Zoo’ has welcomed the successful breeding of a rare parrot. In 2018, the zoo brought four pairs of the birds, ‘yellow-fronted parrots,’ (Poicephalus flavifrons) from Ethiopia in Africa with the ...

A fire that broke out in the industrial area in the Larnaca district was brought under control late on Thursday, but not before it gutted a warehouse. Fire service spokesman ...

Some residents of Akaki, outside Nicosia, were up in arms Thursday after they discovered that access to their homes and properties had been restricted by the installation of razor wire ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old man wanted on suspicion of shooting and slightly injuring another man, 19, in Limassol in August last year. The suspect had fled to the north ...

Bruno’s natural place is not in an army camp, the Animal Party said in response to environment commissioner Klelia Vasiliou’s calls for the stray to be adopted by ...

More than 35,000 animals have been slaughtered for the Easter table this year, some 8,500 more than last year as consumers opt for local meat because of costlier imports. Veterinary services head ...

The Game Fund warned Thursday that fines for killing or harassing any species of wildlife were particularly strict between March and August because it is considered a reproduction season. In ...