Less than 20 per cent of land covered by forest
Cyprus is one of the five EU countries where less than 20 per of the land is covered by forest, the latest Eurostat figures show.
In 2020, only around 1 per cent of ...
Man fined €500, given points for speeding
A man driving at nearly double the speed limit was slapped with four penalty points and a fine of €500 by the Paralimni district court on Monday.
Police arrested him in ...
Coronavirus: 220 individuals, two businesses booked for breaking protocols
Police booked 220 individuals and two businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols in a day, from 6am on Sunday until 6am on Monday.
During this time, 11,816 checks were carried out, 2,879 in Nicosia, 2,265 ...
The beauty of nature
For one local photographer, what can be seen in the great outdoors makes life worth living, although he fears the change inflicted on it by hordes of visitors
With increasing ...
Coronavirus: One death, 336 new cases (updated)
One person died from coronavirus on Sunday as the ministry of health announced 336 new cases.
The new cases were among 47,306, meaning a positivity rate of 0.71 per cent was recorded.
The ...
Turkey, the EU and the ‘positive agenda’
Cyprus will be on its own at the upcoming Council meeting
THE eagerly-awaited European Council of March 25-26, which the Cyprus government had hoped would take punitive measures against Turkey ...
Coronavirus: Police investigate as video shows people dancing at Limassol venue
Police launched an investigation on Sunday after a video posted on social media showed people inside a Limassol taverna dancing.
The video posted on Instagram shows several people dancing, in ...
Speed and no seatbelts major factors in sobering road accident stats
Cyprus saw over 10,000 road accidents in 12 years with 729 fatalities
The majority of fatal traffic accidents’ victims in Cyprus are men, while most of those killed failed to wear a seatbelt ...
Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Monday
The ministry of health on Sunday afternoon announced 54 testing sites on Monday for rapid Covid-19 tests.
It also reminded that all those who go to work are required to take ...
Government hits back after Akel accuses it of only caring about wealthy foreigners (updated, pics)
Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Sunday took the opportunity of the International Day against Racism to accuse the government of not caring about foreigners, just how wealthy they were.
At ...
Coronavirus: Primary school parents to join demo against online learning on Monday
Parents of primary age children will join a demonstration outside the Presidential palace on Monday to protest the ongoing online lessons for gymnasium students, they announced on Sunday.
The Pancyprian ...
Coronavirus: Postponed vaccines can be rebooked as of Monday
After confirmation from the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organisation last week about the safety and efficacy of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the ministry of health on Sunday ...
Polis mayor says all communities in the area should be merged into one entity
Mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis Papachristofi said on Sunday he is in favour of the integration of the Municipality with all surrounding communities, amid discussions for holding a referendum on ...
FM slams Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul convention
The decision by Turkey to withdraw from the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention is alarming and deeply regrettable, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
“Yet another example of the ...
Cyprus issues anti-Navtex in response to Turkish message
The Cypriot authorities have issued an anti-Navtex after a Navtex was issued on Saturday by Turkey for exercises in the Bay of Morphou, sources told the Cyprus News Agency on ...
Turkish Cypriots hold demo for freedom of speech, solution
Parties, organisations and unions held a demonstration on Saturday night in north Nicosia against freedom of speech under the slogan ‘We are not Afraid. We will not be Silenced’.
Around 200 ...
Confusion over validity of rapid saliva tests
Parents angered over ministry’s refusal to accept them despite being on its own approved list
Rapid saliva tests for coronavirus, an alternative to nasal rapid and PCR tests, have ...
Coronavirus: Effect of relaxed measures to be seen soon
The effect of illegal carnival gatherings last weekend and the relaxations of measures last Tuesday will start to be seen by the epidemiological team as of this coming Tuesday, a ...
FM to leave for EU Foreign Affairs Council on Turkish relations
EU Turkish relations will be discussed by the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday, for which Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will depart later on Sunday.
The Council will ...
Police looking for people who cut green line barbed wire
Police were on Sunday continuing their search for the people who cut part of the barbed wire that has been put along a section of the buffer zone to prevent ...
Coronavirus: Eight businesses, 118 people booked
Eight businesses and 118 people were charged for violating coronavirus decrees in the 24 hours up to 6am on Sunday.
The businesses were in Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaca and Famagusta.
Two were charged ...
Coronavirus: All but one PCR results from air base negative (updated)
All the PCR tests but one on 26 people at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos taken have come back negative.
The tests were taken after 26 out of 75 soldiers at ...
Cyprus makes strides in becoming a technology hub
For the first time, a comprehensive effort is underway to make the island a technology hub
Cyprus is framing a comprehensive, holistic policy to compete as a technology hub, Invest ...
Fight continues over future of Akamas
Less than two years before the government’s proposed Akamas national park sustainable plan is due to be implemented, environmentalists and landowners in the area remain as deeply divided as ...