Cyprus

Pope Francis confirmed that he is set to visit Cyprus during a tour of other European countries later this year, marking the first papal visit since 2010. Speaking to Spanish radio ...

The interest rate on consumer credit registered a decline to 3.03 per cent in July compared with 3.14 per cent in the previous month, the central bank said on Wednesday. However, the ...

The police cybercrime unit is investigating reports of death threats made against Zoe Dorothea Pana, one of the government’s coronavirus advisors. The alleged death threat was reportedly sent to ...

Admissions at the Famagusta referral hospital for Covid patients has dropped to 36 per cent of bed capacity, Amalia Hadjiyianni, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday. Speaking to the ...

Cyprus Post said on Wednesday it had suspended all post to Nigeria. “Due to the impossibility of finding air carrier for the transport of mail, the acceptance of mail of ...

Two more men aged 21 were arrested at Paphos airport for attempting to fly out of Cyprus using forged or stolen travel documents, police said on Wednesday. One of the two ...

A total of 78.6 per cent of the adult population has received the first dose of an anti-coronavirus jab, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, falling short of its target of ...

The National Council was meeting Wednesday morning discuss the latest developments on the Cyprus problem, ahead of the president’s trip to New York later this month where he will ...

Bank of Cyprus announced on Wednesday delivery of a robust performance in the first half of 2021: Revenue and profit is up, new lending has jumped to €894 million, and 96 per cent ...

A Chinese-made face mask circulating in the European market does not comply with the personal protection measures regulation and could increase risk of infection, the labour inspection department said on ...

Three businesses were fined a total of €2,000 for violating coronavirus measures after 3,028 nationwide checks in the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday. The businesses concerned a cafeteria in Nicosia that ...

Police on Wednesday morning closed a section of the Nicosia to Limassol motorway after a truck breakdown. The highway closed at 9am and re-opened an hour later.

A 24-year-old man has died, while a 30-year-old woman has been hospitalised in serious condition after they were involved in a motorcycle accident in Famagusta, police said early on Wednesday. ...

A study by the European statistical service (Eurostat) has shown that 71 per cent of Cypriots have a generally favourable view of the quality of life in Cyprus. The study takes ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides has reiterated that the only way to improve the competitiveness of the Cypriot economy is through the liberalisation of the energy market ...

A recycling programme has yet to be implemented there: it is burying almost all its solid waste Recycling in Paphos is falling dismally short of what is expected in Europe ...

Final preparations are underway on the part of the government for the restart of natural gas exploration activities offshore Cyprus, with the Exxon Mobil/Qatar Petroleum set to begin work ...

Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek took to social media on Tuesday to decry what he said was discriminatory behaviour faced by Turkish Cypriots at Larnaca airport. He said that he witnessed ...

Two people are in critical condition after they crashed into a wall while driving on a moped in Dheryneia on Tuesday evening. A young man and woman were rushed by ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 287 new cases were announced on Tuesday out of 50,341 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.57 per cent. The death of a woman, aged 59, who ...

A case filed against the state by a group of 67 people seeking an interim order against core measures enforced by the coronavirus restrictions was rejected by the Nicosia district court ...

Limassol district court issued an eight-day detention order for a 64-year-old man accused breaking into a house and stealing goods, including an army issued G3 rifle. The man was arrested ...

A massive oil slick which had been expected to hit Cape Apostolos Andreas in the Karpasia peninsula is now heading back to Syria, Turkish Cypriot authorities said on Tuesday. The ...

The deputy ministry of technology said on Tuesday that is has made available an app allowing the public and businesses to verify the validity of the EU digital covid certificate (...