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Cyprus’ decision to allow vaccinated Britons’ entry to the country ahead of the rest of the EU was spurred by the bloc’s reluctance to take a decisive stance on ...

Three businesses and 213 people were booked during the last 24 hours for violations of measures against the spread of coronavirus police said on Saturday. Between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday, 12,754 checks ...

Alix Norman speaks to Cyprus’ Canine Clinical Massage therapist about how to help your dog lead a happier, healthier life Athena can rehabilitate injuries, release sore muscles, speed up post-operative ...

21CY01 Technical Support for capacity building and methodological support for the effective preparation and implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan 130,000 21CY06 Preparation and implementation of green taxation reform in ...

The development of two organised beaches in turtle nesting areas has been on the agenda since 2012, the fisheries department said on Friday, clarifying that despite “misleading reports”, the goal is ...

EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on Friday there was “a real opportunity” that needed to be seized, following a meeting he had on Friday in Nicosia with President Nicos ...

Everyone has the right to keep their children from going to school if they don’t want them tested for coronavirus but they shouldn’t complain later about their inability ...

The health ministry on Friday announced 273 new cases of Covid-19 from a record 57,926 PCR and rapid tests which yielded a positivity rate of 0.47 per cent. No new deaths reported and ...

Cyprus has seen a significant drop in Covid-19 deaths despite an increased positivity rate, the health ministry announced on Friday. Between February 19 and February 26, the number of Covid-related deaths on ...

The health ministry announced that 69 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Nick Theodoulou The tourism deal struck between Cyprus and the UK – assuring travel without restrictions for Britons who have been vaccinated – has jumpstarted a surge of ...

The House legal affairs committee is expected expedite approval of a bill for court hearings relating to foreclosure cases by the end of March, its chairman Giorgos Georgiou said on ...

The Nicosia tourism board (Etap) announced on Friday that works would start within the month for the creation of a nature trail between Pigainia and Mosfili villages in the Tylliria ...

The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage announced on Friday the completion of conservation works on important monuments and announced that it plans on working on several mosques across the island. ...

Cyprus will face a third wave of coronavirus if people do not abide by health protocols after the relaxation of measures, a member of the ministry’s epidemiological team warned ...

Police fined more than 450 people for various traffic offences in the last 24 hours, as part of efforts to prevent serious and fatal road accidents. The announcement came as a 25-year-old ...

The reopening of restaurants and cafés is still set to take place as scheduled on March 16, it emerged on Friday, despite an increase in daily Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations ...

Covid-19 cannot be transmitted through semen, recent studies by Cryos International Sperm and Egg Bank, which includes a location in Nicosia, have shown. The study examined samples from men with ...

Establishing Limassol as the main port of choice in the Eastern Mediterranean remains the vision of DP World Limassol port, its CEO Nawaf Adbulla said on Friday. Speaking four years ...

Nurses at Athalassa mental hospital were due to start an impromptu two-hour work stoppage on Friday demanding quality health care for patients and better staff protection. Pasydy mental health professionals ...

Limassol has turned into a ‘dark red’ zone according to the categorisation of the European centre for disease prevention and control (ECDC), as it accounted for 68 per cent of recent ...

The deadline for applications to register to vote in the May 30 parliamentary elections is April 2, the interior ministry has announced. Eligible voters are citizens of the Republic, ordinarily resident in ...

Hourly-paid workers in state hospitals will hold a two-hour strike on March 10 to protest the state health service’s (Okypy) failure to properly address the situation created by the coronavirus ...

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 ...