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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 ...

A mobile unit will vaccinate 230 people aged 65 and older in Athienou on Saturday, the Athienou municipality announced on Friday. “The ministry of health has listened to a request from the ...

Cyprus has the third lowest share of women in managerial positions among the EU member states, Eurostat reported on Friday. In the third quarter of 2020, women accounted for only around ...

In 24 hours from Thursday until Friday morning police checked 13,601 individuals for violations of coronavirus protocols and booked 187 of them, including seven business owners. According to the police press office, 3,579 checks ...

Athalassa hospital has reached 120 per cent capacity, mental health nurses said on Thursday and called on the government to implement a plan to protect staff and patients. Increased admissions during ...

A 25-year-old woman was said to be in a serious condition on Thursday after she was involved in a car accident in Limassol Police said the accident occurred on the ...

A 77-year-old man, reported earlier as a missing person, was on Thursday found dead in an open space at the Ayios Athanasios area of Limassol. The man, a resident of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to convey to Turkey that it must refrain from further provocations in the region or any action that might impact the ...

Paphos criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 12 months in prison, having earlier found him guilty on the charge of possessing child pornography. Beyond the jail sentence, the ...

Starting on May 1 British nationals vaccinated against the coronavirus will be allowed entry into Cyprus without any restrictions, deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Thursday. “We have informed the ...

Opposition MPs on Thursday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of playing ‘hide and seek’ over his private trips to the Seychelles using aircraft operated by a Saudi businessman who benefited from ...

Authorities on Thursday announced that 384 more people have tested positive for the coronavirus, while no new deaths were recorded. In total, 39,807 tests (PCR and antigen rapid) were carried out. The 384 ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced that 42 people tested positive for the coronavirus among 7,576 samples taken from schools islandwide. The tests were carried out among pupils, over the age of 12, ...

In order to spread some festive cheer around town, Limassol’s Carnival King toured the city on ‘stinky Thursday’, a tradition observed each year to mark the beginning of the ...

The leaders of the two largest parties on Thursday held a “sincere” discussion ahead of the informal five-way conference on Cyprus in late April, both stressing they will never stray ...

Limassol police are investigating a labour accident after a 22-year-old fell from a nine-metre height in a construction site in Moni area. The injured man is hospitalised in Limassol general ...

Cyprus’ coronavirus vaccination programme found itself at the centre of domestic political infighting on Thursday, with opposition parties blasting the government for bad planning and Disy countering that vaccinations were ...