Cyprus

Airport traffic in February fell to a paltry six per cent of that of the same month two years ago, although an uptick in air travel is expected – or hoped ...

Limassol police arrested a 23-year-old on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing a watch worth €120,000 from a gym locker at a hotel in the town’s centre. Police said the theft ...

Cyprus’ management of the coronavirus pandemic relies on a two-pronged strategy of testing and vaccination, the health ministry said Tuesday, answering criticism in the media and by various scientists that ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has told the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres he is ready and determined to engage with true political will in the talks during an informal meeting on ...

Conservative Christians, most notably the bishop of Morphou, continue to voice their concerns over Cyprus’ El Diablo Eurovision song-contest entry, while a demonstration is planned for Saturday. The demonstration organised ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday unveiled a €4m, 17-point plan of action aiming to encourage cycling as an alternative form of transport. He told a press conference that the ...

EU and UN officials are expected in Cyprus in the coming days, ahead of the informal conference on Cyprus that will take place on April 27-29 in Geneva and this ...

The Nicosia parcel office on Prodromou Avenue will open on Saturday March 6 to better serve the public, the postal services announced on Tuesday. Due to the accumulation of parcels received ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has convened meetings with hospital authorities and epidemiology experts on Tuesday, amid what appears to be a resurgence of coronavirus infections. Ioannou was scheduled to meet ...

The health ministry announced that 17,496 vaccination slots will be opening on Wednesday for people aged 69 and above. Appointments can be made from 9am onwards. Three vaccines will be available at ...

A 72-year-old man reported to police on Monday afternoon that his wallet containing a large amount of money was stolen from his car which he had left unlocked. He said ...

During 24 hours from 6am on Monday until 6am on Tuesday police carried out 12,288 checks to curb the spread of Covid-19 and booked 156 individuals, the vast majority, 89, in Limassol. One of ...

Paphos police are investigating the theft of money and jewellery from a house in Tala. The 74-ear-old owner of the house, a British national, reported to police on Monday evening ...

The department of meteorology issued a yellow weather alert for Tuesday, in place from noon until 6pm. “Isolated heavy thunderstorms are likely to affect the area. Shower rates may exceed 35...

New bus-stop signs incorporating ‘Quick Response’ (QR) codes have been installed along electric bus routes in Paphos according to the municipality. “Now at the disposal of passengers are special information ...

The Paphos Greens have hit out at “out of control dumping” it says is an ongoing problem all over the island, in particular in Paphos. This was brought to the ...

Unauthorised companies are offering red button services of questionable quality to the elderly the House human rights committee heard on Monday. It is not known who these companies are, what ...

Media professionals in the north along with hundreds of their supporters marched on Monday afternoon in support of freedom of expression in the press. Organised by press workers’ union Basin ...

The health ministry announced 302 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Monday. As no new deaths were recorded, total deaths remain at 231, of whom 154 were men and 77 women with ...

Authorities on Monday justified the decision to postpone for a week the return of junior high-school pupils to classrooms citing the coronavirus cases recently detected in schools, warning things could ...

The government on Monday rejected a law proposal submitted by main opposition Akel to change the process of referring substance addicted prisoners for treatment at an outside centre. The proposal, ...

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for offences concerning child sexual abuse while arguing that the time has come to review ...

Cyta CEO Andreas Neocleous in a recent interview with the Cyprus Mail raised an interesting point regarding the implementation of 5G and the resulting facilitation of advanced technology solutions on ...

The health ministry announced that 56 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. All ...