Cyprus

As part of its efforts to educate the public about Cypriot flora, the agriculture ministry chose Origanum cordifolium, a “jewel of the mountains” as its plant of the month for ...

The supreme court on Thursday handed down suspended two-month jail sentences and €3,000 fines to two women found guilty of racially assaulting a Russian woman in a Larnaca parking lot in 2019, ...

Police checks have been beefed up and over the past 24 hours 2,500 checks led to 28 individuals and two business owners being fined, police said on Thursday. There were a further 900 checks ...

Paphos continues to rank first among all districts as regards vaccination coverage the health ministry said on Thursday. The target for 65 per cent of the population to have received a ...

A Greek Cypriot man from Xylophagou was convicted for the illegal possession of a shotgun whilst banned from using one and for possessing a shotgun and explosives in a game ...

Cypriot citizens and permanent residents abroad have contacted the Cyprus Mail asking how they can obtain the EU’s Digital Covid Certificate, which officially launched on July 1. The answer is: ...

Police raided the offices of football team Doxa Katokopias on Wednesday evening to look for evidence regarding a case of suspected match fixing, money laundering and conspiracy. The raid follows ...

Medium voltage power lines between the communities of Marathounta and Episkopi were insulated as part of LIFE Bonelli Eastmed, a project dedicated to the conservation and protection of the Bonelli’...

The island is at a “critical juncture” regarding the pandemic, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday, while anticipating that hospitalisations will increase further following a surge in cases ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris is expected to discuss immigration issues with his Serbian counterpart during his two-day trip to Serbia that gets underway later on Thursday. Nouris, who travels to ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested after attempting to leave the island by presenting the ID of a different person at Paphos airport, police said on Thursday. According to a police ...

Paphos police arrested two men aged 33 and 27 on suspicion of breaking into and stealing €17,000 worth of clothing and other items from an Emba home. The burglary was reported to the ...

A truck driver has died after a traffic accident on the Ayia Napa to Larnaca motorway, police said on Thursday. Stavros Panteli, 65, was driving a large truck at around 9.30pm ...

Cyprus ranked third highest among EU member states in terms of percentage of people aged 16 to 74 with an active social media account in 2020. Around 78 per cent of people interviewed in ...

The health ministry said Wednesday inspections had uncovered a batch of a frozen pork product on the market containing salmonella. Batch 0621 of the product, Pork Roll with Mincemeat sold at ...

Part of Famagusta Avenue in Larnaca was renamed Demetris Christofias Avenue on Wednesday in honour of the former president who died two years ago. Akel leader Andros Kyprianou said at ...

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, arrived in Limassol port on Wednesday. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, that departed from Portsmouth on May 22, ...

The health ministry announced 429 new positive cases of coronavirus on Wednesday out of 36,239 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.18 per cent. No deaths were announced. There are 54 people ...

The met office has issued a new, weather warning over high temperatures. A yellow warning was issued for 8.30pm Wednesday until 5pm Thursday for high temperatures. It is expected that ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday said the state would do its best to help provide answers to the questions tormenting the family of a 26-year-old soldier who was believed to ...

Migrant support NGO Kisa has censured a court decision that upheld its deregistration by the interior ministry, saying it had failed to examine or justify key aspects of violations of ...

Greece and Cyprus are strengthening their cooperation over tourism, with particular emphasis on the promotion of cruises, tourism officials said on Wednesday. The two countries’ deputy ministers of tourism, Greece’...

Cyprus processed a record number of asylum applications in the first three months of 2021 with the European Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) help, head Nina Gregori said during a visit ...

An expert witness testified on Wednesday that former Kition bishop Chrysostomos is suffering from frontotemporal dementia and cannot follow court proceedings in two separate cases of rape and indecent assault ...