Cyprus

About 700 war-disabled lost free access to health care following the introduction of the national health scheme (Gesy), MPs heard on Tuesday. Speaking at the House refugee committee, the head of ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday wrapped up discussion of a government bill introducing a new scheme for settling arrears in social insurance contributions, with a view to taking the item to the ...

A new food delivery service has launched on the island, with couriers bearing orange Rocket backpacks already fulfilling orders in Nicosia. Cyprus has become the first stop in the international ...

Nicosia police said on Tuesday they were investigating premeditated murder following the discovery of the body of a woman in the buffer zone near Athienou. The body, believed to be ...

One death and 365 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday by the health ministry. The death concerns a 90-year-old man with underlying conditions. He was being treated at the Limassol ...

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CySO) is essentially operating unregulated despite being almost 100 per cent funded by the state, the Audit Office said on Tuesday. In a special report on the ...

Even if agreement was reached on political equality it would not mean the Cyprus problem would be solved since other aspects needed to also be agreed on, Foreign Minister Nikos ...

Limassol Bishop Athanasios tested on Tuesday positive for coronavirus during the weekly rapid tests given at the bishopric. The bishop’s PCR test results confirmed he was positive to the ...

NGO Laona Foundation is organising a bicommunal eco-journalism workshop for young journalists in early April. The NGO’s efforts are focused on the conservation and regeneration of the Cypriot countryside, ...

Despite the global travel crisis brought about by Covid restrictions, the Ayia Napa marina welcomed more than 100 vessels last summer, its operators said on Tuesday during a tour of the ...

Two Limassol-based Green MP candidates have withdrawn from the upcoming parliamentary elections after another party candidate verbally assaulted a female minister. Actress Melanie Steliou Nicolaou announced her withdrawal in a ...

A total of 42 free rapid testing sites will operate nationwide on Wednesday according to the health ministry. The sites target the testing of the public including the mandatory weekly testing ...

Beijing is committed to respecting the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Cyprus, Chinese Ambassador Liu Yantao assured House President Adamos Adamou during a meeting on Tuesday. Adamou and Liu ...

Despite signs of stabilisation, current figures reflect the wide spread of coronavirus in the community with the next few days expected to provide a clearer picture, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will attend celebrations organised in Athens for Thursday, to commemorate 200 years since the 1821 Greek War of Independence. Anastasiades will represent Cyprus at the military parade that will ...

Absurd amounts of food people pile on their plates at buffets in restaurants end up in rubbish bins, newly published research by the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) shows. ...

Limassol district court on Tuesday remanded a 19-year-old man for seven days on suspicion of illegal drug possession with intent to sell. According to the police, the man was arrested ...

Gymnasium students will continue distance learning until the end of the month, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday. Speaking after the cabinet meeting which was expected to discuss the ...

The decision to close primary schools in Covid hotspot Limassol is apparently yielding results as fewer pupils have been infected, according to data published by the contact tracing team on ...

The five pensioners who died from coronavirus over the last four days had not been vaccinated, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Following the death of five people over 80 due ...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal for a single referendum to be held on local authority reform whose discussion has been dragging on for years amid opposition from political ...

Presidential aide Victoras Papadopoulos has tested positive for coronavirus, forcing three other senior presidential staffers to quarantine, it emerged on Tuesday. Reports said Papadopoulos had symptoms, but a rapid test ...

Three frontline health professionals who opted not to receive a vaccine have tested positive for coronavirus, as around 50 per cent of state hospital staff were unvaccinated, officials said on Tuesday. ...

Rapid tests and their use have come in for a fresh round of criticism, with complaints that some are of poor quality, which raises concerns of profiteering. “The way in ...