Cyprus

A 24-year-old man found guilty of shooting and injuring his ex-girlfriend because she had broken up with him was handed a two-and-half-year jail sentence on Tuesday by the Larnaca-Famagusta Criminal ...

The health ministry announced that 52 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. Self-employed ...

A five-year-old child at the centre of a custody battle will remain with his mother in Cyprus until March 4, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. An appeal hearing after a ...

Four criminal investigators were on Tuesday appointed by the independent authority investigating complaints against police to look into how heavy-handed officers’ behaviour was against protestors at Saturday’s demonstration against ...

Nicosia municipality will cut down nearly 90 trees as part of the revamp of Makarios Avenue, it was announced on Tuesday. The decision was approved by the forestry department, the municipality ...

Cypriots produced 642 kg of municipal waste per person in 2019, the fourth highest rate in the European Union, according to figures published by Eurostat on Tuesday. It said that almost 225 million ...

Hellenic Bank on Tuesday warned clients about an upsurge in electronic fraud and urged them not to share any of their details. In an announcement, the bank said that in ...

Excess mortality in the EU peaked at 40.4 per cent in November 2020, at 25.4 per cent in May 2020 for Cyprus The number of deaths in the EU in the Spring 2020 started to ...

Three Russian nationals were fined a combined total of €900 by Akrotiri police for having a picnic on South Paramali beach on Sunday. In a press release on Tuesday, the British ...

Nearly one in three of food and drink establishments will not be able to reopen once coronavirus restrictions are lifted, Neophytos Thrasyvoulou, who chairs Osika, the association representing them, told ...

Vaccination appointments for those aged 74 and over will be available from Wednesday morning, 9am, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. A total of 9,096 applications for vaccination appointments will be available ...

A second protest march against state authoritarianism has been announced for next Saturday, following scenes of police brutality in their efforts to disperse protesters at last weekend’s demonstration. “The ...

Hollywood actor Julian Sands is in Cyprus until February 24 as he begins shooting for his role in the upcoming horror film The Ghosts of Monday. Having starred alongside actors such ...

The government’s cash reserves amounted to €3.84 billion at the end-2020, approximately 20 per cent of the island’s GDP, despite pressure on both public finances and the economy due to ...

The personal data protection commissioner on Tuesday warned managers of rapid antigen testing locations to ensure staff do not shout out personal info of tested individuals when handing over test ...

Larnaca municipality and local communities on Tuesday expressed their opposition to the relocation of the two Dali asphalt plants to the coastal district. “Residents are tired of Larnaca being the ...

The civil registry and migration department has relocated to 90, Archbishop Makarios Avenue in Nicosia, the department announced on Tuesday. Under the health ministry’s decree to contain the spread of ...

Fulfilling a long-standing request by Dherynia Municipality, four buildings that belonged to the now defunct co-op have been renovated to be used by the town’s residents. In a statement ...

The epidemiological data in Cyprus are at a turning point as regards tourism, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios has said, stressing that at a time when the whole of ...

Only four employees of 4743 working at 1277 business that were inspected in the week of February 8 to 12 were found not to have taken a rapid antigen coronavirus test, the health ministry ...

Roads around Troodos are open only to vehicles equipped with snow chains or four-wheel drive due to light snow fall in the area, police warned on Tuesday morning. The affected ...

Larnaca police on Monday arrested a woman suspected of stealing a car in Limassol on Friday. Officers who were investigating the theft of the car spotted a vehicle resembling the ...

Police carried out 8,925 checks aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus from Monday until Tuesday and booked 67 individuals for violations of protocols. According to a statement, 3,422 inspections were conducted ...

The House finance committee on Monday discussed two bills extending tax breaks to landlords who rent to businesses stricken by the coronavirus crisis, which aim at convincing them to voluntarily ...