Cyprus

Paphos has won another European award, the local tourism board has announced. The Paphos Regional Board of Tourism has been awarded, ‘Best Strategy in Creative Tourism Development 2020’, by the creative ...

Police said Monday were investigating a blast at the Latsia health centre in Nicosia, which currently operates as a vaccination centre. No one was injured in the blast, which was ...

The House interior committee appears to favour harsher punishments for people smugglers and their accomplices, chairperson Eleni Mavrou said on Monday. MPs discussed the proposed changes to the law upgrading ...

Three people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday, as 120 new infections were detected from 27,248 tests, a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent. The ...

Lawmakers on Monday said the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) must remain a public utility, but urged the state-run power corporation to give back to taxpayers by reducing the cost ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Monday it would launch a probe into claims that a man, 80, who died of coronavirus in hospital on Sunday had earlier been ...

The attorney-general asked the chief of police on Monday to immediately launch an investigation into claims of match fixing in the third division. The case concerns a report by the ...

The interior ministry has asked parties for time to consult with the attorney-general over legal and constitutional matters possibly emerging from the discussion in parliament of local authority reform. Committee ...

The government on Monday unveiled a series of upcoming schemes aimed at supporting businesses and helping them transition to the circular economy, with planned government disbursements of some €90 million for 2021. “...

The woman whose home was raided by police late last month over a parody account on Twitter mocking Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis has confirmed she will sue the government as ...

The health ministry announced that Covid screenings for people returning to work next Monday will start on Tuesday, February 2. The mandatory tests include people working in the retail sector, museums ...

The High Commission of the Kingdom of Tonga in London is pleased to announce the Privy Council of His Majesty King Tupou VI has appointed Mr. Joseph Borghese as Honorary ...

Over 43,000 beneficiaries of the national health scheme (Gesy) have received inpatient care since its launch, the health insurance organisation (HIO) told the health minister in a conference call on Monday. ...

The church-sanctioned bulldozing of four listed buildings in old Nicosia on Monday has been widely condemned, with the municipality demanding the archbishopric rebuild them. The buildings on Isokratous Street were ...

The European Commission has approved Cyprus’ €10.2 million Cypriot scheme to support self-employed and businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak, it was announced on Monday. The scheme, which includes direct grants ...

Vaccination of the enclaved people in the Karpasia villages started on Monday with doses sent to the occupied area by the Republic, President Commissioner Photis Photiou said. Photiou said that ...

Officials are surveying damages caused by Saturday night’s storms, interior ministry spokesman Loizos Michael said on Monday. Heavy storms hit several parts of the island on Saturday night, uprooting ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to visit Cyprus within the coming days for consultations with President Nicos Anastasiades ahead of the informal five-party summit to be convened by ...

About 17,000 birds spend the winter in the wetlands of Cyprus, BirdLife Cyprus and the game and wildlife service on Monday to mark World Wetlands Day, marked globally on February 2. On ...

Improvement works worth €70,000 are underway in Lefkara and are due to be completed in the next few months, the mayor said on Monday. Mayor Sophocles Sophocleous told the Cyprus News ...

The first phase of easing restrictive measures started on Monday morning as people returning to work have tested for the coronavirus. Barbershops, hairdressers and beauty salons will reopen. There is ...

Two air medical service specialist units were unveiled by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre’s (JRCC) search and rescue air bases in Larnaca on Monday. The MEDEVAC (MEDical EVACuation) units ...

Professor Leontios Kostrikis has resigned from the advisory committee on coronavirus, a health ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday. Kostrikis, head of the University of Cyprus’ laboratory of biotechnology and molecular ...

Police in anti-riot gear gathered outside the Pournara migrant reception centre on Monday morning after residents there staged a protest calling for permission to leave the premises. The migrants said ...