Cyprus

The creation of a new coastal path is due to get underway in Peyia in the coming weeks, Mayor Marinos Lambrou has said. “The winning tender will be announced at ...

A total of 47 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

A fire that broke out on Saturday near Skoulli in Paphos was brought under control around 5pm, the fire service said. Spokesman Andreas Kettis said that the flames broke out ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will chair a meeting of the cabinet on Monday at the presidential summer residence in the Troodos mountains. According to CNΑ sources minsters are expected to discuss ...

The Cyprus chapter of ‘Women in Film and Television Cyprus2, Wift Cy has finally been given the green light by the Cyprus government three years after it was initially established ...

Two men aged 26 and 21 were arrested at Paphos airport and remanded in custody for five days for attempting to fly out of Cyprus using stolen and forged documents, police said ...

Two men from Limassol, aged 45 and 32 were the first suspects identified in relation to a fake post on social media, the police cybercrime unit said on Saturday. The case is ...

Seven businesses and 33 individuals were booked in the past 24 hours for violating coronavirus protocols, police said on Saturday. Violations for businesses included failure to check clients and staff for a ...

What began as a safe space has now become a little powerhouse producing items sold worldwide. Alix Norman finds out the story behind Refumade In a sleepy backstreet of Old ...

The plateau of Hadjiabdoulla east of Kouklia, with its monumental workshop complex and a palatial complex to the east, was the acropolis of the ancient city of Paphos in the 5...

Police have investigated 11 people suspected of practising medicine with fake medical degrees, over the past six years, they said on Friday. The issue came to light when a patients’ rights ...

The colour, the art on the walls of many rooms, the plates, and the mural above the fireplace survive in the holiday home of George Pol Georgiou, one of Cyprus’ ...

The health ministry announced on Friday that five people had died of Covid-19 and that 311 more had tested positive from 48,060 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.65 per cent. ...

Police on Friday announced the loss of the first member of the force from coronavirus. Sergeant Stelios Panayiotou died at the age of 58 in Nicosia. “Police are mourning the death ...

Cyprus and Greece held a joint Search and Rescue drill on Friday, called Salamis 04/21 within the search and rescue area under Cyprus’ responsibility. The Greek frigate ‘Salamis’, a helicopter from ...

Paphos district court has ordered the renewal of a remand for two special constables who allegedly made threats against the city’s police chief on social media. Police told the ...

The met office has issued an extreme high temperature warning for 1.00pm to 4.00pm on Saturday when temperatures will rise to around 40C inland and 32C over the Troodos highest ...

A total of 40 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Since Sunday, free rapid testing for the ...

Six communities that were affected by the recent fires in Limassol offered “a lesson of humility and empathy” by donating €300 to Karaiskakio foundation, a representative of the charity announced on ...

A 57-year-old accountant will stand trial on suspicion of embezzling some €315,000 from the construction company where she worked, it was reported on Friday. The accountant appeared before Limassol criminal court, ...

Twelve tonnes of food, water and other basic goods are on their way to the victims of Greece’s devastating fires after an islandwide collection spearheaded by the Cyprus Ports ...

Police on Friday reiterated their public warning over a telephone scam following reports that scammers pretend to be Microsoft operators to access people’s computers and their bank account information. ...

Cyprus has responded to the European Commission as part of an infringement procedure launched in relation with its controversial citizenship by investment programme that it was forced to terminate last ...

The health ministry is trying to find intensivists abroad to staff intensive care units (ICUs), which were struggling because of the high number of serious Covid cases, a senior official ...