Cyprus

As hearts and flowers help celebrate around the world THEO PANAYIDES speaks to an unusual couple in Cyprus who say if there is love there is a way around the ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday. The sites are for the testing of the wider population but also the obligatory weekly testing of people back ...

Last week’s accident on a motocross track in the village of Makouda near Paphos, which left a 14-year-old seriously injured, has raised fresh concerns regarding the minimum age required ...

A recovery action group for investors set up three years ago to help people who have been badly advised by rogue operators in Cyprus, resulting in investment or pension losses, ...

One death and 102 new cases of the coronavirus were announced on Saturday. The health ministry said the death was of a woman, 73, with underlying health conditions. This brings the number ...

By Evie Andreou and Gina Agapiou Police used water cannon and arrested at least eight people on Saturday after hundreds took part in a protest in the Nicosia town centre ...

Turkish expediencies seem to be behind the uncertainty about the date and place of the informal five-party conference on Cyprus to be convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, reports said ...

Police on Saturday said they were about to solve several cases of recent motorcycle thefts and car break ins in Nicosia after catching two teenage boys, 13 and 15, riding a stolen ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Saturday expressed her disappointment and sorrow over what she described as the official failure – once again – to properly assess a domestic situation that led to the ...

Twin sisters and influencers Marianna and Sofia Erotokritou, 25, from Limassol, have been honoured by Greece for promoting Greek tourism in China through social media. The two sisters, who have been ...

Police booked 169 people and four businesses during the past 24 hours for violations of the of the measures against the spread of coronavirus. Around 14,000 checks were carried out in all districts. ...

A friend called me last Tuesday. “Did you know,” he asked with total incredulity, “that the UK papers are reporting that, thanks to lockdown, 35 per cent of Brits don’t ...

The public is being called to carry a trash bag and pick-up trash from the streets during their outings in an innovative campaign launched by the ecological movement. Following reports ...

There are more than 17,000 children whose mother language is not Greek in the state education system, education minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday as he unveiled new programmes to boost ...

There is an urgent need for a holistic approach to the problem of abandonment and complete ‘withering’ of the Cyprus countryside before it’s too late, the Paphos regional board ...

A teleconference will take place next week between Cyprus, Greece and Israel aiming to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding that the three countries will sign regarding the electricity interconnection EuroAsia ...

One more person has died of Covid-19, while another 113 have tested positive islandwide, health authorities said Friday. The death concerned a woman aged 49 with underlying conditions at the Nicosia general ...

Up to Thursday, 41,673 people have been vaccinated, of whom more than 14,000 receiving both doses, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. Speaking at a press briefing, Ioannou said that 14,105 have ...

The health ministry has announced testing sites for Saturday as follow: Limassol: Church of Ayios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m, TEPAK Building Andreas Themistocleous, Agia Zoni (Old ...

The return of sports to normality will take place in three separate phases, with each phase requiring around two weeks to be evaluated before moving on to the next one, ...

The epidemiological picture in Limassol is of great concern, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday announcing that further checks would be carried out in the district. Responding to questions ...

Akel MP Irene Charalambidou on Friday described abattoir Cypra’s payment schedule of late veterinary fees as an interest-free loan extended to the business by the state. Charalambidou was the ...

Frustrated farmers dumped their produce on the road outside the facilities of Sediyep Paralimni on Friday in protest at inadequate government support amid plummeting demand because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

The health ministry’s latest coronavirus report showed that 388,117 tests in the past fortnight identified 1,536 positive cases, working out at a 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate of 173 per 100,000. It reflects the ...