Cyprus

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 ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis will be abstaining from her duties for 10 days, it was announced on Monday, so that she can recover from an operation. The minister has been on ...

Most people ask to leave their homes via SMS message on Sundays, when they tend to exercise but also shop, data published by the deputy ministry of research, innovation and ...

Police carried out a record number of checks for breaches of coronavirus measures in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning and for the first time booked more than 200 people ...

The term ‘starving artist’ has taken on a whole new layer of meaning In an open letter published last Friday, Limassol’s Pattihio theatre director Vasos Argyridis extended an apology ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced two deaths and 106 new cases of Covid-19 from 28,364 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.37 per cent. The deaths concerned a man ...

Cyta on Sunday announced the operation of the first 5G network in Cyprus by Cytamobile-Vodafone, “marking the beginning of a new era in the evolution of communications in our country”, ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in two separate social media post hours apart on Sunday warned against the Turkish side attempting to pursue a two-state solution at the upcoming 5+1 ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Vassilis Demetriades said on Sunday he would begin contacts to reassess the situation after a tender for a Cyprus-Greece ferry link failed to attract any bidders. The ...

Another 25 Covid positive cases were detected in the north since Saturday when 32 were announced as Turkish Cypriot authorities ramp up testing with free PCR tests on offer in the north ...

Environmental impact of desalination: new study raises two main concerns Cyprus’ reliance on desalination has long been hotly debated with conservationists calling for a more sustainable use of water resources. ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced the rapid test sites employees returning to work on February 8 should visit as of Tuesday. Around 80,000 people are expected to return to work after ...

Writer Elsie Slonim who passed away aged 103 this week was one of Nicosia’s best hidden secrets Tall, elegant, with strikingly beautiful blue eyes and a vivacious laugh, Elsie Slonim ...

The pace of diplomatic activity is picking up ahead of the 5+1 informal conference on Cyprus slated for the beginning of March with the arrival this coming week of British Foreign ...

Seven out of ten Cypriots believe the country is heading in the wrong direction and are divided over the government’s handling of the pandemic, according to a poll published ...