Cyprus

Parliament on Thursday voted to scrap the Grains Commission, a semi-governmental entity that had been running up big deficits in recent years. Under another bill, the competences and staff of ...

In 2017 the now-defunct cooperative bank – run by the state at the time – signed a no-bid contract with asset management outfit Altamira by which the latter would manage the lender’s €7 ...

The health ministry announced 385 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from 45,598 PCR and rapid tests yielding a positivity rate of 0.84 per cent. Eighty-three of the new cases were in Limassol ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides on Thursday visited the old site of Petrolina’s fuel facilities on the Larnaca-Dhekelia road which the company has begun dismantling, with a view to clearing ...

Following the opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which clarified that, after a thorough investigation, there was no link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the thromboembolic events reported by ...

The European Commission would like to see member states and the European Parliament act quickly on its proposal for a digital green certificate covering vaccination, testing and recovery so that ...

A total of 55 testing sites will operate on Friday, with the majority in the capital, the health ministry announced on Thursday. The test sites provide free antigen tests for the ...

The interior minister has sacked Kouklia community leader Michalis Nicolaou amid recriminations with council members relating to alleged financial misconduct. Nicolaou was informed of the minister’s decision on Wednesday ...

Authorities are deeply concerned over the fact that the more infectious coronavirus variant first identified in Britain was detected in all 45 samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for ...

A total of 43,448 people received inpatient care through the general health scheme (Gesy) since its introduction, according to figures released by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Thursday. Specifically, 8,800 patients ...

The EU will be present at the conference on Cyprus, convened by the UN, both in the initial phase in Geneva and in the next phase of in-depth negotiations, a ...

The police are set for significant anti-riot control equipment upgrades, of which among them are five new vehicles and thousands of batons. According to publicly available government tenders, the police ...

Bird trapping with the use of mist nets is at its lowest level in almost two decades but the use of limesticks is on the rise, boosted by a change ...

A 24-year-old patient is the youngest person at the coronavirus reference hospital in Famagusta, that is now treating 68 people with Covid-19, director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Thursday. According to Hadjiyianni ...

Paphos police arrested eight people late on Wednesday on suspicion of illegal gambling and for violating the curfew in place as part of the measures against the coronavirus. Traffic police ...

The Council of Europe has called on Cyprus to justify its prevention of boats with migrants from arriving on the island, conditions at reception centres and its reasons for striking ...

Hotels in Larnaca will be ready to operate in June, hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) representative for the district Ioanna Florentiadou said on Thursday. The tourism sector suffered losses of up to 85 ...

Dali primary school teachers will stage a two-hour work stoppage on Monday to demand the immediate relocation of the two asphalt plants in the area. The protest will be held ...

Politically exposed persons (PEP) had substantial loan amounts written off or swapped debt for assets of lower value, among others, an audit into the entity that succeeded the former co-op ...

Young hacker Joshua Epiphaniou has been sentenced by a US court to 12 months and a day in prison, on top of the nearly four years he has already served in ...

A Paphos based cyclist and cancer survivor set off on Thursday morning on a cycle ride to Parliament in Nicosia to highlight the urgent need to establish an oncology centre ...

A driver was arrested on Wednesday evening speeding on the highway at almost twice the limit. The 26-year-old man was stopped on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway a little after 8pm as ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) is ready to move into a new energy era with the use of natural gas and renewable energy sources (RES), chairman of the board Michalis Komodromos ...

Police booked 145 individuals, among them two business owners, for violating restrictive measures on Wednesday. One of the business owners will be prosecuted for opening a restaurant without an open space ...