Cyprus

Nicosia-based student accommodation UC Halls has announced it will only accept fully vaccinated residents in its studios opposite the University of Cyprus, citing the epidemiological situation. The decision was met ...

Hoteliers sounded the alarm on Monday over booking cancellations already underway, warning that unless something “drastic” happens, it could be curtains on the entire 2021 tourist season. Speaking to Stockwatch, Marios ...

One death and a surge in the number of new coronavirus cases to 787 were announced on Monday. The new cases were reported from 43,678 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate ...

Four illegal male migrants were arrested in Paphos over the weekend, police said on Monday. Members of the crime prevention unit and traffic police arrested a 25-year-old man on Sunday ...

The catastrophic fires that raged throughout the weekend in the mountainous areas of Limassol and Larnaca did not damage any ancient monuments, according to the antiquities department. In a written ...

Authorities and financial regulators on Monday poured cold water on a parliamentary bill seeking to further extend a moratorium on home repossessions, warning of the dangers it could pose to ...

The deadly fires that devoured houses and properties in seven villages in the mountainous areas of Larnaca and Limassol over the weekend have also killed many animals with volunteers rushing ...

A bank account was set up on Monday on the instructions of President Nicos Anastasiades for donations to support the people affected by the fires over the weekend in the ...

The health ministry announced a total of 60 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The latest decree of the health minister was published Monday, affording coronavirus vaccinees the entitlement to take the entire day off from work on the day they get the jab, ...

Paphos police said on Monday they are investigating after visitors found six human bones in Akamas. Officers rushed to the area after they were notified on Sunday about the discovery ...

The huge forest fire in the south-eastern foothill of Troodos was declared under control on Monday morning after killing four people, caused millions in property damage and devastating damage to ...

Residents and business owners of the villages affected by the deadly fires said on Monday they were determined to rebuild all they lost in the blaze that raged for almost ...

Thirty-five per cent of the holiday accommodation costs of those who have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine or have recovered from the virus in the last 180 ...

Trade union Peo on Monday called on the labour ministry to conduct an investigation into the employment status and working conditions of the four Egyptian workers who died in the ...

A large number of masks and gloves on sale in Cyprus have been found to be noncompliant with personal protective equipment standards, results of lab tests released on Monday showed. ...

Making a fashion statement has become big business for shirt maker Andreas Dometakis. PAUL LAMBIS meets a man who has dressed stars of stage and screen for the last 60 years ...

The electricity company EAC said 13 crews were working to repair the damaged infrastructure on Monday to restore power to all the areas stricken by the huge weekend fire. “We have 13 ...

The UN secretary-general’s special representative Elisabeth Spehar said Monday she was shocked by the devastation caused by the weekend fires and offered to assist if necessary. Speaking after a ...

Limassol police arrested a 33-year-old man on Monday morning on suspicion of the murder of a 58-year-old man in Limassol. The man appears to have met Christos Siakos and his ...

The supreme court on Monday overturned a decision early in June to release a man suspected of molesting two underage boys and an adult male pending his trial. The man ...

Prominent businessman Andreas Papaellinas will donate €500,000 to support the people affected by the weekend fire that reached seven communities in the mountainous areas of Limassol and Larnaca, he announced on ...

Cyprus downgraded the United Kingdom to red and upgraded Denmark, Belgium, Monaco, Vatican City and Jordan to the Green category as part of its updated national country assessment for travel ...

President Nicos Anastasiades early on Monday congratulated the newly elected secretary-general of Akel Stephanos Stephanou and said he hoped to have a meeting with him soon. The conversation took place ...