Cyprus

Police carried out 14,734 checks to curb the spread of the coronavirus in 24 hours from Monday until Tuesday, a new record number, and booked 103 individuals and three businesses. Most of those ...

Cyprus will have 7,200 AstraZeneca doses ready to administer from Tuesday and they will not be subject to age restrictions, the health ministry said. The AstraZeneca doses arrived on Monday. So ...

The value of transit trade conducted through the port of Limassol has declined sharply since 2017 when the harbour’s commercial operations were privatised, lawmakers heard on Monday. The drop in ...

The energy, commerce and industry ministry on Monday invited applications under its €50m incentives scheme to boost the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Co-financed by the EU and ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 105 new cases were announced on Monday. The two deaths were two men, aged 93 and 89. Both had underlying health conditions. The total number of deaths from ...

A proposal has been put forth to hire unemployed people to boost those inspecting premises to ensure that coronavirus protocols are being adhered to. The announcement was made on Monday ...

Tuesday’s rapid test locations have been announced by the health ministry, with a table provided below, available to the general public and workers free of charge. The ministry emphasised ...

Applications for a €1500 one-off grant to support people working in the arts affected by the pandemic can be submitted online from today, through to 2.00 pm on February 18 the cultural services ...

The chairman of the sports ethics committee said on Monday he did not believe politicians and club officials were serious about tackling corruption in football, which seems to be rife ...

Ruling Disy MP Averof Neophytou on Monday withdrew bills intended to provide tax relief to borrowers with non-performing loans, after it emerged that the proposals would achieve the opposite of ...

A letter addressed to the attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called for the immediate prosecution of Archbishop Chrysostomos over the demolition of four listed houses last week. Signed by 62 professionals ...

Tourism-dependent Greece and Cyprus discussed requesting vaccination certificates from travellers arriving in the two countries, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said on Monday, following a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades ...

The man accused of sexual abuse by sports shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave a statement to the police on Monday, more than two weeks after the complaint was filed. His two-hour ...

Appointments for coronavirus vaccinations will be available for people aged 79 and over as from Tuesday, February 9, the health ministry said on Monday as it unveiled phase three of its national ...

Sex education is critical to protecting children from sexual abuse and must be offered at all levels of the education system, the House human rights committee underlined on Monday. The ...

Private and state dentists have resumed normal operations, the health ministry announced on Monday, the first day of the second phase of measure relaxation. Meanwhile, the vaccination of private dentists ...

Greece and Cyprus on Monday rejected any form of reunification that was not a bizonal federation ahead of an UN-backed five-party meeting early next month. In statements following a meeting ...

With around 70,000 elementary students and final year students at high schools returning to school on Monday, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou again encouraged students to take a rapid Covid test, urging ...

The government’s SMS service for outings granted more than one million such requests over the weekend, with shopping and exercise accounting for more than half of these, according to ...

The total number of travellers that arrived in 2020 plunged to one fifth of total arrivals the previous year as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the sector, figures published by ...

A 31-year-old charged with the attempted murder was acquitted on Monday by the Paphos criminal court Testifying in court, the defendant claimed it was an act of self-defence, explaining that ...

Health authorities inspected 1,137 businesses to ensure compliance with Covid screening guidelines and protocols and issued three fines, it was announced on Monday. In a written statement, the ministry said the ...

Shops re-opened on Monday, the first day of phase two of the easing of the coronavirus lockdown, with special offers as they try to recoup some of the losses of ...

Taxi drivers and owners on Monday called on the energy minister to set a maximum price on fuel prices. In a statement, the association supported the government’s plan to ...