Cyprus

Health authorities on Thursday announced three deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing yielded 580 new positives. The three latest fatalities were: a man aged 71, who passed away on Wednesday at Larnaca ...

The health ministry on Thursday sought to clarify the situation regarding foodstuffs found to contain ethylene oxide, saying that trace amounts pose no direct danger to human health – while announcing ...

A total of 39 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Since Sunday, free rapid testing for the ...

Τhe met office on Thursday issued a new yellow warning for high temperatures. The alert will be in effect until Friday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to hit 42C inland, 33C ...

The civil registry and migration department said on Thursday that it has, since the start of the week started issuing residence permits for EU citizens and their families in a ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Thursday announced the opening of an additional ICU ward at the Nicosia general hospital expected to relieve some of the current strain, but he warned ...

Agriculture ministry officials on Thursday visited the Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias fishing shelter following a recent complaint regarding marine pollution in the area, concluding that the bad smell was due to ...

A 73-year-old man was sentenced to seven, five, and four years in jail by Larnaca-Famagusta Criminal Court on Thursday after he was found guilty of sexually abusing and indecently assaulting ...

Police are investigating after a fire started in a restaurant in Paralimni, Famagusta early on Thursday. According to police, the fire started a few minutes before 5am. Firefighters who responded ...

Sometimes, just sometimes, you know you are going to enjoy a meal out before even sitting at the table. It has a lot to do with the vibe, not just ...

Law firm Elias Neocleous & Co has on Wednesday initiated the beta testing phase of its cutting-edge legal technology solution Neolaw.ai. Working with machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, Neolaw....

Holders of old ID cards without an expiration date will be able to use them until August 2026, the civil registry and migration department said on Thursday. Old ID cards without ...

Work is almost completed on Neo Plaza, the island’s first discount village which will open its doors in September with 45 stores in Kokkinotrimithia. The last construction work on the ...

By Stavros Nikolaou Police are worried by a surge in the number of third country nationals attempting to travel to the EU with forged documents. To address what is evolving ...

Cyprus’ postal services on Thursday warned the public about a new scam involving emails seeking payment of custom duty for postal arrivals. It said these messages were fake. “The Cyprus ...

By Stavros Nikolaou New army conscripts were sworn in on Thursday morning at separate ceremonies at different army camps because of coronavirus restrictions, as the defence minister highlighted the vital ...

A 29-year-old man spotted moving suspiciously around 03:30 am on Thursday was searched and detained after police found burglary tools in his possession. The suspect was located in the area of ​​...

Drivers and passengers aged over 12 on public transport must be vaccinated, have proof of having recovered from coronavirus or a negative 72-hour PCR or rapid test, the transport ministry has ...

Two people under arrest for burglary in the Famagusta district will be questioned in relation a burglary at a Paphos hotel, the Cyprus News Agency. It said that Paphos police ...

The UN Security Council’s resolution renewing the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until January 31, 2022, which was unanimously adopted on July 29, has circulated as an official Security ...

As Cyprus continues to bake in scorching temperatures and with a red alert for forest fires in force, fire fighters early on Thursday scrambled quickly to bring under control a ...

With the increasing circulation of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in EU/EEA countries, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) strongly ...

A 36-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Thursday on suspicion of cocaine possession, drug dealing and money laundering in Limassol. He was arrested as part of a Limassol ...

Covid cases in the community are probably much higher than what is seen every day and it will probably take another one or two years for the pandemic to peter ...