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Cabinet has approved a request by the health ministry to grant people getting their booster shot a day off work, it was announced on Wednesday. This concerns members of the ...

A new group of irregular migrants arrived at Paphos port on Wednesday morning. The group consists of 61 migrants, including 11 women, 22 men and 28 children between two and 16, reportedly Syrian and Lebanese ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new vaccination advisory committee to serve for the next three years. The committee’s job will be to advise the ...

Antiquities department staff staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest against plans which could see the division of responsibility on cultural heritage to the two constituent states in ...

Vandals spray painted nationalist and racist slogans on the walls of a technical school in Nicosia, it emerged on Wednesday. Staff and pupils of the First Technical School, which is ...

Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) said on Wednesday its 425 bus route connects central Larnaca with the airport. The buses of route 425 will operate between Phinikoudes and the airport every 20 minutes, much ...

Some 67 per cent of Cypriots are in favour of stricter government measures tackling climate change, even if this would impose significant changes in people’s lifestyles “similar to those implemented ...

In a writer, actress and activist, AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets a determined woman moved by the power of music I first met Nouritza Matossian when she came to Cyprus in the ...

Cyprus will participate for the first time in the Conference on Libya, which French President Emmanuel Macron has convened in Paris, government spokesman, Marios Pelekanos, said on Wednesday. According to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has intervened in the case between Paphos municipality and ERA Department Store – formerly ‘Korivos’ – allowing a nine-month suspension of a ruling issued by Paphos district court for ...

President Nicos Anastasiades was expected to lead a meeting on migration early on Wednesday to find ways to manage increased flows through the buffer zone with the north of the ...

Paphos police were on Wednesday investigating the theft and arson of a €4,000 car. The owner, a British permanent resident of Theletra, had not realised his vehicle had been stolen. Police ...

In today’s episode, we hear that a price rise for fresh milk has been avoided but there is continued speculation that increases for other goods are expected. Police are ...

A second suspect, 37, was arrested late on Tuesday in relation to the discovery of two kilos of cannabis in Larnaca. He was arrested around 9pm following evidence linking him to ...

A 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two people with a knife over the summer, police said on Wednesday. The case was reported to the police by two men, 18 ...

Businesses in Cyprus are more reserved about their prospects for the coming year than their European counterparts, according to research published on Tuesday by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and ...

A total of 27 people were booked in the last 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said early on Wednesday. The fines came after 2,576 controls in the government-controlled areas carried out ...

Hellenic Bank reiterated its support towards businesses operating in the energy industry, with particular emphasis given to organisations involved with the production of renewable energy. “Last year, we supported Renewable ...

Crossbills, Black Pines and Troodos are intricately linked. COP26 must make sure it stays that way The give-away, as often, was the soft ‘pok’ sound made by a pinecone landing ...

Police on Tuesday delivered coats donated by the force members to Aglandjia mayor Andreas Constantinou to help the municipality’s goal of ensuring that no school child will go cold ...

Socialists Edek on Tuesday announced they will hold an electoral congress to decide the leadership of its Nicosia district committee later this week as dissidents lambasted party chairman Marinos Sizopoulos ...

More than half of young people in Cyprus are pessimistic about the future while the country failed to introduce new policies targeting youth during the pandemic, a Eurofound survey showed ...

Optimism a solution will be found between the state health services organisation (Okypy) and radiographers working in public hospitals was expressed on Tuesday as the latter decided not to proceed ...

More than six out of ten Cypriots do not trust the national government, whereas one in two believe things are moving in the wrong direction, according to the first results ...