Cyprus

Cautious optimism following President Nicos Anastasiades’ morning meeting with the coronavirus advisory team for the next phase of gradual relaxations was brought into question later on Tuesday when the health ...

A total of 58 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Customs seized eight vehicles in February, most for them for using coloured diesel and one for the illegal transport of duty-free tobacco products from the north, it said on Tuesday. ...

Applications opened on Tuesday for a scheme that will cover up to 60 per cent of upgrades to make homes more energy efficient. The Scheme for Promoting Saving and Upgrading Residences ...

Beer sales for the local market declined by an annual 38 per cent in the period January–February 2021 with exports soaring 84 per cent compared with the same period last year. According ...

The Animal Party is calling on people to stop abandoning their pets in fields after a dog disrupted traffic in Limassol-Nicosia motorway early on Tuesday. Following a police announcement about ...

A 28-day-old baby diagnosed with Covid-19 is currently being treated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia, director of the paediatric ward Avraam Elia confirmed on Tuesday. The child was admitted to ...

Cyprus is not planning any actions as regards the AstraZeneca vaccine and will wait for official results of an investigation into a batch that Austria stopped using following a death ...

After a nine-year impasse, Israel and Cyprus on Tuesday reached an understanding over gas reserves straddling their maritime border in a development hailed as a “breakthrough” by Israel’s energy ...

Several items and a quantity of cash totalling over €200,000 were stolen from a house in Yermasoyia, near Limassol, police said on Tuesday. According to the 25-year-old owner of the house, ...

Nicosia water board announced that there would be water cuts in Tseri municipality on Wednesday due to repair works of a pipe at the Mazera pumping station. The board apologised ...

The preliminary results of a study by the University of Cyprus found presence of the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the urban wastewater of Limassol, the town’s ...

The education ministry on Tuesday announced it would subsidise the purchase of laptops for needy students attending second grade of gymnasium and those attending preparatory evening classes for gymnasiums and ...

The average age of patients at Famagusta Covid hospital is 64, with the youngest one receiving treatment at the moment being 17, its director said Tuesday. On Monday there were 145 patients being ...

Police officers fined 11 people on Monday night, after they were caught celebrating a birthday at a house in Limassol with fireworks and loud music, in violation of the rules against ...

Cyprus Post has announced extended opening hours for its Nicosia district office on Prodromou Street due to the accumulation of large volume of parcels. The office will open normally at 8...

To date, 103,283 people in Cyprus have received at least one Covid vaccination dose and 29,821 were given both jabs, reports said on Tuesday. Among the 73.462 who received the first dose were 1,345 ...

A Paphos court has suspended the operation of a coffeeshop after a police raid found people gambling on the premises last month. The court also banned games of chance or ...

Paphos police on Monday fined eight people €300 each for gathering to celebrate an engagement at a house. According to police, the fines were issued not only for the illegal gathering ...

Exactly one year after the first two confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades and the scientific advisory team for Covid-19 are scheduled to have a ...

“Businesses in Cyprus support each other. It’s a real community,” comments Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO at Tototheo Maritime & President at WISTA International in an interview with the Cyprus ...

The committee of inquiry investigating the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will resume its hearings on Tuesday, following a break of about a month. Next to testify will be Socrates Socratous, ...

The two main suspects in the killing of a 20-year-old man from Syria last April in Paphos pleaded not guilty on Monday to the charge of premeditated murder. The suspects, 22 ...

Parliament on Monday wrapped up discussion of a bill providing for severe penalties – criminal and otherwise – to persons or legal entities aiding and abetting the unlawful entry of persons into ...