Cyprus

The health ministry on Thursday announced that 42 people tested positive for the coronavirus among 7,576 samples taken from schools islandwide. The tests were carried out among pupils, over the age of 12, ...

In order to spread some festive cheer around town, Limassol’s Carnival King toured the city on ‘stinky Thursday’, a tradition observed each year to mark the beginning of the ...

The leaders of the two largest parties on Thursday held a “sincere” discussion ahead of the informal five-way conference on Cyprus in late April, both stressing they will never stray ...

Limassol police are investigating a labour accident after a 22-year-old fell from a nine-metre height in a construction site in Moni area. The injured man is hospitalised in Limassol general ...

Cyprus’ coronavirus vaccination programme found itself at the centre of domestic political infighting on Thursday, with opposition parties blasting the government for bad planning and Disy countering that vaccinations were ...

Opposition MPs suggested on Thursday there was a cover-up effort afoot after police would not say whether they had questioned former finance minister Harris Georgiades and former senior executives of ...

The draw to choose 260 unemployed people to become ‘Covid cops’, helping check that virus measures are being implemented in businesses was completed on Thursday. Those chosen are expected to receive ...

The Cyprus Hotel Managers Association (Pasydixe) has called on the government to implement a number of measures to help hoteliers reopen for the upcoming summer season. In an announcement released ...

The health ministry announced that 58 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

Mandatory rapid testing at schools does not affect children’s rights to privacy or education, children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou said on Thursday in response to threats of legal ...

A fire at the centuries old Saint Hilarion castle on Pentadaktylos mountain has destroyed the roof and floor of a hall used as a cafeteria but has spared other areas, ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Thursday unveiled an upgrade to the postal services which he hailed as a flagship project that will smooth Cyprus Post’s entry into the digital ...

The personal data commissioner has fined the electricity authority €40,000 for using an automated formula to monitor and manage its employees’ sick leaves after finding it was in violation of privacy ...

The European Union fully supports the resumption of a settlement process under UN auspices as soon as possible and stands ready to provide whatever assistance both parties and the UN ...

Another 20,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine arrived in the north by plane from Turkey on Thursday morning, raising their total amount received to 100,000. Fifteen per cent of the population will ...

Pupils at Ayios Ioannis high school in Limassol were up in arms on Thursday after mandatory coronavirus rapid tests returned false positives in a number of samples. The pupils refused ...

The centre of Paphos old town and the market area will be made more accessible to everyone, with particular emphasis on those with mobility problems, the local municipality has announced. ...

Sentencing by a US court of young hacker Joshua Epiphaniou, originally scheduled for March 3, was postponed to March 17 after a prisoner in his cell block was found positive for Covid-19, ...

Police said they have received 16 complaints relating to potential sexual offences with about half already filed in court. Three of the 16 were lodged in the past 10 days alone, a police ...

Cyprus has one of the highest obesity rates in Europe and nearly half of Cypriot men are overweight, the Association of Dietitians and Nutritionists of Cyprus said on Thursday on ...

A two-state solution in Cyprus is not a real solution, the new French Ambassador in Cyprus, Salina Grenet-Catalano, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), noting that Paris is very ...

Larnaca police on Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with the theft of jewellery from a shop which happened earlier this month. According to a jeweller in the Larnaca district, ...

Police booked 203 individuals in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Thursday while carrying out 14,207 checks to curb the spread of Covid-19. In Nicosia, 3,874 checks were conducted, in Limassol 2,590, in ...

From bee farms to honey villages, Cyprus is doing its bit to boost vital bee population Just a short time ago, bee-related projects around the island were really picking up, ...