Cyprus

Hookahs, which had been prohibited under health protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus, are now allowed outdoors but only for individual use under new rules published on Tuesday to ...

The health ministry announced a total of 70 rapid Covid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides called on parties on Tuesday to leave the elections behind and concentrate on pushing through reforms needed by the country. Petrides said what the government sought, ...

Police said Tuesday a bomb had been found under a car in Xylophagou, which apparently failed to explode. The device was found by the 55-year-old owner of the vehicle at ...

Humour, financial advice, women in key roles and history are all addressed in a growing number of podcasts created in Cyprus. ELENI PHILIPPOU takes a listen to what is out ...

A cooperation protocol between state veterinary services and police constitutes another important step in effectively dealing with animal abuse, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said on Tuesday after she and Agriculture ...

Cyprus had the best quality bathing waters in the EU in 2020 after 112 coastal sites passed with flying colours, the European Environment Agency said on Tuesday. According to a report, all 112 ...

Authorities have drafted guidelines for police officers seeking arrest and search warrants in court in a bid to avoid them being thrown out in court because of gaps and technicalities, ...

The Antiquities Department has started digitisation of ancient movable antiquities stored in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia and on display in other state museums, it said on Tuesday. The project, ...

The condition of the two Electricity Authority (EAC) employees who were seriously injured on May 20 by a blast and fire at a sub-station of the utility in Latsia remains serious, ...

Lidl Cyprus discount supermarkets have donated €45,000 to the Cyprus Red Cross this year in support of families in need and children with disabilities. The German company collected €40,000 by donating €0.30 for ...

A group of pupils from Cyprus won fifth place in this year’s European Statistics Competition (ESC), it was announced on Tuesday. English School pupils Ara Mahdessian, Danae Eliade and ...

Famagusta reference hospital is returning to normal operations as the number of coronavirus patients treated at the facility has dropped to 15, scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Tuesday. Hadjiyianni told ...

The national health scheme (Gesy) may have deficiencies but offers multiple benefits, the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) said on Tuesday on the occasion of the scheme’s two-year ...

Far right party Elam said on Tuesday its leader would be running for president of parliament when the legislature reconvenes for the first time next week following the elections. Sunday’...

Archbishop Chrysostomos resumed his duties on Tuesday after receiving cancer treatment in North Carolina, USA, the Archbishopric said in a written announcement. According to his doctors, the archbishop’s health ...

Covid-19 restrictions have affected children’s rights and mental health, the Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo Michaelidou said on Tuesday. In a written statement on the international day for protection ...

Further easing of Covid-19 restrictions are in place as from today due to the improved epidemiological picture in Cyprus. For example, the number of people in home gatherings increases to ...

Police fined six people from three different districts for failing to abide by the coronavirus protocols. Two fines resulted after 546 checks in the capital, one in Paphos after 613 checks, and ...

Andrew Rosenbaum is the Business Editor of the Cyprus Mail and Editor of Cyprus 4.0. The literature on human motivation is rife with platitudinous academic works – research invariably rhyming with solipsism – ...

The new administration in the north has so far granted around 2,500 ‘citizenships’, reports said on Monday, while a probe was launched after reports of bribery. During a session in ‘parliament’, ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were announced on Monday, as 50 new infections were detected after 47,063 tests, a positivity rate of 0.11 per cent. The health ministry said 70 people were being treated in ...

The changing political landscape, plus the hammering taken by mainstream parties, stand out as the two big takeaways from Sunday’s elections, according to analysts. Back in 2016, the four ‘big’ ...

The rise of far-right, “anti-Turkish” Elam in the parliamentary election justifies the Turkish side’s position for a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Monday. Tatar, but also ‘...