Cyprus

Six businesses and 46 individuals were reported after 3,089 checks in the last 24 hours for coronavirus measures violations, police said on Tuesday. The fines concerned two businesses in Nicosia, two in Limassol ...

A portion of businesses have postponed events or suspended the operation of dine-in services saying they refuse to discriminate against unvaccinated people and check their customers for a SafePass. Following ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday gave instructions to state services to proceed immediately with implementing measures to improve the tackling of fires after a meeting with all competent authorities. According ...

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said on Monday he hoped the bloc would not be forced to hold any extraordinary meetings in response to statements Turkish President ...

The health ministry announced 832 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday out of 59,764 PCR and rapid tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.39 per cent. No deaths were reported, but 153 are ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the issue of victims of crime and how the state can better come to their aid given that – while Cyprus does have ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides departed for Brussels on Monday to take part in the Eurogroup meeting taking place on the same day and the Ecofin (Economic and Financial Affairs Council) ...

The latest expanded control measures taken relating to the coronavirus situation are both “legitimate and proportional”, the data protection commissioner said in a statement on Monday. In a statement, Data ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Tuesday, 59 in total. People need to present identification to get tested. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (16 sites) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 ...

Over 200 hotels in Cyprus are taking part in the government scheme valid from July 16 to August 31 which subsidises tourist accommodation costs for those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered ...

The fintech services provider aims to fortify its team while broadening its regional presence. Over the last two years, Deriv has been amping up its global reach with new offices ...

The rise in hospitalisations might lead the island to a “critical situation”, officials warned on Monday as a health ministry’s advisor said Cyprus is experiencing a fourth wave of ...

Set in the time of EOKA and ENOSIS, The Summer Will Come draws directly from the experiences of hundreds of Cypriot families forced to emigrate to the UK in the 1950...

Eleni Philippou learns the art of Cypriot filigree jewellery Growing up in Cyprus to two Greek Cypriot parents meant that local traditions took place without much thought. It was just ...

Thirteen per cent of people aged 16 and 17 had received their first coronavirus jab by July 8, health ministry spokesperson Margarita Kyriakou said on Monday. This follows the opening of the vaccination ...

Turkey has expelled a Turkish Cypriot researcher and columnist claiming he had engaged in activities against national security, reports said on Monday. Reports said Ahmet Cavit An arrived in Istanbul ...

A yellow weather warning for high temperatures has been issued for Tuesday. According to the met office, it is expected that between 1pm and 4pm on Tuesday the maximum temperature ...

The supreme court has rejected a request by international broadcaster Al Jazeera to file for prerogative writs cancelling three injunctions secured by former House president Demetris Syllouris banning airing of ...

Cyprus is faced with a shortage of firefighters, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Monday in the wake of the huge fire that broke out in the mountain areas ...

The 67-year-old man suspected of starting the fire in Arakapas ten days ago which destroyed over 55 square kilometres and killed four was remanded for a further eight days on Monday ...

Three men were arrested for attacking a police officer during an altercation at Paphos airport on Saturday night, the police reported on Monday. According to a police report, the incident, ...

A fire that broke out in Pachna area in Limassol threatened at least three houses, and burned around 50 hectares of dry grass and wild vegetation, the fire service said on ...

The association of tourist businesses (Stek) said on Monday strict checks and vaccinations were the only ways to improve the island’s epidemiological condition and its position against other destinations. ...

The health ministry on Monday downgraded Greece and Belgium, as part of travel measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to a written statement, Greece, Belgium, and Luxembourg ...