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Drafting four separate zoning and planning blueprints for the Akamas peninsula would have serious long-term and irreversible negative effects in the environmentally sensitive area, the federation of environmental organisations (Opok) ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Thursday, 24 in total, in all districts for eligible groups of the population. To get tested, people need to present their ID, ...

The first flamingos have arrived at Larnaca’s salt lake in search of warmer climes, and food. Numbers are expected to increase in the coming weeks, as every year thousands ...

People eligible for the booster shot of a Covid-19 vaccine will be informed through an SMS, the health ministry said on Wednesday. From December 1, individuals who meet the criteria for ...

A ‘work-from-home’ order for 20 per cent of a businesses’ staff is expected to be among the proposals submitted by the health minister to Thursday’s council of ministers meeting. Health ...

Cyprus and Italy are in consultation for training programmes in an effort to suppress illicit trafficking of antiquities and clandestine excavation, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has said. Addressing an event ...

Over 500 police officers from multiple branches of the force will be deployed for Pope Francis’ two-day visit to Cyprus. A rapid response unit (MMAD) will be on duty for the ...

Electronic scanning of EUDCC certificates should not be carried out using personal cell phones, the commissioner for personal data protection has reiterated following reports that businesses are using the CovScan ...

Nicosia is anticipating a package of measures from the EU in the coming period that will be able to exert pressure on Turkey to review its practices and reverse its ...

With her vision 97 per cent impaired, stress follows Karolina Pelendritou every moment of her waking life, but she tells THEO PANAYIDES she has transformed what should be negative energy into ...

Foreign Ministry diplomats are holding a 24-hour strike Wednesday over the appointment of a non-diplomat to the position of ambassador, which they want reversed. Staff held a two-hour strike last ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus continues to reel under the pressure of increasing migrant arrivals, as the interior ministry said yesterday the figures are 70 per cent higher than the previous ...

The first snow fell on the highest mountains of Troodos on Wednesday morning, ushering in the winter season. Temperatures experienced a sharp drop on the first day of December, reaching ...

Police on Wednesday said they arrested two more suspects in relation to Saturday’s violent attack at the U19 championship Apoel-Pafos FC match in Kouklia, in which the Paphos team’...

Paphos police are investigating after a 48-year-old man reported that several weapons and ammunition were stolen from his house among other valuable items. The man told police that unknown people ...

Two businesses and 18 individuals were booked for various violations of the coronavirus measures after 2,417 checks in the government-controlled areas, police said on Wednesday. About half of the checks, 1,205, were carried ...

The Bank of Cyprus has posted an after-tax profit of €19 million for the third quarter of 2021, with after-tax profit reaching €20 million for the first nine months of the year, it ...

Hellenic Bank said Tuesday it has posted an after-tax profit of €21 million for the first nine months of 2021, as net interest income rose to €192.8 million. Non-interest income was €74.2 million. “Despite ...

Space Hellas, a technology solutions company operating in the fields of information technology, telecommunications and security, saw a consolidated turnover of €62.4 million during the first three quarters of 2021, reflecting a ...

By Michele Kambas As day breaks over a tiny village in the north-west, some 20 people in an ancient Church observe a morning liturgy in an even more ancient language. For ...

The European Commission is expected to legally define the ‘instrumentalisation of migrants’, next week, though this might not help Cyprus deal with the increasing inflow of migrants to the island. ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis announced on Tuesday that 30 illegal rubbish dumps have been cleared, with another 130 set to be targeted, as he called on the public to keep Cyprus clean. ...

The Big Potato has put up its festive decorations to entice more visitors to the area to admire the alternative Christmas tree at the entrance of Xylofagou. “It is very ...

BirdLife Cyprus presented House president Annita Demetriou with 13,700 signatures on Tuesday it gathered to protest the relaxing of fines imposed on the illegal trapping of songbirds. MPs passed a bill ...