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A Nicosia business was fined €8000 and a Larnaca supermarket €4000 as part of police checks for Covid measures in the past 24 hours. They were among 31 individuals and six businesses found to ...

The technical committee that is working on the preparations for a joint gas pipeline project between Cyprus and Egypt will convene on September 15, the office of the Minister of Energy, ...

The doors of an iconostasis in an occupied Church were reported as having returned home last week. They were the first looted item to be returned to the island from ...

Two deaths and 147 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. The deaths concern a 52-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman. The number of people who have ...

Five cars and 14 motorcycles were seized during traffic checks during the weekend, police said on Sunday. According to data released by the police, more than 1,300 traffic violations were recorded in ...

Former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Christos Stylianides is a candidate for a ministerial post in Greece, reports said on Sunday. Stylianides, a Cypriot national, was the ...

By Evie Andreou If we are to believe traditional weather forecasters, it will be pouring down this winter as per their predictions based on the first days of August. Experts, ...

By Anna Mylona Since the outbreak of Covid-19, every aspect of life has been affected in some way, shape or form. Over a year down the line since the pandemic ...

Uninvited hitchhicker from the Suez is now found around the island By Nick Theodoulou An invasive species of mildly poisonous sea urchin with longer spines than those endemic to Cyprus ...

An Australian female politician seems to be the most favoured choice for the succession of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test sites for Monday, 39 in total. People need to present an ID, passport or driver’s licence to get tested. District Testing Sites Work ...

With rentals thin on the ground and new procedures being introduced in some parts of the UK returning students are finding it increasingly difficult to find somewhere to live By ...

Police on Sunday said they were looking for the whereabouts of a 43-year-old male detainee who escaped after being transferred to the Paphos hospital. Younes Amrani Boukhobza from Morocco had ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos said he would suggest to the Holy Synod the punishment of clergy who urge people not to get vaccinated reports said on Sunday. According to state broadcaster CyBC, ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after 12 cannabis plants were found during a search in his house in Limassol. In the house, police found four greenhouses with lighting and ...

Police on Sunday called on members of the public to help identify a woman who is in critical condition at the Nicosia hospital after being hit by a car in ...

Police booked 40 individuals and 11 businesses during the last 24 hours, for breaching the measures taken to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 3,652 checks ...

By Patricia Jordan Wow! What a hot summer we have had and it is not over yet. According to those who ‘read’ the weather conditions for the rest of the ...

Electricity prices will not be coming down for the foreseeable future By Elias Hazou Electricity prices will not be coming down for the foreseeable future due to a perfect storm ...

One death and 295 new coronavirus cases were announced on Saturday out of 55,492 tests with a positivity rate of 0.53 per cent. The death concerns a 77-year-old man who died on Friday ...

The first Intergovernmental Summit between Cyprus and Egypt was described as “historic” by President Nicos Anastasiades who laid the groundwork for closer ties on Saturday with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 35 in total. Presenting an ID, passport or driver’s licence is necessary to get tested. Districts Testing Sites Work Hours ...

The In the Fight Against Cancer campaign, organised by the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society and Bank of Cyprus (BOC) will run until September 12, with the holding of fundraisers island wide. “We ...

A 12-month-old baby who had symptoms of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which is linked with coronavirus, has been intubated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the ...