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A total of 22 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Monday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has ...

Anger, suspicion and some sympathy – villagers say asylum camp out of control By Theo Panayides The Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers outside Kokkinotrimithia, on the outskirts of Nicosia, has ...

The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 508 had tested positive from 75,844 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent. The deaths concerned ...

Fans who will ago to the Nicosian derby match between Apoel and Omonia on Boxing Day have been asked to bring a teddy bear with them to be given to ...

Paralimni municipality on Saturday announced plans for the construction of the final leg of its coastal promenade that will stretch all the way to its border with Dherynia. Upon completion, ...

A total of 45 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has ...

Police on Saturday called on members of the public not to trust people they meet online after a man from Limassol lost more than €108,000 after investing it in two cryptocurrency ...

Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou was on Saturday tasked with informing the family of a seven-year-old boy killed by British soldiers in 1956 that authorities had identified his remains, ...

Some roads in the higher mountainous areas are only open to vehicles with four-wheel drive or snow chains, police said on Saturday. Due to snow, the roads between Platres, Troodos ...

Civil defence on Saturday said they were working in close cooperation with the fire service to deal with any problems that may arise due to extreme weather forecast to hit ...

Passengers arriving from the UK will have to self-isolate upon arrival to Cyprus until their PCR test results are out, the health ministry said on Saturday. This measure has been ...

The interior and foreign ministries in cooperation with the immigration department, police and the government of Vietnam on Friday, repatriated 258 Vietnamese nationals who were staying illegally in Cyprus. The repatriations ...

Well-known Nicosia lawyer, and chairman of ANT1, Loukis Papaphilippou died just before midnight on Friday aged 84, the family and board of the TV station announced on Saturday morning. Details of ...

Nine businesses and 23 individuals were booked by police during 2,729 checks in the past 24 hours for violating Covid decrees. In Nicosia 1,125 inspections were carried out and one premises plus three individuals ...

Trends come and go. And this year one of them has been Gonks, whose story starts in the festive lore of Scandinavia. Alix Norman learns more Christmas is weird. We ...

Property sales across four major Nicosia municipalities exceeded €3.3 billion in value over the past five years, a report from independent real estate asset management and advisory firm WiRE has shown. ...

By Lanting Liu The 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cyprus was marked by the opening of a big photographic exhibition at the Cyprus foreign ...

The Bank of Cyprus announced on Friday that it has concluded its small-scale, targeted, voluntary staff exit plan. Following the completion of the plan, 100 applicants received approval to leave at ...

The prices of meat and baked Christmas treats followed a slightly upward trend in the past year, according to the results of the Christmas price observatory conducted on Friday by ...

Following a three-day debate, parliament on Friday evening approved the state budget for 2022 with 30 votes in favour and 25 against. The bill was voted by ruling Disy, Diko, Dipa, and independent ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and 695 had tested positive from 82,410 tests, a positivity rate of 0.84 per cent. The death concerns a 62-year-old woman who ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said it was a great honour to have the King of Jordan in Cyprus. King Abdullah arrived at the presidential palace on Friday evening amid ...

Health authorities said Friday they have detected 28 additional cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In a statement, the ministry said 20 of those were primary and secondary contacts of ...

A group of migrants from refugee camps in Cyprus who are being resettled in Italy at Pope Francis’ expense helped the pontiff celebrate his 85th birthday on Friday. “You saved ...