Cyprus News

Six investors have been shortlisted as candidates for the acquisition of a €477m package of performing loans belonging to state-owned asset manager Kedipes. According to the Cyprus News Agency, 13 investors ...

The blood bank issued a public appeal on Tuesday for donations to boost the very low reserves. “The situation is serious, blood supply reserves of all types very low at ...

The health ministry on Tuesday recalled a brand of coconut milk due to high levels of a substance not compliant with EU regulations. The EU Rapid Alert System for Food ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday that the Turkish Cypriot ‘officials’ who have had their passports rescinded can seek recourse in the courts of the Republic if they so ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has been admitted in intensive care after feeling ill on Monday while he was at home. Turkish Cypriot media reported that Eroglu, 83, is in ...

Paphos police were investigating one more case of forgery after the arrest of a 22-year-old African man at Paphos airport. According to police, the man was arrested on Monday afternoon ...

Over 30 per cent teenagers between 16 and 17 and almost 78 per cent of the adult population have received at least the first dose of an anti-Covid vaccine, the health ministry said on ...

Police said Tuesday they had issued fines to 32 individuals and two establishments in the past 24 hours for various violations of Covid health and safety measures. The force said it carried ...

Paphos police were seeking a 26-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of abducting a domestic worker earlier this month. The incident was reported to police on August 12 by the 42-year-old ...

Paphos professional fishermen urged for action on Tuesday over the increase of alien fish species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which endangers the marine ecosystem but also their livelihood. The ...

Police said Tuesday they were looking for two people aged 21 and 36, suspected of stealing a €3,300 car in Paphos earlier this month. The theft was reported to the police by the ...

A 73-year-old man died early on Tuesday three days after he was hospitalised in serious condition following a road collision in Larnaca. The pensioner was driving on Limassol Avenue in ...

KEDIPES is expected to move forward in its transformation into an asset management company (a ‘bad bank’), StockWatch reported on Monday. The company, which was set up to manage non-performing ...

Health professionals at the already overcrowded Athalassa psychiatric hospital are pulling overtime as they strive to process increased daily admissions plus the five patients and one nurse who have tested ...

Over 4,000 counterfeit items have been seized from several shops in the Famagusta district, police said on Monday. A combined operation on Monday by the police and customs turned up over 4,000 ...

A 32-year-old was arrested in Limassol on suspicion of stealing from a parked vehicle and then using one of the stolen credit cards, police said on Monday. The incident took ...

The health ministry announced one death and 333 cases of Covid-19 on Monday. A 71-year-old man passed away at Limassol general hospital, raising total deaths to 484, of which 311 were men and 173 ...

A total of 36 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

The cabinet on Monday decided to extend employment support measures to businesses to help the tackle the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said the applications for ...

The Green Party on Monday reiterated its demand for the closure of a dangerous road in Akamas, following two buggy accidents, one of them fatal, within the last two weeks. ...

The cabinet on Monday decided to rescind the passports of 14 Turkish Cypriots, including leader Ersin Tatar, seen as undermining the Republic of Cyprus. The decision concerns Turkish Cypriot officials and ...

Chirokitia Eco Village aims be socially, culturally, economically and ecologically sustainable There’s one in Chololo, Tanzania. Another in Narara, Australia. You’ll find at least two in Italy (Damanhur ...

A fire that broke out on Monday near Androlykou and Prodromi villages in the Paphos district was brought under control around 3pm, the fire service said. The flames broke out ...

Police have charged four individuals in connection with a fake post on social media claiming a 12-year-old child had died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Spokesman Christos Andreou said the ...