Cyprus

Strovolos municipality has been clamping down on Easter lambradjia – bonfire celebrations — with seven truckloads of stockpiled wood confiscated in recent days. Strovolos Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous spoke to the media about ...

Efforts are focused on finding a way so that both communities on the island feel safe, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday in Athens upon his arrival at the office ...

In order to speed up the vaccination of the population the government has announced a new schedule for the Covid-19 vaccinations, meaning the portal for the age group from 49 to 50 ...

The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be administered from Thursday or by Monday at the latest after it was given the green light by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...

Police arrested a woman who caused an accident while driving more than eight times over the alcohol limit in Limassol on Tuesday. The accident happened at 4pm when the car ...

Paphos police caught two people driving under the influence of drugs, one on Tuesday evening and the other one later at night. The first, a 23-year-old man, was stopped by ...

Police booked nearly 200 individuals for breaches of coronavirus in 24 hours though less checks than in recent days were carried out. Officers fined 194 persons, including two business owners and conducted 9,814 checks ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is scheduled to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximos Mansion in Athens at 10.30 on Wednesday, government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios announced. According to Kousios, the ...

Cyprus Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday outlined a plan that integrates the European instrument, the “Recovery and Resilience Facility” with the strategy for the country’s economy. First of ...

The world over, governments are viewing the ocean as a new economic frontier By Maria Hadjimichael A consequence of the economic crisis and the realisation of the finite nature of ...

Annual event on April 22 is celebrated by a billion people in more than 190 countries By Annette Chrysostomou The theme of this year’s Earth Day, marked on Thursday, April 22, is ...

People living in the area of Mitsero will protest the proposed relocation of two Dali asphalt plants to their area in a demonstration on Thursday. The protest is scheduled to ...

Air charter group Zela Aviation announced on Tuesday Zela Jet, a new airline offering private flights in Cyprus. Zela Jet was introduced by the air charter group, which has been ...

Road fatalities saw an annual 17 per cent reduction in the European Union in 2020, translating to some 4,000 fewer people dying on the roads due to lockdown measures, the EU commission said ...

Civil servants have been sent a questionnaire on how they get to work as the transport ministry tackles the problem of traffic congestion, it said on Tuesday. The purpose of ...

Three Syrian migrants were spotted in Liopetri on Tuesday afternoon after passing into government-controlled areas from the north police said. Police arrived on the scene after Liopetri residents spotted the ...

Opposition MPs said Tuesday they will drop legislative proposals aiming to scrap a so-called ‘penalty’ on early retirement because the bills would inevitably be deemed unconstitutional and never pass anyway. ...

The Cyprus passport has been ranked 13th in the world in terms of the number of destinations its holders can access without a prior visa, according to the latest Henley ...

The health ministry announced one death and a record 941 cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. A 69-year-old man died at Nicosia general hospital after being treated in the ICU unit. He ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday sought parents’ backing for frequent coronavirus testing among younger school children to help contain an upsurge in positive cases. Prodromou held a teleconference with ...

As Nicosia moves into the final stages of preparations ahead of the informal five-party summit in Geneva where the island’s two community leaders will meet under the UN secretary-general ...

The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (Pasykaf) is calling for people to become members to support the operation of its services and programmes. “By becoming a member, you ...

The government on Tuesday sought to apply pressure on opposition parties not to torpedo a bill on state-backed loans aimed at giving cash-starved businesses a lifeline. The government bill is ...

The coronavirus vaccination portal will open on Wednesday for those aged 49 and 50, the health ministry announced. The portal will be open between 7.30am Wednesday and 8pm on Thursday, with 16,000 appointments ...