Cyprus

The state health services (Okypy) on Thursday said that hospital wards previously used for Covid-19 patients were slowly emptying, allowing them to return to their original use. Despite this, Famagusta ...

Brits living overseas might get ‘votes for life’ as the British parliament is set to discuss a bill scrapping the 15-year limit on voting rights in the coming days, an ...

Voters living in the north wishing to cross to the government-controlled areas on Sunday to vote will have to present a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours on their ...

Police are investigating an online investment scam after a 43-year-old woman reported she lost more than €10,000 by investing in a fake international company. The woman, who lives in Paphos, told ...

Police said on Thursday they had arrested a 63-year-old third-country national in Kato Paphos on suspicion of forging a European passport. According to the police, a foreign woman visited a ...

Too many measures have only a short-term effect and major goals are neglected. By Dr. Charles Ellinas Cyprus’ government has put forward an ambitious ‘Recovery and Resilience Plan’ (RRP), with ...

A 44-year-old man was found with 22 cannabis plants and more than 12 kilos of cannabis in his Limassol home after he was stopped for a traffic check, police said on Thursday. ...

Two forklift operators in Paphos were injured when their vehicle fell into a four-metre ravine, police said on Thursday. According to police, the accident took place on Wednesday in the ...

Political stalwart, former foreign and commerce minister Nicos Rolandis has died at age 86, it was announced on Thursday. His long political career helped shape the politics of Cyprus domestically and ...

The night-time curfew will be pushed to 1am from Saturday and will be scrapped completely from June 10, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. Expressing the ...

Cryptocurrencies slipped on Thursday, though without falling through recent lows, as traders clung to hopes that a nascent recovery from last week’s plunge can regain its momentum. Bitcoin has ...

Police fined nine people and one business owner for failing to abide by coronavirus protocols after 4,396 checks nationwide. Between 6am on Wednesday and 6am on Thursday, officers carried out 549 checks ...

Flights between Larnaca and Minsk are continuing because the EU leaders’ decision to ban Belarusian airlines from using EU airspace or airports has not kicked in yet, sources said on ...

The creation of a long-anticipated marina to serve Paphos has been held up again, following a complaint raised by one of the parties, the Paphos Chamber of Commerce, EVE, informed ...

Police on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old man after being reported by an underage girl of hacking into her social media accounts and sending her photos to others. He is being ...

Positive cases of the coronavirus dropped to 69 on Wednesday while no deaths from the virus were reported. The positivity rate was 0.17 per cent out of 41,776 PCR and rapid tests. Ninety-five ...

A 44-year-old was arrested on Wednesday afternoon during a police raid on a cannabis nursery in Limassol. Police said so far 10 kilos of cannabis have been seized while investigations continue. ...

By Evie Andreou and Antigoni Pitta The health ministry announced on Wednesday it has adopted the suggestion of the epidemiology experts and will not recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine for those ...

The death of 32-year-old National Guard officer Xanthos Kyriacou from Limassol who fell on Tuesday from a 40-metre height during training was due to severe head injuries and multiple injuries ...

The health ministry announced a total of 66 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Facebook has announced that it will be working with the French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) as an independent fact checker for Greek-speaking Cyprus and Greece. The social media ...

Two drivers were caught speeding on the Limassol-Nicosia highway on Tuesday night, with the first found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and the second testing positive for ...

The transport ministry is inviting tenders for the construction of wave breakers and other work to protect Chlorakas coast between the St George and Laura hotels. The €3.73 million project includes ...

A list of hotels and other tourist complexes participating in a special scheme to boost domestic tourism is available online, the deputy ministry of tourism said on Wednesday. Open to ...