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The neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios children’s hospital is at serious risk of overcrowding because of staff shortages, nurses’ union Pasyno warned on Saturday. In a statement, the ...

A fire that broke out around noon on Saturday between Tochni and Choirokitia was brought under control a few hours later after burning four hectares of dry brush, wild vegetation ...

Cyprus on Saturday issued an anti-Navtex following Turkey`s latest announcement that the seismic ship Oruc Reis would be conducting research in the Eastern Mediterranean until December 16. The Cyprus News ...

A 35-year-old will face Nicosia district court on Monday for speeding while under the influence of alcohol early on Saturday morning. Police stopped the man as he was doing 119 km ...

Eight businesses were fined a total of €16,750 in the past 24 hours for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Saturday. Two businesses in Nicosia were fined €4,000 each, one ...

A pensioner based in Limassol has put technology through its paces to produce his first CD. Alix Norman meets him In May, David Pentecost turned 81. It’s an age when ...

The state budget for 2022 was handed over to parliament on Thursday, with the drastic reduction of the deficit being the key takeaway. More details about the budget have emerged since ...

Industrial Turnover showed a significant increase of more than 10 per cent in July 2021, but also in the first seven months of the year, a development that is mainly due to ...

The council of ministers has approved a three-year plan to tackle and prevent child sexual abuse and harassment as parents called for measures following complaints against teachers that emerged earlier ...

Turkey announced Friday it planned to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean until December 16, 2021. According to a navigational warning, Turkish research vessel Oruc Reis, accompanied by Ataman and ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou’s unexpected absence on Friday from a meeting with the House education committee drew strong reactions from MPs, who were expecting to discuss the exams scheduled ...

No deaths from Covid were reported on Friday, as 144 new infections were detected in the past 24 hours from 55, 413 tests, positivity rate of 0.26 per cent. The health ministry said 20 people out ...

The Green party was forced to postpone its electoral conference on Friday after a court issued an injunction suspending the expulsion of one of its members. The party said the ...

THE Queen’s Baton Relay began its epic journey across the globe as it departed Birmingham Airport on Friday and heads to Cyprus – the first stop on the 140,000-kilometre relay. ...

Police said Friday they were investigating the death of one-month-old baby who died at Makarios children’s hospital. Police said the boy had been transferred to Makarios from Limassol general ...

The reopening of the fenced area of Varosha for settlement is in line with international law and the north’s position on a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar ...

The first Clinic for long COVID patients is operating at the Nicosia General Hospital, the State health Services Organisation announced. The Clinic treats patients who have been discharged from hospital, ...

Firefighters managed to bring a wildfire in Paphos, between the village of Nata and Kelokedara, under control on Friday afternoon, the fire service said. According to fire service spokesman Andreas ...

The US embassy in Cyprus announced on Friday that the Human Trafficking Research Initiative (HTRI) was inviting researchers, policymakers, and implementing organisations to submit expressions of interest (EOI) to measure ...

Turkey will never allow the research vessel Nautical Geo resume its operations off Cyprus and Crete, the country’s defence minister said claiming these areas were under Turkish jurisdiction. Turkey’...

Polish President Andrzej Duda was on Friday given the golden key to the city of Paphos by Mayor Phedonas Phedonos. Paphos was the last stop made by the Polish leader ...

A total of 52 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

The cabinet on Friday approved a grant scheme to support new entrepreneurial activity on the British Bases in Cyprus. The scheme which will be launched within October will be financed ...

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her country’s support for President Nicos Anastasiades’ efforts to find a resolution to the Cyprus problem, the presidency announced on Friday. The presidency ...