Cyprus

There were no deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, but infections continued to climb on Wednesday with the health ministry announcing 167 new cases after 33,413 tests, a positivity rate of 0.50 ...

Conservationists censured the government on Wednesday over its failure to protect the environment or even ensure its own provisions in impact studies were adhered to when it comes to largescale ...

Police have renewed calls to the public to be aware of scammers trying to gain access to their computers by pretending to be Microsoft employees offering to remove a virus. ...

With daily cases almost doubling between Monday and Tuesday from 67 to 122, experts have warned that Cyprus might be experiencing yet another wave, this time of the Delta variant, and repeated ...

The audit service on Wednesday vehemently rejected suggestions by an inquiry that it had not done its job properly in 2016 as regards the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme, accusing the panel of ...

The health ministry announced a total of 63 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The European Innovation Scoreboard made public earlier this week testifies to the progress Cyprus has made in innovation, the Republic’s chief scientist Dr Nicolas Mastroyiannopoulos said on Wednesday after ...

About one in three or 33.4 per cent of working Cypriots received support from special schemes to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the second highest rate in the EU 27 and nearly ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will travel to Brussels for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, it was announced on Wednesday. According to a written statement issued ...

The House plenary will on Thursday ratify the composition of the 16 regular and one ad hoc parliamentary committee, as well as a newly established ethics committee for MPs, the Cyprus ...

Hellenic Bank announced on Wednesday at their Annual General Meeting for 2020 that the appointment of the new CEO Oliver Gatzke is awaiting the approval of both the European Central Bank ...

A photo of three cruise ships off Limassol that appear to be hovering in the air generated keen interest on social media on Wednesday, with both the person who took ...

Over ninety per cent of those hospitalised for Covid-19 are unvaccinated, the health ministry said on Wednesday as it again urged the public, particularly younger people where vaccine take-up is ...

The centre for information and treatment of addictions (Kenthea) on Wednesday called for the inclusion of services for people dependent on substances in the state health system, Gesy. In a ...

Two Famagusta district beaches have been included in Trip Advisor’s list of Europe’s top 25 beaches, the Famagusta tourist board announced on Wednesday. Nissi Beach in Ayia Napa and ...

A 24-year-old man will stand trial for rape at Paphos criminal court on July 22, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. The court ordered that the suspect remain in custody ...

Cyprus is relatively cheaper than most EU countries with the exclusion of consumer prices in food, communication and furniture, according to an updated Eurostat data released on Wednesday. A user-friendly ...

The latest series of works by Zenon Jepras reflect his lockdown. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who puts his success down to luck and compulsion Can we say self-deprecating? Zenon ...

A Cypriot fishing vessel was harassed and damaged by the Turkish coast guard as it attempted to fish in international waters. The incident was reported by the owner of Ta ...

US Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) applauded the Committee passage of their new legislation to bolster the United ...

Police on Wednesday said they arrested two people, aged 32 and 38, on suspicion of assaulting a man and a woman at an apartment building in Paphos. The incident took place at 8...

Police have arrested a 21-year-old driver who allegedly ran a red light and hit a motorcyclist late on Tuesday in Limassol. The accident occurred at the Christaki Kranou traffic lights ...

Two drivers were arrested for traffic violations, specifically drink driving and speeding, Larnaca police said on Wednesday. The first driver, aged 36, was arrested around 3.20pm on Tuesday after he tested ...

The UK government is to review the Traffic Light classification system for travel destination countries on Thursday, but reports say that little change is expected. The PC Agency, an old ...