Cyprus News

Not many Brits, but Ayia Napa has reclaimed some of its pre-pandemic bustle By Nick Theodoulou In the summer of 2021 Ayia Napa is back on its feet and has regained ...

Eleven businesses and 43 individuals were booked during the past 24 hours for violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said on Sunday. In total 5,700 checks were carried out ...

A memorial service was held in Paralimni on Sunday for Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, both killed days apart in August 1996 by Turkish forces in the Dherynia buffer zone. Health ...

A man, 52, and a woman, 39, were arrested police said on Sunday in connection with the killing of a cat in the Nicosia district earlier in the week. Arrest warrants were ...

More than 40 buses with around 500 Turkish Cypriots travelled to the Kokkina enclave on Sunday morning through the Limnitis-Kato Pyrgos crossing to attend the commemoration events for the 1964 Tylliria battles. In ...

In 2020, Coca-Cola HBC achieved impressive results in its drive to reduce its environmental footprint. The company has set “A World Without Waste” as its goal. Kalia Patsia, Corporate Affairs & ...

But climate change not the sole driver of increasing temperatures and wildfires By Annette Chrysostomou The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot with huge fires raging in Turkey and Greece ...

Scores of people gathered outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Saturday evening to protest the vaccinations of children. The protest, organised by Foni Laou in cooperation with other groups, ...

One death from coronavirus and 599 new positive cases were announced on Saturday out of 61,883 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.97 per cent. The death was a woman, aged 84, ...

Cyprus enjoyed a successful Tokyo Olympics, with the 15-strong athlete delegation giving some very good performances, despite returning home without a medal. The best-placed finishes were by Pavlos Kontides, who ...

An 82-year-old woman, a resident of Tala, Paphos, reported that she was tied up and robbed at her home on Friday evening with perpetrators taking jewellery and cash. The woman ...

A 14-year-old girl from Nicosia was caught driving in the Alaminos area, in the Larnaca district with her parents and sister as passengers, police said on Saturday. According to a ...

As of Saturday, people found positive for Covid-19, will have to fill out an electronic form if they want to get their release certificates when their quarantine period is completed, ...

The vaccination coverage is closer to the new goals set by the government that wants to see 80 per cent of the population vaccinated by the end of August, as over 75 ...

An appeal hearing in the case of the British teenager found guilty of public mischief after reporting a gang rape in July 2019 will be go before the Supreme Court in ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 46 in total. People need to present a form of identification to get tested such as ID, passport or driver’s ...

Police on Saturday warned they will intervene if protests turn into mobs that disturb the peace and called on organisers of such events to comply with the measures. Citing upcoming ...

Police said a club in the Famagusta district was ordered to close on Friday night after it let in around 1,000 people, many of whom dancing. This is the fifth time ...

A 53-year-old doctor was remanded for seven days by Larnaca district court on Saturday in connection with the issuing of a fake Covid vaccination certificate to a man who is ...

Inspired by Greek mythology, one mural painter describes his works as contemporary Byzantine painting, balancing realism and abstraction. Alix Norman meets him Fikos is halfway up a wall in Athens. “...

A 48-year-old man from Limassol was arrested on Friday in connection with online threats against paediatricians for supporting vaccinating children over 12. Police said testimony was secured against the 48-year-old as ...

ASBIS, an information and communications technology distribution company based in Limassol, has announced that it has made a property acquisition to the tune of €6.2 million. The recently acquired 5,735 square metre ...

Four per cent of the adult population in Cyprus consumes alcohol daily – half the EU27 average — while 29 per cent never consumed or had not consumed any in the last 12 months, ...

Sex education is critical to protecting children from sexual abuse and must be offered at all levels of the education system, the Hope for Children Policy Centre said on Friday. ...