Cyprus

Close colleague of former president Glafcos Clerides and director of his presidential office Pantelis Kouros died on Saturday, aged 89. Condolence messages and donations in his memory can be made here: ...

Forty one new cases of coronavirus were reported in the north on Saturday out of a total of 8,276 tests. The ‘ministry of health’ said these referred to one overseas traveller, 12 ...

A total of 138 individuals and three businesses were charged by the police in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday for breaking coronavirus restrictions. A police spokesman told the ...

A total of 354,264 vaccines had been administered in Cyprus by Saturday, the ministry of health announced on Sunday, representing 40.3 injections per 100 residents. Of these 270,101 (36.5%) were the first dose and 84,163 (11.4%) the ...

A further two people arrested in connection with the setting fire to a police patrol car in Limassol on Holy Saturday were remanded in police custody for five days by ...

The ‘safe pass’ -the colloquial term for documentation allowing people unfettered access to any venue – will be used “long term” and can be displayed in either electronic or print form, ...

Two people died from Covid-19 and 397 new infections were detected in the past 24 hours after 71,251 tests, a positivity rate of 0.56 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ministry ...

The testing sites for Sunday are as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (21 points) Church of Agios Ioannis Eleimonos, Agios Ioannis 9.30 a.m.-7 p.m. “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 9 ...

EU leaders are clear that Turkey`s position on Cyprus solution cannot be accepted or tolerated, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. The president who is in Porto for the EU ...

A parliamentary candidate accused of rape committed over 10 years ago denied the crime Saturday and blamed it on political expediency. In a post on Facebook, Andreas Ttaouxis, a Larnaca municipal ...

Authorities fined a 40-year-old man €11,000, after he was caught by Game Fund officers in possession of two turtle doves in a game reserve area in Limassol, police said on Saturday. ...

As of Monday, May 10, people will have to display a so-called Safepass to be allowed entrance in certain venues and facilities, in line with government measures to stop the spread ...

Police said Saturday they reported 11 people for driving under the influence of drugs in the past 10 days with three also being over the alcohol limit. The force said 11 people tested ...

GPs have so far ordered around 20,000 vaccine doses, which they will administer to their patients without them having to go through the vaccination portal. According to health insurance organisation official, ...

Close to 36 per cent of the population has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine while 11.2 per cent got both, the health ministry said on Saturday. By Friday, ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted that conflict prevention and mediation was a key element of his activities and gave the example of the Cyprus 5+1 informal meeting that took place in ...

The health ministry said Saturday that from May 10 onwards, people with valid Covid vaccine certificates arriving in Cyprus, irrespective of country of origin, will be exempted from testing and quarantine ...

Police reported 162 people in the past 24 hours, including an owner of a hospitality venue, for various violations of Covid measures. The force said it had carried out 8,623 checks across the ...

The Home for Cooperation on Friday marked the tenth anniversary since its establishment, pledging to continue working towards reconciliation between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and a sustainable peace on the ...

Limassol police arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of trafficking over half a kilo of cannabis, which came by post. Police said the man was the recipient of two packages ...

A new book of music and album aims to present popular Greek tunes in a new way – for the classical guitar. Alix Norman finds out more, plus how to win ...

Cyprus is ready to welcome the first cruise passengers on the basis of a health protocol that was announced by Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and the Deputy Minister of Shipping ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday highlighted the need for an integrated strategy for designing and implementing active employment policy measures, combined with strengthening anti-discrimination efforts and promoting equality and gender ...

The health ministry announced four deaths and 324 new Covid-19 positives on Friday from 56,420 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.57 per cent. The deaths concerned four men aged 69, 72, 67 ...