Cyprus

Police arrested a 35-year-old man in Limassol on Wednesday to facilitate investigations into the seizure of 30 kilos of cannabis and 300 kilos of fireworks in December. He is the fifth person ...

A total of 168 individuals were fined for breaching coronavirus decrees from Wednesday until Thursday morning, police reported. Unlike other days, no businesses were booked. A total of 9,950 checks were carried ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has assessed that the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be unable to cover its budget deficit by 2024, the date when the state support is due to ...

Police warned on Wednesday that increased internet use by minors during the pandemic has given sex offenders easier access to their victims. “During the Covid-19 crisis we are going through, ...

By Apostolis Zoupaniotis, New York The United States supports a Cypriot-led comprehensive settlement to reunify the island as a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF), which would benefit all Cypriots as well ...

The British examination board Pearson Edexcel International announced on Wednesday that its international exams would not go ahead as planned this summer. This will affect hundreds of students at private ...

The mayor of Paphos has hit back at MPs and other attendees at Tuesday’s session of the House refugee committee, calling them out for ‘political cannibalism’ and ‘personal insults’ ...

One death and 139 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Wednesday. The health ministry said 126 people were in hospital. Thirty-nine are in serious condition with 23 intubated. The death was of 79...

More positive cases have been found for the Covid-19 variant first detected in the UK, but none for the variants from South Africa and Brazil, the health ministry said on ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Wednesday said the government ought to allow locals stay in hotels and other tourist accommodation facilities if they have negative rapid ...

Education minister Prodromos Prodromou announced on Wednesday a new support package of €4 million for the creative sector approved by the cabinet. As part of the new support package, the one-off ...

The relocation of the civil registry and migration department in Nicosia to 90 Makarios Avenue has begun, it announced Due to the relocation public service points will remain closed from February 10 ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Thursday. The sites will be serving people who will return to their workplaces on February 8 and the general population. Since ...

People at risk of serious illness if infected with the coronavirus should not be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine because of its lower efficacy, according to a pharmacology expert. Assistant ...

The interior ministry is due to inform attorney-general George Savvides later on Wednesday on its next steps pertaining to the archbishopric’s surprise demolition of four listed buildings in old ...

Paphos has moved forward with plans to transform the town into a smart, digital city by signing a contract for the development of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Paphos mayor ...

World Cancer Day aims to remind everyone of the power of cooperation and civil society, the office of the commissioner for volunteerism and NGOs said on Wednesday on the occasion ...

Restrictive measures in the north have been extended with a traffic ban in all districts until February 10, it was announced on Wednesday. The decision was to have immediate effect due ...

Police ruled out foul play in the discovery of a dead baby in a grave at Paralimni cemetery on Tuesday, after they determined that it had been buried there after ...

The health ministry’s public health service ordered on Wednesday the recall of a brand of brown rice from the Cypriot market due to high levels of ochratoxin A. Ochratoxin ...

Current legislation on asset statements filed by politically exposed persons (PEPs) should be completely replaced as it is useless, an expert study said, suggesting that a section of those tasked ...

Rapid testing in Dromoloxia, Larnaca has relocated to the Church of Timios Prodromos the health ministry announced on Wednesday. According to the ministry, free rapid testing in the village was ...

The Limassol district court on Wednesday issued an eight-day remand for a 21-year-old involved in a series of burglaries, and a 19-year-old who was with him at the time. The ...

The cabinet announced on Wednesday that theatres and cinemas will be reopening on February 8 in keeping with the gradual easing of coronavirus measures. Upon assessing the current epidemiological outlook, the ...