Cyprus

The number of patients at the Famagusta reference hospital for coronavirus has dropped to about 36 per cent of capacity due to increased vaccinations, its director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Tuesday. ...

Day by day, more and more people are trusting the vaccine against the coronavirus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday, while announcing the completion of the first round of ...

Cyprus will be among 16 countries performing on Tuesday night at the first Eurovision semi-final. Elena Tsangrinou will be competing with the song ‘El Diablo’ in hopes of being one of ...

Nicosia municipality said on Tuesday that it has received seven tenders for a makeover of the old GSP stadium area that will enhance efforts to upgrade the historical centre. Tenders ...

The health ministry decided to move the location of a rapid test site in Paphos from a multipurpose room at the Ayios Theodoros gymnasium to the parking lot near the ...

The consumer protection service said on Tuesday that it has launched a campaign to check “lucky bags” on the market for dangerous materials and contents. Lucky bags contain a variety ...

Cyprus Post said on Tuesday that it has suspended accepting mail for Israel due to the impossibility of finding an air carrier to transport it there. This applies to mail ...

Limassol district court remanded a 25-year-old man for eight days on Tuesday in connection with the beating of a 30-year-old man with an iron bar over the weekend in Limassol. ...

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matthew Hancock said on Monday that UK residents “should certainly not” travel to destinations in the Amber list of the country’s ...

Police arrested a 22-year-old woman late on Monday for driving twice over the speed limit in Larnaca. Traffic officers stopped the woman at around 9.20pm, after she was clocked going 134...

Limassol police said Tuesday they arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of stealing the car of a 72-year-old woman earlier this month. The suspect was arrested at around noon on ...

Authorities in Paphos have shuttered a gym, which had been operating without permit and was in violation of Covid protocols, police said Tuesday. The order was delivered to the owner ...

Cyprus upgraded Iceland to the Green category and moved Slovakia down to Red in its new categorisations for arrivals based on countries’ epidemiological situation, effective from May 20. The green category ...

Police said Tuesday they have arrested a third suspect in connection with the arson of six company cars in Frenaros over the weekend. Famagusta police said they arrested the 31-year-old ...

Police booked 18 people for violating coronavirus protocols after 4,455 checks nationwide in the last 24 hours. Nicosia police carried out the majority of checks, counting 1,236, with just one violation. In Limassol, 13 people ...

The Cyprus business and professional climate, which had deteriorated in March 2021, has strengthened significantly in April of this year, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research ...

In recent weeks reports of motorists witnessing migrants crossing the busy highway on foot outside the Pournara reception camp for refugees near Kokkinotrimithia have increased at an alarming speed. In ...

The health ministry announced one death and 167 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. A 56-year-old man passed away at Limassol hospital, bringing the total death toll to 347, of whom 230 were ...

Police on Monday arrested a 60-year-old man on suspicion of purchasing and owning child pornography. They said that a warrant was issued after the cybercrime unit received information that a ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday he plans on visiting the north on July 20, the anniversary of the Turkish invasion. Erdogan told Turkish daily Sabah that, barring any ...

A total of 77 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Cyprus is among the most searched destinations as Britons consider their holiday options, but UK tour operators will not send customers until the Foreign Office lifts its travel guidance to ...

Despite gradual progress in protecting the rights of the LGBTI community, discrimination against them remains a tragic reality, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said in a written statement marking international day ...

Tenders will be launched next month for the €17m phase three of the Larnaca-Dhekelia coastal road, the transport ministry said on Monday. It said the e-procurement document is expected to ...