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The infographic shows price changes for consumer goods during the pandemic.

Researchers tell us what can be done to save them It is likely that coral reefs around Cyprus will die in the near future because of climate change and unsustainable ...

Cypriots have built up their savings amid the lockdowns that began last year, recently released data show. Data released by the Central Bank show that, for the second month running, ...

An eight-year-old Griffon Vulture brought to Cyprus from Crete as part of a conservation project, has been dubbed the “ultimate wanderer” by BirdLife Cyprus after covering a total of 4,683km ...

A new airport being built in the north will be named after Fazıl Kucuk, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday. Kucuk served as the first Vice-President of ...

The association of owners of recreation centres (Pasika) will not accept any post-lockdown extensions to restaurant closures, and disagree with suggested new rules due to go into effect from May 10, ...

The health ministry announced five deaths and 509 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. The new deaths have brought the total to 326, of whom 213 were men and 113 women, with an average ...

Cyprus police are investigating a large number of unsolved missing persons cases dating back to the 90s, including two people who went missing this year. The most recent missing person ...

A recently published interim report into the citizenship-by-investment programme by a government-appointed panel fully vindicates earlier findings by the Audit Office, it said on Tuesday after reviewing the report. In ...

Cyprus Airways will launch direct flights from Larnaca and Malta on June 27 it announced on Tuesday, increasing the airline’s international destinations to 14. Flights to Malta will be twice weekly; ...

A proposal has been made for a 40m statue “that all Cypriots could identify with” which would overlook the Kyrenia coastline against the backdrop of the iconic mountain range. The ...

More than 10,000 people were served by the vaccination portal in the first 10 minutes after it opened for the age group from 37 to 38 on Tuesday, deputy minister for research, innovation and ...

The health ministry announced a total of 65 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Cyprus is expected to be placed in the UK’s amber category according to assessment by experts it was reported on Tuesday, in anticipation of London’s announcement on which ...

Cyprus has expressed intertest in operating a pan-European hotline for victims of gender-based violence, it was announced on Tuesday. Toward that end, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis signed a declaration of ...

Fire fighters were able to put under control a fire near a monastery between Analiontas and Kampia in the Nicosia district around an hour after it erupted. The blaze destroyed ...

Hoteliers hope to be able to welcome locals as from May 10, provided that the current two-week tougher restrictions are lifted, Cyprus Hotels Association director Philokypros Roussounides told Cybc TV on ...

Clarifications regarding people’s movement after the lockdown is lifted on May 10 will be announced in the upcoming days, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry is in the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday paid tribute to Edek founder Vassos Lyssarides as a visionary who played a leading role in modern Cyprus history. Speaking to the media after signing ...

Russians are currently spending their holidays in around 20 hotels in the Famagusta district while Russian and Israeli tourists are keeping 12 hotels in the Paphos district busy. Though overall numbers are ...

A joint lawsuit, by 67 parents against the state, which challenges the requirement on school children to undergo mandatory tests and face masks was heard in court on Tuesday. The hearing ...

Overcrowding and delays at the Spyros Kyprianou vaccination centre in Limassol early on Tuesday was an isolated incident caused by vaccine transportation issues, said the health ministry. Vaccinations at the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday called on the Turkish side to consider the cost on Turkish Cypriots of the isolation they are leading them to by insisting on a two-state ...

Priority should be given to vaccinating employees in the catering sector, president of the recreation centres association (Osika) Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. This would pave the way for reopening ...