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Referrals issued by personal doctors for specialists will only be good for two visits from October 6, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Monday. Until now, general health scheme (Gesy) ...

Netflix launching globally a few years back was a milestone for the entertainment industry. It altered the viewing habits of millions, ushering in changes that are now considered mainstream: same ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday called for more substantial help for those affected by high electricity prices, saying the state seems “unwilling to spend a single euro for the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, currently in New York for the UN General Assembly, is set to meet UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, reports said on Monday. Guterres will also ...

Sweden, Portugal and Iceland have been upgraded to the orange category as four other countries have been downgraded in new travel guidelines issued by the health ministry on Monday. The ...

Police are looking for a 31-year-old man after a complaint about a knife attack against a person at a Paphos home. According to police, two people complained on Sunday that ...

Two men aged 21 and 20 were arrested at Paphos airport and remanded in custody after attempting to travel abroad using stolen passports, police said on Monday. The first, a 21-year-old man ...

The fire in the Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou which saw some residents evacuated on Sunday evening was started by human hand, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...

A 30-year-old man was killed in a fatal accident in Frenaros on Monday morning. Famagusta police spokesman, Andreas Constantinou, said that the victim was not wearing a seat belt. According ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos travels to Slovenia on Monday to attend the Informal Council of the EU Transport and Energy Ministers and a high-level meeting concerning the Trans-European Transport Network ...

Members of the public aged over 65 are expected to be invited to book a third Covid vaccine dose from next week, the ministry of health said on Monday. Technical issues ...

Cyprus awarded American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris on Sunday night with one of the country’s leading honours during a ceremony at the residence of the Cypriot ambassador ...

Police arrested two people shortly after 1am in Paphos on Monday when they were found stealing building materials from a construction site. According to the police, at 00:45 information was received ...

Police on Monday fined four businesses a total of €2,250 for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 4,213 nationwide checks. The checks were carried out between 6am on Sunday and 6am on ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that 94 people had tested positive from 40,586 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in connection with an investigation into child pornography. According to police, the cyber-crime unit received information from Europol that someone had uploaded a ...

The ministry of finance is at an advanced stage and is expected to begin consultations among stakeholders (banks and the Cyprus Asset Management Company Ltd) on how to support the 780 ...

A total of 26 free rapid test sites for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Those eligible for the free tests are people between ...

Three people were remanded for six days in connection with sham marriages and assisting in activities related to illegal entry to the country, police said on Sunday. Their remand began ...

Recreating a traditional clothes-washing ritual in Kritou Terra is part of Paphos’s tourism strategy Paphos is renowned for its top-rated tourist attractions and sun-drenched beaches. A vacation hotspot, the ...

The massive fire in Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou which saw some residents evacuated was put under control by Sunday evening, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said. The blaze, ...

A total of 23 citizens and 14 establishment owners were fined for violation of Covid-19 protective measures in the last 24 hours. A police spokesperson told CNA that 3,809 checks were carried out in ...

One refugee from Varosha could not wait for the Cyprus problem to be solved before moving home. He now rents a place in the nearby village he holidayed in as ...

Cyprus ranks fifth among EU countries in the progress achieved regarding research and innovation, Theodoros Loukaidis, Director General of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) told CNA. In an interview ...