Cyprus

The government on Friday imposed a fresh lockdown for two weeks between April 26 and May 9 in a bid to stem the rapid spread of Covid infections, which are threatening to ...

A second Covid-19 ward has opened at Paphos Hospital as the state health services scramble for beds amid a surge in admissions. Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said that eight beds ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides travels to Armenia on Friday where he will represent President Nicos Anastasiades at events to be held in Yerevan on Saturday to commemorate victims of the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday informed the National Council of the preparations ahead of the informal conference on Cyprus, scheduled to take place in Geneva next week. In a written ...

The replica of an ancient Cypriot Chalcolithic roundhouse, dating back to around 2800–2400 BC, was completed at the Kissonerga-Mosfilia in Paphos. The actual building chosen for the reconstruction was ‘Building 3’, also ...

Amid stiff competition from other top tourist destinations, three government ministers have set out to make the case as to why prospective travellers should pick the Mediterranean island. Cyprus is ...

For the first time in Cyprus, a kidney transplant from a mother to a child was successfully performed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The transplant, from a mother to ...

After intense negotiations for several days in Moscow, the Russian Federation has agreed to restart regular flights to Cyprus on May 1, according to a tourism industry source. An official announcement ...

More than 1700 Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid-19 vaccines were booked through the vaccination portal on Friday, the first day they were made available here. The J&J shots ...

A woman says she has reported to police that around 10 years ago she had been raped by a man who is running for parliament in the upcoming elections. In a ...

The 14-day cumulative rate of Covid cases has reached a record 937 per 100,000 of the population, the weekly coronavirus surveillance report issued by the health ministry said on Friday. The report ...

A Paphos resident will spend his 60th Birthday on Friday by completing a 60KM challenge to raise money for local charities. Frank Martin, well known in Paphos as the’ Blind ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

The National Council convenes on Friday morning under President Nicos Anastasiades, with a view to discuss developments as regards the Cyprus problem in view of the 5+1 informal meeting that will ...

Vartkes Mahdessian, the representative of the Armenian community in the House of Representatives, is hopeful that US President Biden will recognise the Armenian genocide on Saturday. Biden is likely going ...

Cyprus increased its total sales of pesticides by 101 per cent between 2011 and 2019, by far the highest increase in the EU, the latest Eurostat figures show. Of the 18 EU countries for ...

As a result of 11,004 checks police booked 185 individuals, four of them business owners, for breaching coronavirus measures from Thursday until Friday. One business owner was fined in Limassol, two in ...

Turkey’s lira skidded 2 per cent to its weakest this month on Thursday as the country’s ties with US come under strain, and after President Tayyip Erdogan again defended ...

Ruling Disy appears to have it in the upcoming parliamentary elections – or at least that is the perception among the public – while a substantial percentage are not upbeat about the ...

In a fireworks-laden session, the House passed a law giving the state the nod to guarantee up to €1 billion in loans to businesses and self-employed persons stricken by the coronavirus-related ...

Parliament on Thursday called for the immediate release of an interim report on the controversial passports scheme that was recently completely and delivered to the attorney-general. In a resolution, the ...

A UN Refugee Agency (Unhcr) official has expressed concern over the wellbeing of 200 migrant children, half of whom unaccompanied, currently hosted at an overcrowded reception centre, the organisation said on ...

Akamas communities on Thursday said they did not agree with the findings of a study on the environmental impact of the masterplan for the area, arguing that it does not ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19 and 927 new cases, while 296 patients are currently being treated for the coronavirus in hospitals – a record number. The latest ...