Cyprus News

Police on Monday said they are still looking for four identified people, after 23 suspects were arrested in relation to the attack on Dias media group and the protest against the ...

Cypriot skeet shooters performed admirably at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday but came up just short of qualification to the finals. Andri Eleftheriou, Giorgos Achilleos and Dimitris Konstantinou all put ...

The EAC board welcomed Energy Minister Natasa Pilides to Vasiliko power station on Monday to showcase investments to protect the environment by reducing carbon emissions in compliance with EU directives ...

Payments with credit cards will soon be accepted at the 38 health centres under the state health services organisation (Okypy), it was announced on Monday. It is part of the long-term ...

Three countries – Switzerland, Estonia and Israel – have been downgraded from the Green to Orange category for arrivals to Cyprus while Denmark and Ireland have been transferred from Orange to Red ...

The health ministry will scrap free antigen rapid tests for the general population from August 1, although those under 16 and some other population groups will still be entitled to them, it ...

The health ministry announced a total of 59 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Day 8 of vacation is when peak holiday happiness happens according to a new study, but any length break will do. Alix Norman finds out why you need to get away ...

The government is working to upgrade refugee support schemes especially on the housing policy but will not introduce measures especially for Varosha property owners which would in essence absolve Turkey ...

Defence ministry spokesman Christos Pieris on Monday confirmed that 30 new army recruits suffered food poisoning after a meal at the Larnaca camp where they had registered but called it an ...

Despite increased hospitalisations, including young people in a serious condition, the state health services organisation Okypy on Monday reassured that the situation in public hospitals is manageable. “There are many ...

About 65 per cent of hospitality venues are currently in operation islandwide, while business is at around 50 cent, the head of one of the business associations representing the sector said on ...

An explosive device placed on the garage door of a house in Nicosia on Monday morning caused extensive damages, with the windows of an adjacent house also being impacted in ...

Paphos police on Monday launched an investigation after two small dogs were found covered in tar near the district’s municipal market. The dogs were found stuck in the tar ...

Three day remands were issued on Monday for three people suspected of illegally entering and staying in the country, and identity fraud. The first, a 22-year-old African man was arrested ...

The new CEO of Hellenic Bank Oliver Gatzke on Monday announced an ambitious programme to ‘reshape’ the organisation. Oliver Gatzke “I am pleased to announce my official appointment by the ...

The extradition process for a fugitive wanted by the US will begin on September 21, the Paphos District Court ruled on Monday. According to the police, the 33-year-old man is wanted ...

The coronavirus pandemic led to a 15 per cent drop in the number of actual hours worked in Cyprus in 2020 compared to 2019 – more than the EU27 average of 12 per cent, according ...

Limassol police on Monday said they had arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a security guard at a nightclub last week. The incident was reported to the police ...

Financial assistance for those affected by large fires earlier this summer will start being dispensed from Monday, deputy government spokeswoman Niovi Parisinou said. Immediate assistance was deemed necessary for those ...

Paphos is the seventh cheapest holiday destination in Europe for British travellers, according to the latest British Post Office Travel Money survey. The survey covered 16 destinations in Europe, 13 in the ...

Two vaccinated members of the Cyprus’ Olympic games delegation have tested positive for coronavirus, the head of the Cypriot delegation Andreas Theofylaktou said on Monday. The fact that two members ...

Police booked 39 individuals and six businesses in Limassol, Paphos and Famagusta in the 24 hours until 6am on Monday, after 4,004 nationwide checks for coronavirus measures violations. Twenty people, including a business ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday and that 727 more people had tested positive from 73,053 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1 per cent. The deaths ...