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The Council of Ministers late on Wednesday decided on the gradual easing of restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic including scrapping the SMS requirement, but introducing a Coronapass. The new ...

Pregnant women who test positive for Covid-19 and have symptoms are considered high-risk groups with increased risk of becoming severely unwell and even dying, according to the conclusions of an ...

All employees of the rubbish collection units of the Famagusta district cluster area went on an impromptu work stoppage on Thursday calling for implementation of their collective agreement and warning ...

The next few weeks will be decisive for the tourism sector for the remainder of 2021, even though indications so far suggest that both May and June will see limited business, ...

The introduction of the ‘Covid pass’ in Cyprus starting Monday has sparked a mixed reaction among the public, lawyers and the hospitality sector with some welcoming the restart of the ...

An inquiry into a company that controls a slaughterhouse and whether it had received favourable treatment from state departments was forced to suspend its hearings after one of its members ...

Both lanes of the motorway from Nicosia to Larnaca have been reopened after they were closed for hours because of an accident, police announced on Thursday. A garbage truck reportedly ...

A young woman with learning difficulties fined for breaching coronavirus protocols will lodge an appeal with the complaint review committee set up specially for this purpose, police said on Thursday. ...

The number of patients treated in hospital for Covid appears to have stabilised despite still being high, the government health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday. On Wednesday, 246 people were ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people aged 12 to 15 is expected to be used in Cyprus when and if approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the deputy director of pharmaceutical ...

The fisheries department on Thursday said the sea turtle nesting season is starting soon and called on people to observe all measures in areas where they lay their eggs. The ...

Nurses on Thursday asked for better working conditions for health professionals administering vaccines to ensure their safety and that of the public while also keeping the vaccination programme at speed. ...

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be temporarily unloaded at the Vasilikos port, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday, adding that within a few months the ...

An inspection campaign in the manufacturing sector will be carried out in May, June and November to promote work safety. “The aim of the campaign is to reduce the high ...

Police booked 143 individuals, among them three business owners, for breaches of coronavirus protocols from Wednesday until Thursday morning. In 24 hours, 8,688 checks were carried out, 2,341 in Limassol, 1,663 in Nicosia, 1,283 in Larnaca, 843 ...

The vaccination portal failed to open on Thursday due to a technical problem and will remain closed today. The portal was due to open at 7.30 am for the age group ...

A 24-year-old motorcyclist is in serious condition in Nicosia hospital after a road accident which happened in Limassol on Wednesday. At around 3.30pm, the motorbike collided with a car driven ...

Both lanes of the motorway from Nicosia to Larnaca have been closed because of an accident, police announced on Thursday morning. Traffic will be diverted from the Pera Chorio exit ...

by George Eid A change of position by the US mediators was apparently the cause of the breakdown in the sixth round of US-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel on ...

Close to 32 per cent of the eligible population has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, with around 10 per cent receiving both, the health ministry said on Wednesday. ...

The police, together with health professionals, have assumed a heavy burden in the fight against the pandemic, with the members of the force having to enforce the measures to stop ...

The cabinet on Wednesday night decided to reopen most closed businesses and to introduce a so-called Coronapass for people to be allowed into hospitality venues, churches, gyms, shops and other ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has filed an appeal at the supreme court against a resolution passed by parliament calling on him and his deputy Savvas Angelides to recuse themselves from the ...

The ministry of health announced one death from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the fifteenth this month, and 562 new infections after 57,314 tests, a positivity rate of 0.98 per cent. The ministry said 246 people ...