Cyprus

A new Covid-19 ward at Paphos general hospital opened its doors on Monday morning, ready to accommodate the first patients, according to the state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. ...

Used by ancient Greeks, Cyprus Institute and UCL academics issue new paper Researchers from the Cyprus Institute and University College London have released a new paper which contains a crucial ...

High concentrations of dust were seen in some areas of Cyprus on Monday, the labour inspection department warned in the morning. Elevated dust levels were recorded in Limassol, where the ...

Cyprus said on Monday it has downgraded Denmark and Norway and upgraded Ireland in its classification of countries based on their epidemiological condition, effective from Thursday, March 25. The classification affects ...

Dali primary school teachers began a two-hour work stoppage on Monday morning to demand an immediate relocation of the two asphalt plants in the area. Pupils and their parents were ...

Cyprus is one of the five EU countries where less than 20 per of the land is covered by forest, the latest Eurostat figures show. In 2020, only around 1 per cent of ...

A man driving at nearly double the speed limit was slapped with four penalty points and a fine of €500 by the Paralimni district court on Monday. Police arrested him in ...

Police booked 220 individuals and two businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols in a day, from 6am on Sunday until 6am on Monday. During this time, 11,816 checks were carried out, 2,879 in Nicosia, 2,265 ...

For one local photographer, what can be seen in the great outdoors makes life worth living, although he fears the change inflicted on it by hordes of visitors With increasing ...

One person died from coronavirus on Sunday as the ministry of health announced 336 new cases. The new cases were among 47,306, meaning a positivity rate of 0.71 per cent was recorded. The ...

Cyprus will be on its own at the upcoming Council meeting THE eagerly-awaited European Council of March 25-26, which the Cyprus government had hoped would take punitive measures against Turkey ...

Police launched an investigation on Sunday after a video posted on social media showed people inside a Limassol taverna dancing. The video posted on Instagram shows several people dancing, in ...

Cyprus saw over 10,000 road accidents in 12 years with 729 fatalities The majority of fatal traffic accidents’ victims in Cyprus are men, while most of those killed failed to wear a seatbelt ...

The ministry of health on Sunday afternoon announced 54 testing sites on Monday for rapid Covid-19 tests. It also reminded that all those who go to work are required to take ...

Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Sunday took the opportunity of the International Day against Racism to accuse the government of not caring about foreigners, just how wealthy they were. At ...

Parents of primary age children will join a demonstration outside the Presidential palace on Monday to protest the ongoing online lessons for gymnasium students, they announced on Sunday. The Pancyprian ...

After confirmation from the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organisation last week about the safety and efficacy of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the ministry of health on Sunday ...

Mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis Papachristofi said on Sunday he is in favour of the integration of the Municipality with all surrounding communities, amid discussions for holding a referendum on ...

The decision by Turkey to withdraw from the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention is alarming and deeply regrettable, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. “Yet another example of the ...

The Cypriot authorities have issued an anti-Navtex after a Navtex was issued on Saturday by Turkey for exercises in the Bay of Morphou, sources told the Cyprus News Agency on ...

Parties, organisations and unions held a demonstration on Saturday night in north Nicosia against freedom of speech under the slogan ‘We are not Afraid. We will not be Silenced’. Around 200 ...

Parents angered over ministry’s refusal to accept them despite being on its own approved list Rapid saliva tests for coronavirus, an alternative to nasal rapid and PCR tests, have ...

The effect of illegal carnival gatherings last weekend and the relaxations of measures last Tuesday will start to be seen by the epidemiological team as of this coming Tuesday, a ...

EU Turkish relations will be discussed by the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday, for which Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will depart later on Sunday. The Council will ...