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The interior ministry is on the defensive following widespread criticism over its installation of barbed wire along rural sections of the buffer zone in Nicosia to deter the uncontrolled crossing ...

Cyprus’ Covid–19 cumulative diagnosis rate increased by more than 50 per cent this week as Limassol’s value spiked to 923.1 from 641.2 per 100,000 residents, according to the biweekly epidemiological report. Hospital admissions ...

A Greek Cypriot fugitive detained in the north was handed over by Turkish Cypriots on Friday after around spending two years in jail. Iosif Iosif, aka Sifis, 42, was being sought ...

Cyprus took part in the annual aeronautical exercise Noble Dina 2021, which took place in the west of the island between March 7 and 11 with forces from Greece, France, USA, and Israel, ...

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 ...

With a high-pressure system affecting the area, temperatures are set to rise over the weekend and on Green Monday, while dust levels are expected to be elevated on Monday. On ...

Cyprus is one of three EU countries where one-fifth of enterprises with more than 10 people employed used internet-connected devices last year. On Friday, Eurostat reported that in 2020, 18 per cent of ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 45-year-old male burglary suspect after photos of the stolen goods were posted online in an effort to sell them. Authorities were also seeking a second ...

Over 116,000 people have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far, including 32,000 who received both, the health ministry said Friday. The ministry said 116,331 have been vaccinated, including 31,968 ...

Police late on Thursday arrested two men in connection with a bakery robbery committed earlier in the day in Limassol. The pair, 21 and 17, were travelling in a car which police ...

From Thursday until Friday morning, police booked 158 persons, including two business owners, for breaching coronavirus protocols. During 24 hours leading up to 6am 13,240 checks were carried out, 3,382 in Nicosia, 2,475 in Limassol, 2,295 ...

The Cabinet, chaired by the President Nicos Anastasiades, is meeting from 9.30am to take final decisions regarding possible new relaxations of the restrictive measures to curb the spread of the ...

The government has decided to move ahead with the privatisation of the stock exchange, and to seek a partner exchange for it abroad, Cyprus Stock Exchange Chairman Marinos Christodoulides said ...

Reports of domestic violence in Limassol have doubled in the past six months, since the introduction of a dedicated taskforce operated by the city’s police department, according to Limassol ...

Parliament on Thursday passed two items of legislation granting tax breaks to landlords who voluntarily reduce their rents to businesses financially stricken by the coronavirus-related restrictions. The first bill provides ...

Limassol appears to have taken on the role of the island’s speakeasy, reminiscent of the US’ prohibition era, as it has been singled out for the island’s slow ...

The placing of a razor wire fence along a segment of the buffer zone is not, nor can it be construed as, erecting a border, the interior ministry said Thursday ...

Authorities in the north on Thursday detained and then released four leftist activists on suspicion of defacing posters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Police detained Abdullah Korkmazhan, the general secretary ...

The health ministry announced one death and 431 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from a total of 43,177 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 1%. From over 8,500 rapid tests ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday became likely the most tested public official – if not member of the public – over 24 hours in Cyprus, after undergoing four tests for the coronavirus, the ...

Staff at the Paphos municipality went on an impromptu work stoppage on Thursday accusing mayor Phedonas Phedonos of bullying. The protest was prompted by an alleged verbal attack by Phedonos ...

The outlook on the reopening of schools is “fluid” so far, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday as Cyprus anxiously awaits Friday’s announcement on the next steps to ...

Nicosia district court fined a motorist €1,500 and suspended his licence for 90 days on Thursday after he was found drink driving. The man, 49, who was driving in Kokkinotrimithia area, was arrested ...

Animal right’s organisation Peta on Thursday urged Cyprus to include organic vegan agriculture as part of reforms under the EU common agriculture policy, arguing it would reduce greenhouse gas ...