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Two large events for children were organised by the central prison recently, it announced on Sunday, to mark International Children’s Day and to boost its policy of helping prisoners ...

A new part of the Golden Coast beach in Varosha, stretching to the Venus hotel, is almost ready, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. The beach is where Turkish ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos visited his birth place of Tala on Sunday, taking part in the service at the church there. He was warmly greeted by members of the church and the ...

Volunteers and donations have dried up while the cats are multiplying The cat lady of Paphos says she is overwhelmed with dozens of stray cats and kittens that are being ...

Chief of the National Guard Lieutenant General Dimokritos Zervakis was on Sunday in Egypt after an invitation from his counterpart there Lieutenant General, Mohammed Farid Hegazy. In addition to a ...

Bilateral relations, the Cyprus issue, regional developments and the forthcoming visit of President Nicos Anastasiades to Estonia, will be discussed during a working visit by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides there ...

We must all work together to realise the changes that our island needs otherwise we will all be exposed to a political system “that brings only frustration and disgust”, Disy ...

Police handed out fines to 10 individuals and one establishment owner for not abiding with the measures in place to contain the spread of coronavirus in the 24 hours leading up to 6...

The leadership of main opposition party Akel is determined to reorganise and regain its strength it said after a meeting of its central committee following a disappointing outcome in last ...

Doubts over the EU’s insistence that the Digital Covid Certificate will protect everyone’s rights over their data Activists in Cyprus are joining an EU-wide effort lobbying MEPs to ...

There were no deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as 41 new infections were detected in 49,462 tests, a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ...

Around 55 per cent of those eligible for a vaccine have received at least one dose, the health ministry said on Saturday, with Paphos having the highest rate of vaccinations in ...

District Testing site hours Limassol Ayios Nicolaos lyceum 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Ayios Ioannis High School 8:30 a.m.-6 p....

A man has died after he was attacked by a bull at a farm in Dali, outside Nicosia, reports said on Saturday. The incident took place at around 11.30am. The ...

At 300 metres elevation in the foothills of the Troodos mountains and in a frost pocket, I am always surprised that I can get anything slightly sub-tropical to grow at all. ...

The ministry of agriculture chose the humble Cypriot donkey thistle (Onopordum cyprium), to mark world environment day on Saturday, saying it highlights the intrinsic role all plants play in maintaining ...

A 35-year-old man suffered serious injuries on Friday after a gas explosion in his flat in Paphos. The Palestinian man was rushed to Paphos hospital with extensive burns to his ...

Children over six-years-old must have negative coronavirus tests to be allowed to visit the north, a Turkish Cypriot official said Saturday. Cenk Soydan, the co-chair of the bicommunal technical committee ...

Police have arrested a foreign national in connection with the arrival of 15 irregular migrants in Kato Pyrgos in the early hours of Saturday. Authorities said it appeared the 12 men and ...

Police handed out fines to just four individuals for not abiding with the measures in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours. Police carried ...

Three masked men robbed an elderly couple at knifepoint in their Limassol home in the early morning hours of Saturday, police said. The incident took place at around 2.20am in ...

Close to 7,500 people used the seven crossings controlled by the Republic after they reopened on Friday, most going to the north, police said. According to a police spokesperson, 7,455 people used ...

The Covid-19 vaccination portal will remain open until 17.30 on Saturday for those aged 28-32 to make an appointment, the health ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry’s schedule, ...

With the summer on its way, our thoughts inevitably turn to holidays. But with Covid still holding sway, dare we leave Cyprus? Alix Norman asks whether its vacation or staycation ...