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Voters must wear a mask when they vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but this mask cannot indicate their preferred political party, Chief Election Officer Costas Constantinou said on Tuesday ...

Bank of Cyprus announced first quarter revenue of €136 million, and operating profit of €45 million, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. Profit after tax was €8 million. But organic profit (...

A total of 4,700 grammes of duty-free tobacco, 87 counterfeit logo T-shirts and 3,813 laughing gas ampoules were confiscated after police and customs checks in the Famagusta district. Police and the customs department ...

A bar owner in Kato Paphos was fined €3,000 for allowing customers to dance at his establishment, police said on Tuesday. The business was fined after 1,051 police checks in Paphos in ...

President Nikos Anastasiades is taking a great deal of flak over his perceived undue meddling in electioneering as the clock runs down on the May 30 parliamentary ballot – but it could ...

The Cyprus nightlife association (Pasyked) announced on Monday its members plan to protest later in the week as they feel excluded from state help. In a written announcement, nightclub owners “...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 100 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. The dead are two men, aged 60 and 82, who passed away at Nicosia general hospital. The death toll ...

The central elections service issued on Monday some guidelines for the parliamentary elections on May 30. Polling stations will open at 7 in the morning and close at 6pm, with a lunch ...

A total of 78 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

More than €1 billion will be allocated in Cyprus over the next five years for a speedy transition to a ‘green economy’, three government ministers said on Monday. In opening remarks ...

Revelations that Turkish officials were allegedly behind the 1996 assassination of a Turkish Cypriot journalist in the north prompted calls for the reopening of the case, it was reported on Monday. ...

A British national who was hospitalised in Nicosia general hospital for a thrombotic episode after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has died, a health official said on Monday. Health authorities ...

A 40-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were remanded on Monday until June 17, when they will appear in court in connection with the death of a Bulgarian national who was ...

Turkey may drill more boreholes in its search for gas in the eastern Mediterranean, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Monday, an area where its search and drilling operations led ...

A former MEP who was accused by a Cypriot woman of sexual harassment while he was in office will be called to answer to the charge of indecent assault on ...

What to do with expensive clothes you no longer want without adding to the global pile? It’s a question addressed by a new concept store in Limassol. ALIX NORMAN ...

The education system in Cyprus will be improved to provide students with better learning opportunities and teachers with better tools for their work, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday challenged prominent figures to help raise awareness about motorbike safety. He posted a video on his Facebook profile to raise public awareness accompanied by ...

The Cypriot national who was on the Ryanair plane en route to Vilnius, Lithuania, that was forced by Belarusian authorities to land in Minsk on Sunday to arrest a journalist ...

New fire stations are being planned, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said on Monday as the summer, and its associated fire season, gets underway. Speaking at the fire service exercise Torch, ...

There could be further relaxations to the measures against the spread of coronavirus, a member of the epidemiological team said on Monday stressing the need for people to get vaccinated. ...

Cyprus has been transformed into a pillar of stability in the region by building closer ties with other nations, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Monday. Petrides emphasised the important ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday appealed to the people of Famagusta to get vaccinated so tourists can be welcomed back to the island. Karousos, who was the mayor of ...

The USA, Malta and Romania were on Monday upgraded while Thailand was downgraded in Cyprus’ new categorisations for arrivals, effective from May 27. Malta will move to the green category, while ...