Cyprus

The health ministry announced no deaths and 364 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. As there were no deaths, the total number remains 241, of whom 160 were men and 81 women, with an ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and European Union chiefs discussed eastern Mediterranean tensions and Turkey-EU ties in a video call on Friday, ahead of an EU summit due to address fraught ...

Almost 9,000 vaccination appointments for those aged 66 and older will be made available over the weekend, the health ministry announced on Friday. Some 8,934 appointments will be made available though the online ...

The embattled management of Cypra slaughterhouse denied Friday they had anything to do with the demise of a state facility and receiving preferential treatment along the way. In a statement, ...

Around 7,000 people who were affected by the postponement of AstraZeneca vaccinations will be called on Monday and Tuesday to rebook their appointments, it was announced on Friday. According to acting ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 64 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday stressed the important role the EU can play in during the informal conference on the Cyprus issue that will take place next month in Geneva. ...

The interior ministry sought to clarify on Friday that the Kouklia community leader had not been sacked, as media reported the previous day, but he has been sidelined in a ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) have called on people in Cyprus to refrain from staging mass protests in the coming ...

On March 16, details of thousands of companies domiciled on the island will be collected to be entered in a so-called Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) register – according to standards set by ...

Cyprus has been receiving the biggest flow of migrants in proportion to its population, which is threatening to change its demographics, a presidential aide said on Friday, ahead of a ...

Government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos received the AstraZeneca jab on Friday, becoming the first member of the government to be vaccinated against the coronavirus after President Nicos Anastasiades who kicked off ...

A 25-year-old Cypriot had been intubated in critical condition in an Athens hospital after he was bitten by a cobra, Greek media reported on Friday. The man, who was said ...

District court judges were back in class this week for a one-day online seminar on how sentencing can serve as an effective deterrent to road fatalities. The seminar, organised by ...

Larnaca district court on Friday sentenced a 40-year-old man to 14 months in jail for cultivating cannabis. The man, who is from Limassol, was arrested on January 15 after the drug squad ...

A British newspaper has reported that Russia is understood to have engaged in “electronic warfare” against RAF aircraft taking off from the Akrotiri British base in Cyprus. The Times quoted ...

The European Commission has sent more than half a million rapid antigen tests to Cyprus to facilitate checks to contain the spread of the pandemic, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

The coronavirus pandemic slashed an estimated three per cent off local wages and salaries in the second and third quarters last year, the annual report on the economy and employment ...

Government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos denied on Friday that the law firm he was a partner in had drafted the agreement to hand over the management of over €7bn in bad ...

Cyprus has been declared a ‘dark red zone’ based on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the health ministry’s epidemiological report revealed on Friday. According to ...

Parties and unions are set to march from the interior ministry to Eleftheria Square in Nicosia on Sunday to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Participants include ...

Paphos in the west of Cyprus is where the hills meet the Mediterranean. The European Capital of Culture for 2017 has been attracting tourists for many years. Paphos is rich in ...

A hoteliers’ group and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Friday urged the government to amend its decree to allow Cyprus’ permanent residents to stay at local hotels. ...

Secondary school parents on Friday said they will demonstrate next week for the return of gymnasium children back to school. The group will gather outside the presidential palace at 4.30pm ...