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Pegeia mayor Marinos Lambrou is pushing forward with development projects worth a total of €7 million. According to statements made to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Lambrou said the first project ...

The British High Commission has stressed the need for UK nationals to continue to vote and be eligible to stand as candidates in local elections and was awaiting clarification on ...

More than 25,000 trees and shrubs are expected to be planted in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts affected by last month’s fires, the forestry department said ...

Kapnos Airport Shuttle on Friday launched a new, upgraded electronic reservation system to facilitate bookings. “Using the new, upgraded, and user-friendly online reservation system, passengers can book their seat and ...

The strike at Limassol port that has been ongoing since Wednesday over four layoffs was called off on Friday night after marathon shuttle talks with the union and employers. The ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and that 419 more had tested positive from 54,173 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.77 per cent. The death ...

The government has come up with a temporary arrangement for Turkish Cypriots to obtain an EU green pass. Turkish Cypriots currently face problems as regards travel abroad since the vaccination ...

Singer, songwriter and producer Johnny Worth, whose father was a Greek Cypriot has died aged 90 after a short illness. Following a massive music career that stretched from the 1950s to ...

By Stefanos Messios A 15-year-old boy of African origin has been taken into custody after allegedly presenting a fake Portuguese ID card at Paphos airport. He is facing charges of ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Saturday, 51 in total. To get tested, people need to present identification such as ID, passport, or driver’s licence. There will ...

The health ministry on Friday announced clarifications for the procedure for pregnant women who are not recommended to be vaccinated for medical reasons need to make to be able to ...

Hundreds of non-Gesy beneficiaries braved the heat to wait in line at walk-in vaccination centres on Friday as Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas urged members of the public who have yet ...

Twenty-seven patients are currently hospitalised at the two Covid-19 ward in Paphos General and all but one are unvaccinated, according to the hospital director. In addition, the ages of patients ...

The European Commission has approved a €50.6m government scheme providing partial debt write-off to distressed, socially vulnerable borrowers with loans secured by primary residences, it was announced on Friday. The ...

Police said on Friday they had issued fines to 28 individuals and five establishments in the past 24 hours for various violations of Covid health and safety measures. The force said it ...

The number of Cypriots travelling abroad this year is low, according to the Association of Travel Agents President Vassilis Stamataris. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Friday, Stamataris said ...

The Famagusta for Cyprus initiative has set up a phone line refugees can call for advice regarding their properties in the fenced area of Varosha. The group said they have ...

A total of 76.3 per cent of the adult population had received the first jab against the coronavirus and 69.9 per cent were fully vaccinated by August 12, the health ministry said on ...

Police in Limassol were trying to track down football fans who took part in clashes on Thursday night that saw eight vehicles damaged and one destroyed by fire. The clashes ...

About 90 per cent of patients with coronavirus who are hospitalised at the Famagusta referral hospital for Covid have not been vaccinated, Amalia Hadjiyianni, the facility’s scientific director said on ...

A Cypriot citizen wanted by the authorities since 2019 for financial crimes was arrested on Sunday in Germany and is being held there while awaiting extradition to the island. The suspect ...

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 ...

State officials welcomed the Cypriot firefighting mission who returned from Greece early on Friday after battling “some of the worst fires” for more than a week in Attica and Evia. ...

Visitors at the Parasolia beach in Kiti on Thursday were thrilled to see scores of newly hatched baby turtles making their way to the water. The baby loggerhead sea turtles, (...