Cyprus

After nine years, an agreement was reached this week to move forward gas sharing between Israel and Cyprus as a field straddles the borders. But how long will it take ...

Most of the elderly have been vaccinated, so why are so many in hospitals? Even with Cyprus poised to reopen a bit more, the situation in our hospitals due to ...

A 34-year-old man, a resident of Limassol, was remanded by the Larnaca court on Sunday after being found with one kilo of cannabis in his car, police said. According to ...

A large protest is planned for March 27 by the municipality of Dhali to push for the immediate closure and removal of an asphalt plant from their area, which they say ...

Acknowledged by the UN in 1991, political equality remains a stumbling block With the informal five-party summit on Cyprus under UN auspices fast approaching next month, recent weeks have focused on ...

Two minors have been arrested in connection with a burglary last week that netted the thieves more than 200,000 in cash and valuables, police said. The pair are aged 15 and 16. The ...

In the last 24 hours, police booked 207 individuals and three businesses – two in Limassol and one in Paphos – for breaking Covid dictates. Police said between 6am Saturday and 6am on Sunday 13,222 ...

A jockey and a trainer were injured on Saturday in an accident at the Nicosia race track when the rider lost control of a racehorse. The 24-year-old rider fell from ...

The health ministry announced 398 new coronavirus cases on Saturday from 43,940 tests, a positivity rate of 0.91 per cent. There was an increase in patients treated for the virus in state hospitals ...

The ministry of health on Saturday announced 61 testing sites around the island for workers and other to get a rapid test on Sunday. Some of them will remain open until 7.30...

Pensioners are frustrated over the difficulty in reaching the labour ministry to sort out problems concerning their pensions and allowances. The Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) said every day they ...

The finance ministry has so far identified 700 unviable cases rejected by a state-backed mortgage relief scheme aimed at stricken borrowers and will be looking at ways to help them keep ...

Hospitality venue owners on Saturday said they were not fully satisfied with a government decision to reopen establishments that had outdoor areas to accommodate their clientele. The head of the ...

Police made several arrests for various offences over the past 24 hours, including possession of a knife and threatening an officer, drunk and disorderly conduct, and driving under the influence of ...

Volunteers are organising a second clean-up in the Pedieos riverbed this Sunday following a first attempt to get rid of large amounts of trash illegally dumped in the area last ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis announced on Saturday that the government would be giving away an additional 100,000 saplings as part of its Planting for the Climate initiative. The announcement came after ...

Meetings will be held in the coming days to examine ways for the safe return of pupils to schools as soon as possible, the head of the government advisory team ...

A man who went missing after diving in the Lympia reservoir is dead, reports said on Saturday. Fire service rescue crews had been searching for the man after he was ...

“I fear the lockdown may have discouraged many from pursuing music,” says Hovig Nassanian. “Being a musician or performer was already an undervalued profession in Cyprus; now many have had ...

The forestry department will donate thousands of small trees this Saturday to families who wish to plant them in their garden. Using the slogan “tree planting becomes a family matter”, ...

Police reported 180 people and two establishments in the past 24 hours for violating health and safety measures, in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In total, police conducted 12,921 checks ...

A 27-year-old woman and her two children, eight and six, were in serious condition on Saturday following a road collision in Nicosia on Friday afternoon. Police said they were investigating ...

Members of the advisory committee on coronavirus have defended the decisions announced on Friday regarding schools even as parents called them “inexcusable” and “incomprehensible”. It was decided that primary schools ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou held a series of meetings on Friday in the north that included former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, ahead of the informal five-party summit on Cyprus ...