Cyprus

There’s much to look forward to as days get longer When I was at primary school I well remember writing in my exercise book “March brings breezes loud and ...

Massive fee hike cuts educational umbilical cord to Britain By Karim Arnous The number of Greek Cypriot students applying to a UK university has plummeted by nearly 50 per cent, as ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 298 new coronavirus cases, 131 of them in Limassol. The new cases were among 45,369 tests, with a positivity rate of 0.66 per cent. Hospitalisations have increased to 126, ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 66 in total. The testing sites are available for the wider population, workers and the self-employed but also pupils aged 12 and ...

But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one, too, for its much-vaunted new ...

The energy ministry is set to announce next week a €30 million project to upgrade energy efficiency in homes, minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday. According to Pilides, this project, to ...

Hundreds of women marched to the Presidential Place on Saturday demanding equality at home and work. The rally was organised by Akel affiliated, Women’s Movement Pogo and Peo trade ...

Scores of protesters gathered on Saturday outside state broadcaster CyBC calling for the withdrawal from the Eurovision song contest of Cyprus’ entry, El Diablo, which they described as “a hymn ...

A 32-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Friday evening after crashing his car into a parked vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, attacking officers and refusing to be ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced that the vaccination of people who are not Gesy beneficiaries has started, while also marking the 100,000 vaccinations administered so far. According to the ministry, ...

Cyprus’ decision to allow vaccinated Britons’ entry to the country ahead of the rest of the EU was spurred by the bloc’s reluctance to take a decisive stance on ...

Three businesses and 213 people were booked during the last 24 hours for violations of measures against the spread of coronavirus police said on Saturday. Between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday, 12,754 checks ...

Alix Norman speaks to Cyprus’ Canine Clinical Massage therapist about how to help your dog lead a happier, healthier life Athena can rehabilitate injuries, release sore muscles, speed up post-operative ...

21CY01 Technical Support for capacity building and methodological support for the effective preparation and implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan 130,000 21CY06 Preparation and implementation of green taxation reform in ...

The development of two organised beaches in turtle nesting areas has been on the agenda since 2012, the fisheries department said on Friday, clarifying that despite “misleading reports”, the goal is ...

EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on Friday there was “a real opportunity” that needed to be seized, following a meeting he had on Friday in Nicosia with President Nicos ...

Everyone has the right to keep their children from going to school if they don’t want them tested for coronavirus but they shouldn’t complain later about their inability ...

The health ministry on Friday announced 273 new cases of Covid-19 from a record 57,926 PCR and rapid tests which yielded a positivity rate of 0.47 per cent. No new deaths reported and ...

Cyprus has seen a significant drop in Covid-19 deaths despite an increased positivity rate, the health ministry announced on Friday. Between February 19 and February 26, the number of Covid-related deaths on ...

The health ministry announced that 69 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Nick Theodoulou The tourism deal struck between Cyprus and the UK – assuring travel without restrictions for Britons who have been vaccinated – has jumpstarted a surge of ...

The House legal affairs committee is expected expedite approval of a bill for court hearings relating to foreclosure cases by the end of March, its chairman Giorgos Georgiou said on ...

The Nicosia tourism board (Etap) announced on Friday that works would start within the month for the creation of a nature trail between Pigainia and Mosfili villages in the Tylliria ...

The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage announced on Friday the completion of conservation works on important monuments and announced that it plans on working on several mosques across the island. ...