Cyprus

The interior ministry has proposed a bill to further clamp down on ‘sham students’ which could lead to a hefty fine of €250,000. The bill also seeks a 15-year prison sentence ...

Main opposition party Akel on Wednesday called for normalisation of the situation at crossing points, citing contradictions and paradoxical measures from both sides as regards crossings. In a message to ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said he does not expect mass arrivals of tourists in the summer, but also believes that the recent deal struck with Israel represents a ...

Turkey has stopped insulting France and the European Union, providing some reassurance, but ties will remain fragile until it takes concrete action, France’s foreign minister said. Ankara has repeatedly ...

The government of the Republic of Cyprus has refuted a report by Greek daily “To Vima” which set out a scenario of the EastMed natural gas pipeline circumventing the Cyprus ...

Technical problems at the vaccination portal have been resolved and it is operating smoothly, the deputy ministry for research, innovation and digital policy said in a new announcement on Wednesday, ...

Paphos police are looking for an 18-year-old man in connection with the possession of a large number of rosaries. He was named by a suspect arrested three days ago for ...

Police booked 168 individuals, including two business owners, for violating coronavirus protocols during 24 hours from Tuesday until Wednesday. In total, 13,021 checks were carried out, 792 by traffic police, 98 by marine police and 10 ...

A yellow alert was issued for the second day in a row by the met office on Wednesday. It is in place from 10am until 4pm. According to the warning, ...

The market for Cyprus office real estate is forecast to fall 10 per cent to 15 per cent in aggregate office demand this year, reports Wire-FS, an independent real estate asset management ...

A breeding site for one of the most endangered seals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal, has been identified for the first time in the north. With a global ...

Parents on Tuesday said they were outraged by a new health ministry decree that means all secondary school students must take weekly rapid tests. According to the ministry of health, ...

Lawmakers on Thursday welcomed the first court judgment against a bank for unfair terms of contract, but still harangued the banks for acting with “impunity” in terms of their service ...

The Holy Synod on Tuesday called on the government to prevent El Diablo, the song chosen by state broadcaster CyBC, from representing Cyprus in this year’s Eurovision song contest ...

Labour minister Zeta Emilianidou on Tuesday appealed to MPs to fast-track a bill creating a junior ministry for Social Welfare, saying that growing societal problems make it an imperative. Emilianidou ...

The Akamas tulip (Tulipa akamasica) has been highlighted by the agriculture ministry this month to educate people about the island’s endangered plants, this one blooming from March to April, ...

One death and 288 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday. The new cases were from 32,933 tests, PCR and rapid tests, with the positivity rate at 0.87 per cent. The death concerns ...

€1.1bn was lost to the Cyprus economy as a result of the coronavirus, the statistical service (Cystat) announced on Tuesday. According to Cystat, Cyprus’ GDP shrank by 5.1 per cent in 2020 ...

Police announced that accumulation of water at various points on the Larnaca to Nicosia highway, in both directions, especially in the Lympia area has been seen, with the result that ...

Limassol’s Carnival King will be touring the streets of Limassol later this week on his chariot, starting from stinky Thursday in a bid to spread some festive cheer around ...

Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Wednesday The health ministry announced that 55 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and ...

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has described the internationally accepted model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation as “a starting point” for a settlement to the Cyprus issue, urging “flexibility ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Tuesday urged people who have been sexually abused or harassed to find the courage to report their cases to the authorities. Yiolitis met the assistant ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said authorities were worried by the sudden spike in coronavirus infections despite expecting an uptick as restrictions were eased. Ioannou was speaking after a meeting with ...