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Paphos police on Monday said they are investigating an internet scam amounting to €21,000 following a complaint by a permanent resident last December. The complaint was made by the director of ...

After a weekend of unrest that saw both Apollon and AEL football fans storming each other’s fan clubs police will increase their presence in Limassol on Monday night as ...

An agreement reached between Cyprus and Israel to allow the free movement of vaccinated Israelis to the island was welcomed by the transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday. He said ...

Sunday saw a record number of SMS sent for permission to move around, figures published by the deputy ministry of research, innovation and digital policy on Monday showed. A total ...

Cyprus has one of the highest survival rates for pediatric cancer in the world, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday as International Childhood Cancer Day is marked globally on ...

The fire service and the joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the aim of coordinating the operations of the fire stations at Larnaca and ...

A 17-year-old teenager was arrested in connection with the possession of drugs in Larnaca on Sunday. When his home in Larnaca was searched on Sunday afternoon police officers found 76 grammes ...

A man is in critical condition in Nicosia hospital after a buggy he was driving overturned on Sunday in the village of Mammari in the Nicosia district. The 35-year-old lost ...

A 29-year-old man drowned in the sea off Paphos on Sunday afternoon. The man, a Romanian national living in Paphos, went swimming near Peyia with a friend. At around 4.30pm, ...

US study shows classrooms not a hotbed for Covid transmissions By Antigoni Pitta With students of all ages having had almost a year of fragmented schooling, parents and experts are ...

As of April 1, Israelis vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicine Association (EMA) will not be required to take a PCR test to travel to Cyprus and will ...

One death and 123 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday. The health ministry said the death was of a man, 87 with underlying health conditions. The total number of deaths from ...

New law could help in fight against corruption and ineptitude in government By Theo Panayides The saga of Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, who complained to the police about a Twitter ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Monday. The sites are for the testing of the wider population but also the obligatory weekly testing of people back ...

A total of 44,429 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 until February 13, the health ministry said on Sunday. In total, 29,592 people have had the first dose of the vaccine, while 14,837 have ...

By Elias Hazou While by no means a death blow to Cyprus’ aspirations to export natural gas to Egypt, a recent investment decision by companies in nearby Israel to expand ...

A protest by left-wing organisations against pandemic measures and corruption, called simply ‘ENOUGH!’, was dispersed by police, including with the use of tear gas and water cannon. Full story here

Flights and tourism between Israel and Cyprus will resume as soon as conditions allow, the two countries’ presidents said on Sunday following a meeting in Jerusalem. President Nicos Anastasiades met ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou will ask the independent authority for the investigation of complaints against the police (Aadipa) to probe whether officers exerted excessive or disproportionate violence during the protest ...

A 20-year-old man was caught on Saturday evening on the highway driving 197 kilometres per hour, almost double the speed limit, police said. The young driver was pulled over at around 7.10 ...

The Cyprus problem, bilateral relations between Cyprus and Israel, the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and issues related to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be the focus of ...

Police on Sunday said they were investigating the claims of a 24-year-old man that he was robbed by a person who had promised to multiply his money with the use ...

The American University of Cyprus (AUCY) will open its doors in Larnaca in September 2021, and its second campus, in Ayia Napa, still under construction will begin welcoming students in the ...

Why only twice a day? And why are we putting up with it? By George Psyllides As the fight against Covid-19 drags on, more and more people have started questioning ...