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The health ministry on Monday called on people to get rapid tests before returning to work after the Easter holidays. The ministry reiterated that according to the latest measures, half ...

Iceland was demoted from the Green category to Orange according to the latest country assessment for travel, issued by the health ministry on Monday. The other changes concern Malta and ...

A total of 97 people were charged in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning for breaking coronavirus protocols, the police said on Monday. The charged were the result of 7,102 checks ...

A 59-year-old man was found dead in his home on Sunday afternoon in a state of sepsis, police said on Monday. Police said they were informed at 6pm on Sunday ...

A 50-year-old was arrested on Sunday night after driving into a parked vehicle in a parking lot in Yeroskipou, Paphos. According to the police, the man was drunk when officers ...

Two people have been arrested in Paphos in connection to a case of illegal stay on the island. According to the police, at 1pm on Sunday lunchtime a police patrol ...

An education ministry proposal on how the Pancyprian exams will be carried out is set to be presented during Wednesday’s Cabinet session. A report carried by daily Philelftheros said ...

For the second year running, President Nicos Anastasiades told locked-down Cypriots he hoped this would be the last Easter that was overshadowed by the pandemic. In his Easter televised address ...

The health ministry announced one death and 58 positives for Covid-19 from 6,158 PCR and rapid tests on Sunday with a positivity rate of 0.94 per cent. Mass testing was not carried out ...

Top quality honey is not easy to produce, especially in the face of local pesticide and antibiotic use and climate change By Annette Chrysostomou Projects such as the Achna bee ...

The health ministry has released the testing locations for Monday as follows: Thus, employees may proceed to the testing units operating in all Districts, according to the plan designed by ...

A police officers’ association called Isotita (Equality) on Sunday warned it would have to take action before officers or firefighters were killed in the light of a series of violent ...

One person has died and 44 new Covid positives were recorded in the last 24 hours in the north from 6,319 tests, according to a written statement from ‘health minister’ Unal Ustel. The ...

The prolonged duration of the health crisis is creating a difficult and stressful environment for workers and vulnerable groups while social problems are accumulating, according to the the general-secretary of ...

The funeral of the former leader of Edek Vassos Lyssarides will be held on Wednesday May 5. Lyssarides, a central figure in Cyprus politics since the island’s independence, died on ...

In a flowery Easter Sunday message intermingled with a religious message about the resurrection of Christ, Archbishop Chrysostomos touched on the coronavirus pandemic and the Cyprus issue. “The hopeful message ...

A police patrol car was destroyed by fire in Limassol on Saturday night when officers had a number of run-ins with people trying to set bonfires in various areas. Paphos ...

Renowned Cypriot poet and playwright Michalis Pashiardis has died at the age of 80. Pashiardis was born in Tseri in 1941 and completed high school at the Pancyprian high school in Nicosia. ...

Patients forced to transport own sensitive, expensive medications By Bejay Browne Patients currently undergoing treatment for a range of chronic and life-threatening diseases are being forced to not only fight ...

The health ministry announced one death and 463 positives for Covid-19 from 31,677 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 1.46 per cent. The death concerned a man aged 80 who had ...

Two fires in Nicosia were under control on Saturday afternoon, the fire services said. One close to the Stelios Ioannou foundation in Strovolos, Nicosia, spread across five donums of land ...

The current restrictions and measures in place against the spread of the virus have severely affected the political parties’ campaigning strategies for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The latest and strictest ...

Cyprus’ epidemiological team in an open letter to the public on Saturday called on citizens to adhere to the measures. “We appeal to you, our fellow citizens in full honesty, ...

The vaccination portal for people aged 61-70 will open on Saturday at 3pm until Sunday 8pm, the health ministry announced. These appointments will be offered the AstraZeneca vaccine with the ...