Coronavirus: Cyprus excluded from UK safe list travel study
A UK research study carried out by former strategy chief at British Airways is currently only featuring eight “safe countries” for travel and excludes Cyprus.
The study by Robert Boyle, ...
Man shot dead in Kiti (Updated)
A 37-year-old man was shot and killed in Kiti on Monday night.
The killing took place at around 9.30pm in Kiti near Larnaca and involved a burst of gunfire.
First ...
Coronavirus: Ministry stops mentioning underlying health condition of fatalities
The health ministry appears to no longer be informing the public as to whether people who have died from Covid-19 also suffered from underlying health conditions.
For the past two ...
Cabinet rules on party names for elections
Parties can use the same name in the upcoming parliamentary elections that they ran under in the previous elections given the short notice they were given that they cannot run ...
Coronavirus: 6,640 vaccinations still available for those aged 51-52
A total of 9,360 vaccination appointments were booked by those in the eligible age group of 51-52 on Monday, while 6,640 remain available to booked on Tuesday.
The vaccination portal and its 6,640 ...
Coronavirus: Three deaths, 822 new cases (Updated)
Three deaths from Covid-19 and 822 new cases were reported on Monday with a positivity rate of 1.38.
The three deaths were two men, aged 58 and 82, and a woman, aged 64. For the ...
Limassol house break-in
A Limassol resident reported to the police that his house was broken into while he was asleep, and he was attacked by three people.
The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday ...
Coronavirus: Limassol municipality offers 50% rent cut for pandemic-hit businesses
Limassol municipality announced on Monday it would cut rent by 50 per cent to businesses affected by the pandemic measures from last January to March.
The municipality announced that the municipal ...
Academics ask why women have not been included in Geneva talks
Two female academics have launched a petition calling for female participation in the upcoming informal five party meeting on the Cyprus problem in Geneva.
In a signed letter to President ...
Sand artist uses the shoreline as a canvas
A recent arrival to the island has travelled much of the world creating art that disappears in 24 hours. Alix Norman meets a man who is putting a new spin on ...
Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Tuesday
A total of 58 rapid testing sites for coronavirus will operate across the island on Tuesday according to an announcement by the health ministry.
The sites aim to assist the mandatory ...
House expected to raise penalties for violence against women
Legislation expected to be voted through this week will considerably raise jail sentences and fines on persons found guilty of committing violence against women.
The House legal affairs and human ...
Coronavirus: Tourist arrivals fall 93 per cent
Cyprus tourist arrivals saw an annual 93 per cent drop in January to March, data from the Cyprus statistical service (Cystat) showed on Monday.
Between January to March this year, 246,556 tourists ...
Questions over 26 extra storeys for Limassol high-rise
The Audit Office has flagged local authorities’ apparently lax treatment of a high-rise in Limassol, where the owners got the green light to build a whopping 26 storeys over and above ...
Coronavirus: Vaccinations for those working during elections
Priority for vaccinations will be given to all staff working for May’s parliamentary elections, it was announced on Monday.
The cabinet approved on Monday the proposal put forward by ...
Bicommunal group organising demo for federal solution
A bicommunal march on both sides of the divide is being organised on Saturday in support of a federal solution to the Cyprus problem and against the partition of the ...
Crucial vote on business loan bill ‘better late than never’ (Updated)
The House finance committee on Monday formally decided to take a bill on state-backed loans to the plenum for a vote later this week – literally on the eleventh hour before ...
Minister of transport hands bus over to Paphos school
The transport ministry on Monday supplied the Theoskepasti school in Paphos with a €244,000 school bus for the transportation of children with special needs.
The bus has a ramp that can ...
Turkish Cypriot lawyers demonstrate against Erdogan threats
Turkish Cypriot lawyers staged a demo on Monday morning to protest Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s threats after a court in the north terminated the teaching of the Quran in ...
Two more candidates to stand for Animal Party in upcoming elections
Two additional candidates for next month’s parliamentary elections will stand with The Animal Party, it announced on Monday.
The party said Neophytos Neophytou and Vicky Nicolaou will join their ...
Elias Neocleous defies pandemic with strong 2020 financial performance
Having reviewed the firm’s financial performance for 2020, the Elias Neocleous & Co LLC management extends thanks to all partners and staff for their hard work and dedication throughout a ...
Coronavirus: Hospitals, already under strain, set to see numbers increase (Updated)
Famagusta hospital, the reference hospital for coronavirus cases, is currently 99 per cent full, its medical director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Monday.
By Monday night 284 people were in hospital with coronavirus ...
Biology teachers threaten action over low amount of lab time
Secondary school biology teachers have threatened to take measures if there are no developments on their demand that the education ministry introduce changes so the subject becomes more lab-based and ...
Government seeks to play down passport inquiry findings (Updated)
The government on Monday sought to play down the findings of an inquiry into the controversial citizenship by investment programme, which found problems with close to 52 per cent of the ...