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Two people, aged 20 and 21, lost their lives in a traffic accident in Nicosia on Sunday night. According to the police, Maria Kelasidou, 20, from Strovolos and Giorgos Athansiou, 21, from Lakatamia died ...

Cyprus police handed out fines to 44 citizens and four establishment owners during the last 24 hours for violating measures aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told the ...

An unexpected rise in inflation in the US has pundits yapping across the globe about the dangers of inflation. Consumer prices in the US rose 4 per cent on an annualised ...

They range from single issue parties such as hunting to those seeking a fairer society in general By Kyriacos Iacovides A record 15 parties, movements and coalitions will be contesting the ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced 165 new coronavirus cases, with a positivity rate of 0.26 per cent. No deaths were announced for the second day in the row. In total 157 patients ...

Officials on Sunday welcomed the decision by cruise lines to include Cyprus in their summer programmes and use port services, which, they said, is a giant boost to the country’...

Police are investigating the circumstances of the death of a man, 46, who was found dead with stab wounds in an apartment in Germasogeia, in Limassol. Authorities were alerted at around 1.30 ...

After years in the political wilderness, will independents’ day dawn at last on May 30? By Theo Panayides No independent – i.e. non-party – candidate has ever been elected to parliament in ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 69 in total. People need to present an ID or other form of identification. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (20 sites) ...

A boat with around 50 people was spotted off Cape Greco on Sunday afternoon. The vessel was spotted 16 nautical miles off Cape Greco. Police vessels with nurses and translators were on ...

The government is keen to attract young farmers to the island’s villages. Jonathan Shkurko visits Odou, where a young community is turning the land into a thriving trade Starting ...

The more people getting vaccinated the lower the number of cases and hospitalisations, the health ministry said on Sunday citing the latest epidemiological data. Analysing data between April 26 and May 14, ...

Andreas Avgousti, 68, died on Sunday after he was crushed by his car that fell off a 15-metre cliff on the Mandria to Koilani road in the Limassol district. According to ...

One man wants to find a cave to live in. Another wants the jab ASAP. Divergent views on the newly introduced SafePass By Antigoni Pitta May 10 marked the much-anticipated lifting ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Sunday inaugurated the Larnaca producers’ market in Ayios Theodoros. The minister said the market was created on the initiative of the Women’s Association of ...

A 45-year-old man was fined €3,000 after caught smuggling diesel fuel from the north, police said on Sunday. According to the police, during a coordinated operation in a farm area in ...

Five businesses and 38 people were booked during the past 24 hours for violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus. In Nicosia, a bar was fined for serving more people ...

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is cancelling a new line that had been scheduled to run from Israel to Greece and Cyprus from next month, citing regional security concerns. The sailings ...

A car was destroyed on Saturday night at the Larnaca airport and two others were damaged after fire erupted on the first vehicle. All cars were parked at the airport’...

New parties have mushroomed but probably lack the breadth, vision or resources to succeed at the polls By George Psyllides A record 658 candidates submitted their candidacies this week ahead of ...

Anorthosis beat Olympiakos 2-1 after extra time to win the Cyprus Coca-Cola Cup on Saturday night at the GSP stadium in Nicosia The winner for the Famagusta club, in front ...

The health ministry announced 157 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. No deaths were reported. The new cases were among 83,338 tests, PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.19 per ...

No longer European, ‘high-living’ Brits lose out British residents living in high altitude areas have been excluded from the government’s financial scheme for such communities because they are no ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Sunday, 79 in total. People need to present an ID or other form of identification. District Testing sites Operating Hours Limassol (24 sites) Agios ...