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The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 57 in total. People need to present an identification document. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (15 sites) Grigoris Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 ...

The funerals of the four Egyptian workers who died in the fires last week in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts took place in their hometown on ...

Bases have invested heavily in staff and equipment By Nick Theodoulou Thermal cameras, 24 new personnel and around-the-clock patrols are the most visible results of a recent spending spree at the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday said he would have liked more clarity by UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on the issue of Varosha in his latest report to the Security ...

Police on Sunday warned of online and SMS scams, one concerning banks, the other courier services. According to the police, its electronic crime unit has been recently receiving complaints about ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday said the state will continue to be by the side of the families of the 13 men who died ten years ago today in the explosion ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Christodoulides will brief Monday his European counterparts on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem, especially about the fenced part of Famagusta, Varosha, in view of ...

Nine businesses were fined €17,750 in total in the past 24 hours after some of their customers were found without a SafePass, among other things, police said on Sunday. Police also arrested ...

With new measures coming out to push Cypriots towards getting vaccinated, we visited a vaccination centre in Nicosia.

As a great many of us here in Cyprus either are already fully vaccinated, or are close to getting both jabs, the possibility of European travel, armed with our EU ...

By Jonathan Shkurko Is football coming home or coming to Rome? This has been the crucial question since Wednesday, straight after England beat Denmark in the semi-final, joining Italy in ...

Tree planting programmes and reforestation after a fire require a delicate balancing act By Antigoni Pitta State forest has not escaped unscathed from the fires that swept through Cyprus in ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 960 people tested positive from 69,310 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.39 per cent. No deaths were announced. There are 125 patients with COVID-19 in ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will on Sunday attend the 10th anniversary memorial service for the 13 sailors and firemen who died in the explosion of July 11, 2011, at the Evangelos Florakis naval base ...

A Syrian national who was detained in Cyprus for almost two years after being accused by a compatriot of participating in a terrorist organisation, has been released after it emerged ...

A new yellow weather warning has been issued for high temperatures from midnight tonight. The warning covers the period from midnight to 4pm Sunday. According to the met office the ...

The vaccination of hotel staff sends a positive message to tourists that hotels in Cyprus are safe, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Saturday as the government’s new target ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 71 in total. People need to present an identification document. The ministry also recalls that from July 9, in places where a ...

Volunteers on Saturday placed water and feed troughs for animals in the areas that were burned by the fires last week in the mountainous areas of Larnaca and Limassol. The ...

Police on Saturday confirmed that officers were called in after complaints that a woman who had tested positive for coronavirus was out and about in violation of quarantine. The incident ...

New regulations will be in place for crossings from Monday, as the two sides upped the risk level to dark red. The two sides will now take vaccination certificates into ...

UN Secretary- General, Antonio Guterres warned in his latest Good Offices Mission report that unless parties act decisively now, continuing dynamics in and around Cyprus could render future efforts to ...

In the last 24 hours, more than 5,000 inspections were carried out by police islandwide to catch people who were out and about without authorisation from the state. In all 88 people were ...

A fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday on a boat docked at Pomos in Paphos completely destroyed the vessel, authorities said. According to police, the fire ...