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People from other EU states made up around 13 per cent of the island’s population on January 1, 2020, the highest percentage after Luxembourg, Eurostat figures show. An additional 5 per cent living ...

Police said Friday the following mountain roads were open only to vehicles with four wheel drive or chains due to snow: Kakopetria – Pinewood – Pedoulas; Pedoulas – Prodromos; Prodromos – Lemythou; Prodromos – Platres. ...

Five establishments and 173 individuals were booked for violating coronavirus decrees between 6am on Thursday and 6am on Friday, police said Friday. During this time, officers carried out 12,197 checks in all ...

Just as the EU is expected to vote on the registration of halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product on Friday, cheesemakers announced they would stage a mass ...

The government on Thursday strongly condemned the actions of “some brainless people” who smeared the mosque in Episkopi with ‘patriotic’ graffiti referring to the 1821 revolution, and drawings of Greek flags. ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced 324 new cases of Covid-19 from 21,300 PCR and rapid tests yielding a positivity rate of 1.52 per cent. There were no new deaths and the toll ...

President Nicos Anastasaides told EU leaders on Thursday that despite Turkey’s temporary suspension of illegal activities in Cyprus’ EEZ, and its provocations against other member states, the bloc was ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said it was important to remember and honour the 1821 Greek uprising against Ottoman rule at a time when Greece and Cyprus were facing significant national ...

European Union leaders made good on Thursday on a 2016 promise to deepen trade ties with Turkey, but also warned Ankara to expect sanctions if it restarts exploration over disputed hydrocarbons ...

Akel MP Aristos Damianou has accused the government of insisting on giving the Church a say in family law, insisting on anachronistic practices that have no place in a secular ...

The testing site for Friday as as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (13 points) Church of Agios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. TEPAK Building “Andreas Themistokleous”, Agia ...

Green MP candidate Michalis Paraskevas will remain in the ballot for the upcoming parliamentary elections despite him insulting a female minister on social media, the party has confirmed to the ...

The European Commission has approved a €20 million Cypriot scheme to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by the pandemic, it announced on Thursday. The scheme was approved under the ...

Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides, has said that April 27, when an informal conference on Cyprus begins in Geneva, constitutes a crucial milestone for the Cyprus problem and EU-Turkey relations, as Turkey`...

Royal Caribbean International announced on Thursday that all-new 7-night cruises will be departing from from Limassol, starting July 10. The liner Jewel of the Seas will sail the Cypriot and Greek ...

The health ministry said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with police following suspicions that a company it contracts with for its free rapid testing programme had submitted duplicate ...

A 43-year-old resident of Mouttalos in Paphos has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run in which two teenage boys were injured, one seriously, on Tuesday night, police said. He ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday attended the military parade held in Syntagma Square in Athens to mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Earlier, in a special ceremony, ...

The British variant of Covid-19, B.1.1.7 has been detected in 45 of 78 samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) between January and March 6, and 44 of those ...

Parliament plans to pass a pay as you throw bill for rubbish management before the May 30 elections so that it can be put to force six months later by the ...

In the last 24 hours, police booked 111 individuals and seven business owners for violating Covid restrictions. Between 6am Wednesday and 6am Thursday, 11,175 checks were carried out. In Nicosia there were 29 people ...

Greece’s Aegean Airlines on Thursday launched a flight to trace the number ‘200’ in the sky above the Peloponnese to mark the 200th anniversary of the revolution, it said. The ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the the appointment of Major General Ingrid Gjerde of Norway as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Major ...

Without student parades, muted celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Greek independence began in Cyprus on Thursday with church services in all districts. Bells rang out early it the ...