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Officials on Thursday called it irresponsible and risky for Cyprus to potentially acquire supplies of Covid-19 vaccine not licensed by EU authorities, and that the island has no choice but ...

The health ministry announced 199 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from 28,461 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.7%. There were no new deaths, and the total remains at 231. ...

A shipload of sick cows that had nowhere to moor except off the port of Famagusta in the north, is likely to set sail back to Spain, Reuters reported on ...

The health ministry issued clarifications about the new relaxations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus announced on Thursday that will be in effect from March 1. The ministry recalls ...

Fast fashion brand H&M will open its first Limassol store this summer, it emerged on Thursday. The shop is expected to open during the upcoming summer season at ...

Following coronavirus clusters in two Limassol schools, authorities have seen a surge in infections at a regional primary school in Eptagonia, a village close to the district border with Larnaca. ...

The health ministry announced that 58 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. Self-employed ...

The Tax Department has been instructed to carry out strict audits of service providers involved in the citizenship by investment programme, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said in parliament on Thursday. “...

The new housing support scheme for rural areas presented by the Cyprus Land Development Corporation (Koag) in collaboration with the ministry of interior will generate entrepreneurship and strengthen the economy, ...

The attorney-general said Thursday the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Intosai) had ignored a key provision of its own guidelines in a statement it issued expressing concern over the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he would participate in an informal meeting with the political will to find common ground with the Turkish Cypriots that would lead to substantive negotiations ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday announced the gradual return of high school students to classrooms from March 1 as part of the next phase of relaxations while calling on the ...

Interest has been expressed in the construction of a large rehabilitation and hospital care centre in Engomi near the Nicosia state fair, Engomi municipality announced on Thursday. It said the ...

A special unit of Famagusta police has received four domestic violence complaints since it became operational on February 15, it was reported on Thursday. “The complaints were lodged by women against ...

The fisheries department said no signs of tar have been seen on the Cypriot coastline, as neighbouring Israel is dealing with what has been described as one of the worst ...

The Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) is asking the government to bring forward implementation of an agreement with Israel facilitating travel between the two countries so as to capitalise on increased ...

Cypriot authorities have filed a report over the advertised sale on e-bay of a tile advertised as a piece of the floor from the ancient city of Salamis, a senior ...

Engomi municipality recycled the most household waste per capita in the Nicosia district in 2020, the municipality said on Thursday citing official data from Green Dot. Green Dot Cyprus is responsible ...

A 21-year-old man who lost the fingers of his right hand in a workplace accident in Paphos suffered serious injuries, but his condition is not considered life threatening, the Cyprus ...

Cyprus is one of six countries participating in the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Pathways Across Europe (Mappae) project, project coordinator for Cyprus Yioula Michaelidou Papakyriacou told the Cyprus Mail on ...

Limassol police have booked 13 people for gathering at a home in Ypsonas in violation of coronavirus-related decrees and for illegal gambling. Police told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday that ...

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres intends to convene an informal five-plus-one meeting on the Cyprus issue in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 27 to 29, 2021, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has ...

Cyprus is one of the EU countries where few people wear smart watches and other smart wearables such as connected clothes or shoes, Eurostat reported on Thursday. In 2020, around a ...

During 24 hours from Wednesday until Thursday morning police carried out 9,493 checks to enforce coronavirus decrees and booked 102 individuals, including four business owners, for violations. In Nicosia, 1,440 checks were conducted, in ...