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Two deaths from Covid in addition to 2,932 new cases were reported in the past week, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The two deaths refer to a 76-year-old woman ...

After reaching the target of surpassing the number of flights recorded last year, the deputy ministry of tourism is preparing for a “difficult” 2023, as the end of the war in ...

Nobody would have been surprised to have heard that the opening of the electricity market to independent providers will be postponed yet again. This was meant to have happened in ...

Traffic congestion on roads can initially be alleviated through the promotion of mass transit – more bus lanes – and eventually with the construction of a tram system in Nicosia and Limassol, ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Thursday that talk of a nuclear conflict is “totally unacceptable” and effectively warned that so-called referenda in areas ...

Lawmakers on Thursday examined a timetable for the start of the expansion and renovation of the neonatal unit at Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia with one MP suggesting the ...

The ‘cabinet’ in the north intends to authorise the creation of a ‘national’ airline Turkish Cypriot media reported on Thursday. The decision was also published in the ‘official gazette’. Citing ...

A military court in the north on Thursday extended the detention of a Greek Cypriot bicommunal activist by a further five days. Andreas Soudjis has been held in the north ...

Cyprus will participate with other nations to form a response to Russia’s intention to hold referenda in annexed areas of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said after an extraordinary ...

Cypriots are not satisfied with their lot in life, a survey released on Wednesday showed in which 84 per cent of those questioned said they believe the level of corruption on ...

There could not have been a more open admission that the so-called ‘special military operation’ was not going well than President Vladimir Putin’s address to the nation on Wednesday. ...

President Vladimir Putin ordered a Russian mobilisation to fight in Ukraine on Wednesday and made a thinly veiled threat to use nuclear weapons, in what NATO called a “reckless” act ...

One in two workers is the victim of bullying, MPs heard on Wednesday as the House legal affairs committee kicked off a debate to make bullying into a specific criminal ...

Dozens of African migrants have turned an unused field in the heart of Limassol into their makeshift home, as the mayor has underlined the city is facing major challenges. The ...

The trial date for the 43-year-old man accused of beating a 29-year-old asylum seeker who was holding her baby was on Wednesday set for November 11. It is understood that the ...

Saving this fan mussel of significance in the region requires urgent action By Valentina Fossati The fan mussel Pinna nobilis has been an emblematic species of cultural and dietary importance ...

Four of the independent presidential candidates will meet again today in their attempt to join forces behind a single candidate. Achilleas Demetriades, Constantinos Christofides, Marios Eliades and Christodoulos Protopapas, who ...

Cyprus and Israel have made progress in talks regarding the distribution of future proceeds from the sale of natural gas produced at the Aphrodite reservoir, a part of which extends ...

There was never a commitment to upgrade pay grades for prison guards, Justice Minister Stephie Dracou said on Tuesday as affected members of Isotita union continued their indefinite strike with ...

Large scale bribes were requested from the Turkish Cypriot Property Management Service to promote applications, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday as Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said an investigator ...

Government sources on Tuesday denied there are plans to launch direct flights from Russia to the north, branding reports saying this as ‘detached from reality’. The Russian embassy in Nicosia ...

A second meeting between the four independent presidential candidates Achilleas Demetriades, Constantinos Christofides, Marios Eliades and Christodoulos Protopapas is set to take place on Wednesday. On Friday, the four had ...

The equality commissioner was quick to let us know that the gender pay gap in Cyprus was 9 per cent, something which comes up a once a year and many politicians ...

The campaign team of presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides opted for total silence on Monday, after their former social media manager blew the whistle on the campaign’s underhanded tactics, including ...