Health ministry issues guidance as monkeypox spreads
Amid rising concern in Europe over outbreaks of monkeypox, the health ministry issued guidance on Saturday offering information about the virus to the public.
In its Q&A, the ...
Paphos mayor calls for action, police intervene in fight between unaccompanied minors (Updated)
Paphos Mayor Phedon Phedonos on Saturday called for talks at the presidential palace to discuss migration, a day after anti-riot police intervened to break up a fight between unaccompanied minors ...
Paralimni cycling event promotes use of bicycles
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos joined a cycling event in Paralimni on Saturday as he praised bicycles as a safe and reliable means of transport and announced an additional 19km of ...
Doubts raised over recruitment of 300 armed officers to monitor buffer zone for irregular migrants
Recognising the need to monitor the buffer zone to avoid the flow of migrants from the north, lawmakers and police on Friday raised questions and serious doubts about plans to ...
Our View: Government is finding it hard to give up its authoritarian powers
During the pandemic, the government would often defend the restrictions it was imposing by citing what was happening in other EU countries. This was used as emphatic proof that it ...
CBC paints gloomy picture for rest of 2022
The magnitude of the impact on the Cyprus economy from the war in Ukraine will depend on the duration of hostilities, and sanctions against Russia, Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) ...
Cheese makers turn attack on agriculture minister as halloumi row rumbles on
Cheese makers on Friday again clashed with the government, saying the agriculture minister is “adding fuel to the fire” by saying goat and sheep farmers should have protested against them ...
Doctor found guilty of negligence in death of 10-year-old boy
A doctor was on Friday found guilty by Larnaca District Court of failing to properly examine the head X-ray of 10-year-old Stavros Giorgallis, who later died from the injury.
At ...
Coronavirus: Six deaths recorded from Covid in the last week
Six deaths from Covid and 2,103 new cases were seen in the week up to May 19, the ministry of health announced on Friday.
The deaths bring to 1,057 the number of people ...
Cabinet to decide next week on measures to help with price rises (updated)
Measures proposed to reduce the impact of price increases will be brought before cabinet for approval next week, it was announced on Friday following a wide-ranging meeting with relevant ministers ...
Ukraine’s Donbas ‘destroyed’ as Russian artillery and aircraft step up strikes (Update)
Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine’s military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the ...
Door-to-door school bus billed as way to tackle traffic jams
The primary school door-to-door bus system is being billed as a way to tackle chronic traffic jams while offering a service to the public which is owed by the state.
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Our View: Ties between the US and Greece have never been better
Political leaders of Cyprus praised the speech given by Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the joint session of US Congress. They were impressed by his references to the ...
New Varosha affront ‘will not go unchallenged’ (Update 2)
By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou
Nicosia on Thursday strongly condemned the clearing of a new stretch of the beachfront at Varosha – the fenced-off part of Famagusta – vowing to alert ...
Tempers flare at House during Gesy debate
Tempers flared during a debate at the House health committee on Thursday in response to proposed changes to the national health service, Gesy, put forward by Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos.
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G7 pledges billions for Ukraine ‘to get through this’ (Update)
The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine‘s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv’s ...
Potato farmers will take action if state does not support them
Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent weeks, potato farmers said on Thursday they will also take ...
Limassol sets up owl boxes to pursue natural fight against rodents
Two artificial nest boxes for barn owls have been placed near the storm water retention ponds of Limassol-Amathus sewage board in Kato Polemidia to reduce rodents in the area in ...
Three arrested after farmers’ protest turned ugly (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said he would not tolerate any violation of the provisions regarding the halloumi PDO, as three men were arrested following a protest on the issue ...
Fourth drilling rig arrives in Turkey
Turkey’s fourth drilling rig arrived at the port of Mersin on Wednesday.
The drilling rig joined the rest of the fleet, namely the Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni drilling rigs.
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Transport minister to temporarily take on labour portfolio, Emilianidou still critical
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos will perform the duties of Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou who is being treated abroad after suffering cerebral aneurism, the government announced on Thursday.
In a brief ...
Coronavirus: 70% of early coronavirus patients say they still experience symptoms
Seven out of ten people who contracted coronavirus in 2020-2021 are still experiencing symptoms, with over half saying they required medication, a new survey on long Covid in Cyprus has ...
Our View: Farmers’ justified complaints no excuse to break the law
On Wednesday morning the sheep and goat farmers arrived outside the presidential palace to protest about the government’s failure to ensure the PDO specs for halloumi were followed by ...
Russia: more fighters surrender in Mariupol; US reopens Kyiv embassy
Moscow said nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Russian-held Mariupol as it shored up a key gain in the south, while the United States became the latest Western country ...