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The deputy tourism ministry’s plan to fill the gap left in this year’s tourist market because of the war in Ukraine is in motion, deputy minister for tourism ...

By Brenda Goh and Engen Tham Esther Zhao thought she was doing the right thing when she brought her 2-1/2-year-old daughter to a Shanghai hospital with a fever on ...

With 14,000 Ukrainian refugees having arrived in Cyprus since the start of the war, their compatriots living on the island have stepped up efforts to help by opening donation centres all ...

The Cyprus psychiatric association this week recommended its members respect the gender identity and sexual orientation of their patients, following reports over incidents of conversion therapy. The statement came only ...

Two people died from coronavirus, as 2,491 new infections were detected from 41,302 tests, a positivity rate of 6.03 per cent, the health ministry said Friday. The deaths concerned two women, aged 84 and 96 ...

The audit office on Friday called on political parties to ditch a proposal that would allow civil servants to be elected as MPs without resigning from their post, saying this ...

Cyprus’ oil dependency seems to favour the country over gas-dependent countries under current circumstances, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, after Russia threatened to stop the gas supply to European ...

Italian graffiti artist Millo is expected to return to Paphos in the coming days to create a large-scale mural in Yeroskipou after a piece of his street art in the ...

Coronavirus cases and hospitalisations increased by about 78 per cent in the last 14 days compared with the previous two weeks, the biweekly epidemiological report showed on Friday. However, the number of ...

Cyprus faces a serious problem coping with the number of migrants arriving here daily, while the current Ukraine refugee crisis means less attention and resources diverted to people coming in ...

Many were baffled, to put it mildly, by the government’s decision on Wednesday to approve a bill giving the commerce minister the power to set a maximum gross profit ...

Forestry department staff of the airborne unit will not fly firefighting sorties from next month in protest at the government’s ongoing indifference to their longstanding demands. In a press ...

Authorities on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing tracked 4,349 new positives. The latest fatalities were two men, aged 85 and 62. That takes the death toll since March 2020 ...

Economic growth in Cyprus will slow sharply before recovering, due to the shock associated with the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, adding that the key ...

Another 50 unaccompanied minors were transferred from Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers to a Paphos-based facility on Wednesday, with more expected to be taken there in the coming days, Deputy ...

The volunteer mobile unit of Cypriot health professionals will continue to provide medical assistance to Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion at the Romanian border until Monday, the head of ...

Cyprus is one of the member states of the EU in which the percentage of residents that are citizens of other countries (both from EU member states as well as ...

The possibility of re-establishing the anti-poaching unit was discussed by the House environment committee after it was dismantled in 2019 with some MPs saying incidences had increased since it was abolished. ...

Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), gave a thorough analysis of the problems facing the euro area as a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine war that came ...

The health ministry announced one death and 4,774 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The new death was of an 84-year-old woman, bringing the total death toll to 933. There are 182 people ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill giving trade and energy minister Natasa Pilides the power set a maximum gross profit margin for traders in an attempt to stem price ...

A private doctor on Wednesday slammed the health ministry and health professionals over the visitation ban at hospitals as he posted messages from a hospitalised patient who was begging for ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that while Cyprus would inevitably be affected by rising inflation and deteriorating growth, its economy was better equipped to handle the ...

By Martin Clark Despite the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and the desperately sad situation in the Ukraine, nothing can halt the onset of spring. Here in Cyprus, the ...