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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 ...

Researchers from the University of Nicosia (UNic) has found that as many as 238 people likely lost their lives in 2017 due to emissions from vehicles and heat sources. UNic researchers simulated ...

Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, and Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, on Tuesday, spoke of the need to attract ‘quality tourism’ that would endure in times ...

The United States and its allies plan new sanctions on more sectors of Russia’s economy that are critical to sustaining its invasion of Ukraine, including military supply chains, Deputy ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced two deaths and 5,089 new coronavirus infections from 95,315 tests, giving a positivity rate of 5.34 per cent. It said that there are a total of 182 Covid-19 ...

The British High Commission on Tuesday apologised for a UK defence ministry video which displayed a truncated map of Cyprus that did not include the north or the British bases, ...

A volunteer group of Cypriot doctors and nurses arrived in the Romanian town of Siret, close to the border with Ukraine early Tuesday to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing ...

A senior government official said Tuesday that three individuals subject to EU sanctions in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hold a Cyprus passport, adding that checks are ongoing, ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday continued discussing three bills aimed at promoting the penetration of renewables in the energy mix, including fast-track licensing through the creation of a one-stop-shop. “We are introducing ...

Cyprus psychiatric association has recommended its members respect the gender identity and sexual orientation of their patients, following recent reports over conversion therapy incidents. Conversion therapies remain legal in Cyprus. ...

Authorities seem to be freezing out any idea of covid relaxations, at least for the next couple of weeks, as new cases spiked yesterday to almost 6,500, with hospitalised patients now ...

New works on the Nicosia-Limassol highway are causing a headache for motorists as authorities plead for patience. Speaking to Alphanews, road safety officer, George Milis, outlined the road works that ...

Nicosia municipality on Tuesday denied major projects such as Eleftheria Square were inaccessible to the disabled, saying granite boulders aimed to prevent illegal parking and facilitate pedestrians. “All the municipality’...

Cyprus has supported the proposal for a single registration system of Ukrainian refugees across EU member states to help in their relocation process, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Monday. ...

The voting of the bills for the creation of a deputy ministry for culture were put off again last Thursday. These bills have been in the pipeline since 2020, discussed at ...

The health ministry announced three deaths from coronavirus on Monday as a new record of 6,494 daily coronavirus infections were detected from 115,930 tests, a positivity rate of 5.6 per cent. The deaths ...

Ruling Disy on Monday said it expected the government to take the necessary steps after a British defence ministry video displayed a truncated map of Cyprus on a video without ...

The visit to Cyprus this week by the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde comes at “a particularly important time” for the European Union and the Eurozone, ...

Cyprus will have to examine all citizenships and residency permits given to Russian or Belarusian nationals “significantly supporting the war in Ukraine” under orders from Brussels on Monday, which called ...

Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, with Kyiv insisting it would make no concessions on Ukraine’s territorial ...

A group of Cypriot doctors and nurses will be traveling to the border between Ukraine and Romania on Monday night to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion ...

Only three months after the first phase of the installation of traffic cameras, some motorists found in violation of road safety rules have already found creative ways to avoid paying ...

The Fasoula green point area has long been known for its enormous illegal dump – until this week, when Limassol-based NGO City Friends Club (CFC) stepped in to change what the ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will on Monday be discussing the increased migration flow from Turkey with EU officials, and Cyprus’ request for additional EU financing aiming to upgrade the Pournara ...