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The speedy processing of asylum applications has led to a massive backlog in court appeals, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday arguing there was no other choice but to ...

One person has died from Covid and 883 new infections have been detected after 103,603 tests, a positivity rate of 0.85 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The death concerns a 65...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday that he would seek his party’s nomination for the presidential elections of February 2023. His written announcement and video followed a party decision ...

As expected, President Nicos Anastasiades has vetoed a bill passed by opposition parties to cut VAT on electricity bills from 19 per cent to 9 per cent across the board for an ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday welcomed the announcement on the €121.3m tender for the construction of the new archaeological museum, dubbed as “the biggest cultural project in the country”. The ...

Tributes have been pouring in for eminent Cypriot archaeologist and Emeritus Professor Vassos Karageorghis who died on Tuesday at the age of 92. In an announcement on Wednesday, the University of ...

A second driver was involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a 60-year-old woman who died on Sunday in Paphos, police confirmed on Wednesday. They also said they are examining the ...

A pensioner who has admitted to killing his wife who was suffering from leukaemia has been transferred to Athalassa mental health hospital for compulsory treatment, police said on Wednesday. The 74...

President Nicos Anastasiades has reportedly sounded out a former foreign minister to return to his job, temporarily replacing Nikos Christodoulides who is thought to have aspirations for the presidency come 2023. ...

Although the 2022 state budget was approved, without the drama we witnessed last year, one of the 46 amendments approved by the legislature has caused a little tension between opposition parties and ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were recorded on Tuesday but 806 new infections were reported, the health ministry said as 176 people are in hospital receiving treatment for the virus. Of those in ...

Over the past five weeks, the highest number of coronavirus positives by age group belonged to the 6-17 bracket, the majority of all positives were tracked in the Nicosia district, ...

Authorities will implement a 90-day rule for British nationals living in the north of the island as of January 1, 2022, the British High Commission said on Tuesday. In a statement released ...

Weekly tests, delayed reopening of schools and halving of the period for the recovery certificate are among measures announced on Tuesday afternoon by the health ministry to slow the spread ...

Hundreds of high school pupils took to the streets on Tuesday calling for the exemption of final year students from the twice-yearly exams citing heavy workload, while teachers threatened with ...

A court in Paphos remanded a 44-year-old man in custody for six days on Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run in which a woman, 60, was killed. Police told the court ...

Police have completed an investigation into former House president Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis who had been implicated in a scandal last year relating to the island’...

Pharmacies started distributing self-test kits to vaccinated people on behalf of the health ministry on Tuesday as part of efforts for the timely detection of Covid-19 cases, though teething problems ...

The Council of Ministers is discussing new measures to contain the spread of the Covid pandemic. The measures were tabled by Health Minister Michael Hadjipantelas who met with the Scientific ...

Parents and teachers at state schools on Monday called for final year high school students to be excluded from the twice-yearly exams this year, as the students themselves are set ...

Another pretext has been found by the Confederation of Parents’ Associations to stop the holding of twice-yearly exams for graduates. The new council of the confederation issued a statement on ...

The supreme court on Monday categorically rejected the notion that judges in Cyprus are not objective, and cited the findings of European institutions to back up its opinion. The top ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will likely refuse to sign off on, and then send back to parliament, a legal amendment passed last week which would see four of his aides lose ...

Three deaths and 835 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Monday by the health ministry. The deaths concern two men aged 68 and 92, and a woman, 83. The 92-year-old man died on Sunday ...