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Monday’s decision by the council of ministers about the Omicron cases did not last very long. What the minister of health, Michalis Hadjipantelas, said after the meeting was changed ...

The United States and Qatar have assured Turkey that Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum will stay out of Turkey’s continental shelf in the eastern Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ...

One death from coronavirus and 715 new infections were announced on Monday out of 141,566 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent. The death concerned an 85-year-old woman who ...

The EU’s foreign ministers on Monday agreed to consider the possibility of measures against those involved in activities in the fenced area of Varosha, but also called for confidence-building ...

Parliamentarians on Monday sounded the alarm over shocking living conditions at the Pournara reception centre for refugees, calling the situation in the surrounding community ‘a ticking time bomb’ and urging ...

A total of 20 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou is asking parliament to revisit two proposals he had submitted in 2016 regulating salaries received by retired individuals appointed to state positions and extending the ministers’ and ...

The cabinet on Monday approved cuts in VAT on household power bills as part of its policy to tackle the fallout from the rise in the price of electricity. According ...

The cabinet on Monday decided on mandatory self-isolation for Omicron cases or any other future variants as of this Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the spread of new variant ...

Direct and indirect deaths related to Covid could be higher in Cyprus, according to the State of Health in the EU report. In 2020, Covid accounted for 131 deaths in Cyprus, or 2 ...

Strict application of rules and regulations could many times be harmful to public interest, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, a shot at the auditor-general whose annual report he received. ...

The health ministry announced that two people had died from Covid-19 on Sunday and that 393 had tested positive from 64,507 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.61 per cent. The ...

Donations of gifts, toys and chocolate are desperately needed to fill up gift bags for children of families connected to the Learning Refuge that are living in the district of ...

Disy faithful accuses foreign minister of using his position to promote his presidential ambitions A showdown is on the cards within ruling Disy over who will stand for the party ...

‘There is no turning back’ but no changes likely next year The carbon tax, increased taxation on fossil fuels and ‘green rates’ which the finance minister warned of when presenting ...

Presenting the 2022 State Budget to the House of Representatives on Thursday, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said the drawing of funds from European sources and programmes was a government priority. Cyprus ...

THE POLICE state is back in action and more forceful than ever before. It has a new excuse for picking up citizens and locking them up in quarantine prison – the ...

One person died on Saturday from Covid-19 while 428 new cases were recorded, the ministry of health said. The death referred to an 80-year-old woman who had been in Famagusta general ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the double murder of two Russian tourists in Limassol last month. His is the second arrest in the case. He ...

People with coronavirus suspected of having been infected with the Omicron variant will be transferred to mandatory state quarantine, as two more cases of the new variant were detected in ...

The teachers’ branch of Isotita (Equality) union on Saturday announced they will strike on Thursday morning against the coronavirus measures implemented in schools. “Our goal is for schools to be ...

A resolution condemning Turkey’s aggression towards Cyprus garnered bipartisan support on Friday at the US House foreign affairs committee. Greek Public Broadcasting (ERT)’s DC correspondent Lena Argiri tweeted ...

The main challenges facing the banking sector were the high level on NPLs, ineffective foreclosure legislation, red tape and the “unsustainable cost-to-income ratio” said the CEO of Hellenic Bank Oliver ...

President inaugurates revamped Eleftheria Square The centre of Nicosia is being transformed from a place of decline to a catalyst for growth, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday during the ...