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In keeping with its custom, main opposition Akel said Wednesday it will be voting against the 2022 state budget but only after proposing a number of amendments to counter what it ...

The General Court of the EU (CJEU) has rejected two appeals filed by Cyprus against the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) regarding the registration of the trade mark Grilloumi ...

The new special representative of the UN secretary-general, Colin Stewart is to hold separate meetings on Friday with the two community leaders. Both sides confirmed on Wednesday that President Nicos ...

The measures taken by the government to fight the pandemic ought to be approved by parliament, Diko MP Zaharias Koulias said on Wednesday, after tabling the issue for discussion before ...

The health ministry is awaiting details of a reported incident suggesting that around 100 students at a single school were self-isolating, while a government expert says there is a high rate ...

After five years, MPs on Wednesday concluded discussion of a bill on the protection of whistleblowers, which is now headed for the plenum to be put to the vote. The ...

Public hospitals are ready to tackle a possible rise in hospitalisations of patients with Covid-19, state health services organisation Okypy said on Wednesday. Citing a gradual rise in the number ...

The fire service responded to more than 15 calls on Wednesday for flooding of buildings in most cases, due to the storms that affected the island. Torrential rain and snow in ...

Epidemiologist Dr Michalis Voniatis said that it is only a matter of time until Omicron arrives in Cyprus at which point daily infections could surge past 1,000, he said. He added, ...

One of the problems facing Cyprus that does not get too much attention is the low birth-rate, which in 2020 was a disappointing 1.3 per cent, well below the replacement level. The ...

As the economic crisis deepens in the north due to the freefall of the Turkish lira calls have increased over the need to introduce a more stable currency while shop ...

By Judith Garber Across the globe, democracy and human rights are increasingly under siege. Far from being an issue isolated to the “developing” world, democracies new and old are combatting ...

Any decisions on mandatory vaccinations are up to each member state, EU Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides said on Tuesday after a meeting in Brussels where the bloc’s health ...

A Cyprus settlement in line with international law and UN Security Council resolutions would significantly contribute to the peace and stability of the region, the leaders of Israel, Cyprus and ...

No deaths but 619 new Covid-19 cases were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday. The new cases were among 80,112 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.77 per cent. There ...

Most primary school children follow the mask and testing mandates imposed last week, the education minister said on Tuesday as those opposing the move continued to destroy property, this time ...

Legislation providing for stricter penalties for starting catastrophic fires and bringing together existing provisions currently scattered in several laws, is expected to be ready by the end of January, it ...

Adults aged 18 and older will be able to receive a coronavirus booster jab as of Wednesday at walk-in centres or after booking an appointment through the vaccination portal, the health ...

The United Kingdom saw a record rise in the number of deaths caused by alcohol misuse last year, which public health officials said was linked to the wider social impact ...

The revamped Makarios Avenue was officially handed over on Tuesday, but decisions are still pending over whether private vehicles will be allowed to drive on it. “Just as we had ...

The Cyprus issue, ongoing Turkish provocations, regional developments, the pandemic and Cyprus-Israel cooperation in the fields of defence and security, were among the topics discussed during Tuesday’s meeting between ...

Around 5,000 inbound passengers undergo Covid PCR testing every day at the Republic’s two airports, operator Hermes said on Tuesday. Larnaca airport has seven testing points while Paphos three. At ...

There has been a constant flow of admissions of Covid patients with severe symptoms at the reference hospital in Famagusta in recent days, the majority unvaccinated, a senior official said ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki on Tuesday expressed concern for the future of public hospitals citing the recent decision to postpone non-urgent surgeries. Saying the union was not informed regarding the ...