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EU-wide changes to VAT regulations concerning online shopping will not harm Cypriot consumers, the House finance committee on Monday concluded during a meeting with finance ministry representatives. The new rules ...

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, Giorgos Varnava said on Monday in response to an objection to his candidature for Edek’s presidency by former financial ...

A woman aged 57 has died from coronavirus while 170 new positives cases were announced on Monday out of 64,004 PCR and rapid tests. The woman died on October 8 but her death was ...

A total of 21 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 ...

After much ado, a bill paving the way for state-guaranteed loans to businesses stricken by the pandemic is expected to be put to the vote early next month, the House ...

Cyprus confirmed renewed funding of €175,000 for the committee on missing persons (CMP) for the year 2021 during a meeting with the United Nations Development Programme. Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou met with ...

Four Famagusta district villages want the creation of a unified local authority to include the area’s four communities and five municipalities, a demand that is not in line with ...

Police in Cyprus have arrested a so-called high value suspect as part of a European operation against an organised crime group involved in binary fraud, Europol said on Monday. The 54...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Monday its “effective planning” had proved decisive in the country’s low coronavirus mortality rate. In a written statement, the organisation said ...

The government announced changes in the country rankings for travellers on Monday, downgrading Slovakia to Red, and upgrading Luxembourg from Red to Orange. In a statement, the health ministry said ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday reiterated the state’s determination to implement national policies and strategies in the fight against cancer. Demetriou’s comments came after last Saturday’s ...

Cyprus’ recent upgrading by the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) to orange was the result of the huge effort made by the overwhelming majority of the population in the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday was updated on the action plan of state health services organisation Okypy regarding the issues of staffing of state hospitals, the extension of operating hours ...

Seemingly unnecessarily, the state-funded Cyprus Olympic Committee spent over €8,000 on consultants in 2018 for the preparation of a letter responding to the audit service, and close to €18,000 to improve its 20-staff ...

One in five children finish public school with insufficient knowledge of Greek, Education Minister Prodromas Prodromou said on Monday while highlighting the importance of evaluation to track performance in schools. ...

For a short time last year, face masks were viewed as a fashion accessory. That’s all changed What comes to mind nowadays when we hear the word masks? Just ...

One person died and 94 new Covid cases were reported on Sunday, the ministry of health said. The death means 558 people have died since the start of the pandemic, 354 of whom ...

Pandemic had little overall impact on breast cancer screenings and treatment, officials say Cancer screening and its treatment has been just one of many areas of public health perceived to ...

The school year is progressing smoothly but all coronavirus measures must be adhered to to keep the schools open, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Sunday. “And that is very ...

The institutional framework for handling of sexual offences withing schools is being examined, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromos said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, the minister said the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that despite pressure the Turkish demand to recognise the occupied areas so talks on solving the Cyprus problem can resume cannot be met. Speaking ...

‘We are told nothing and several people in the UK have taken their own lives because of what is being done to them’ It has been around seven years since ...

Patients say they are suffering like never before Patients are suffering the consequences of tensions between state health professionals and the organisation in charge of public hospitals which is itself ...

One of the main fiscal dangers to the economy next year, according to the ministry of finance is posed by Gesy, the national health scheme, which could incur excessive costs ...