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Understaffed accident and emergency departments are struggling to cope, with one patient having to wait for 49 hours in Nicosia General Hospital’s casualty ward before he was examined and treated, ...

Several areas in Nicosia briefly went without electricity on Thursday after powerful gusts swept tree branches onto power cables. A spokesperson for the Electricity Authority said 17 different areas were affected, ...

No coronavirus test will be required for fully vaccinated persons who wish to visit the north from Monday, it was announced on Thursday night. A statement from the United Nations ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced two more fatalities attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 145 new positives, with an overall positivity rate of 0.25 per cent. The two deaths were a ...

The Greek Orthodox Archbishopric of America is to try το arrange an appointment with President Nicos Anastasiades after the latter called off a meeting with Archbishop Elpidoforos because he attended an ...

The health ministry on Thursday said it did not have data specifically on deaths considered to be ‘sudden’ – following several media reports of such incidents in recent months. In a ...

After years of start-stop discussions in committee, the House on Thursday passed the legal framework for opening up the electricity market – with the energy minister hailing it as the single ...

Opposition parties appeared unconvinced Thursday that construction of a new museum in Nicosia will go as scheduled, starting in the middle of 2022. House transport committee chairman, Dipa MP Marinos Moushiouttas, ...

Booster shots will be available for people above 83 at walk-in vaccination centres starting Monday, the health ministry said on Friday. Only mRNA vaccines Pfizer and Moderna will be used for ...

Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze – the third during the day – in the area of Polis Chrysochous, near the village of Prodromi, after the flames at one point ...

Some €130,000 raised by the church to help the communities in Larnaca and Limassol districts stricken by the devastating fire of July 3 will be used for fire prevention projects, Agriculture Minister ...

The government will pay for the treatment of a Turkish Cypriot baby girl suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday. Following reports that the ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The European Commission said on Thursday it was taking legal action against Cyprus and 18 other member states for failing to deliver the benefits of EU digital legislation in the area ...

The health minister has called for an investigation after an HIV-positive patient said she was refused treatment at a private clinic in Limassol for a head injury last weekend. The ...

Officials agreed Thursday that stricter, more flexible, and immediate legislation must be put in place to punish activities that cause catastrophic fires before they became a problem, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides ...

An audit of Paralimni Municipality has revealed a litany of irregularities and failures, including not keeping track of construction work within its jurisdiction, wasted money, unlawful interventions on the coast, ...

Tepak (Cyprus University of Technology) said on Thursday its policy to allow only vaccinated and Covid recovering students to attend courses with a physical presence was proving effective. The senate’...

Cyprus currently ranks 35th in the world in terms of digital quality of life (DQL), according to a study conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark. A DQL index is calculated by ...

It was very disappointing to hear that President Anastasiades cancelled his scheduled meeting with Archbishop Elpidoforos of America, citing a heavy work schedule as his excuse. This was not the ...

No deaths from Covid were recorded in the past 24 hours, as 106 new infections were detected after 50,579 tests, a positivity rate of 0.21 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Eighty-nine ...

A bill regulating lobbying goes hand in hand with one creating an independent anti-corruption authority, both included in the conditions for the disbursement of €97m from the EU’s Recovery ...

Admissions at Famagusta general hospital are falling but the average age of patients is rising, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday as walk-in centres opened for third doses. “...

The animal police unit may be small, but it is a good start for Cyprus, officer in charge Vyronas Vyronos said on Wednesday in response to the Green party’s ...