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Cyprus ranks third for car ownership in the EU with 645 cars per thousand inhabitants, according to a Eurostat study. The highest number of cars per thousand inhabitants in 2019 was recorded ...

Promising therapies against Covid-19 are to be the central message during EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ visit to Cyprus this week. She has said that vaccinations are not the only ...

A six-day remand was issued by the Paphos district court on Wednesday against two men involving a case of forged ID. The two men, aged 20 and 26, tried to travel to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, was called off because the cleric attended the opening of the ‘Turkish House’ in New York, media reports ...

The health ministry on Wednesday sounded the alarm regarding a general lack of blood supplies in hospitals in Cyprus. According to an official statement, the need for blood in the ...

Delta variant of coronavirus remained dominant between late June and September 12, the health ministry said on Wednesday, being detected in all the recently tested samples. The Β.1.617.2 variant was detected in 100 ...

Limassol police are investigating an email fraud case after a 41-year-old businessman reported he lost more than €38,000. The case was reported to the police on September 14, with the complainant claiming ...

A cafeteria in Nicosia was fined €16,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass, as part of daily checks for coronavirus measures that saw eight more businesses and 21 individuals booked, ...

A 13-year-old boy has been hospitalised after his classmate allegedly pushed him down the stairs at a school in Paphos. According to secondary education officer Giorgos Koutsides, the boy fell ...

President Anastasiades said on Wednesday that his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had taken place in a creative atmosphere. The president, in New York for the UN’s ...

The ancient art of falconry has a part to play in modern conservation By Constantinos Antoniou Who can imagine our island as a Mediterranean wildlife oasis where nobles, knights and ...

The Consumers Association felt duty-bound to embrace the fashionable cause of the last few weeks – protesting about high electricity rates and demanding the state subsidise household bills. The 10 per cent ...

Covid-19 antibody tests provide “useful information” but cannot be solely relied upon to show a person has built immunity against the virus, experts reiterated on Tuesday as their use is ...

No deaths from coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday, while 117 new cases were found. The total death toll remains at 548. Meanwhile, 94 patients are in hospital being treated for Covid, of which 39 ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will take a revenue hit of around €24 million following a decision to offer a 10 per discount on utility bills over the next four months, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday waved off demands made a day earlier for a Syrian asylum seeker to be reunited with her family, saying it might open the floodgates ...

Pupils aged 12 to 17 due to receive either dose of an anti-Covid vaccine will be entitled to take the day off school on the day of their vaccination, cabinet decided on ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced the operation of mobile rapid testing units at primary schools for voluntary coronavirus testing of children. The units will operate on a weekly basis ...

People above 86 will be given a third dose of a Covid vaccine at walk-in centres starting Wednesday, pending the operation of the vaccination portal, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. ...

Although a positive move, making card payments a compulsory transaction option might create a number of issues for smaller shop owners, their union Povek said on Monday. As of Sunday, ...

Pasydy, the civil servants’ union, has seized an opportunity provided by the pandemic to make the easy working life of its members a little easier. It has written to the ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Evie Andreou President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday he is “not as optimistic” as he would like to be regarding the upcoming informal meeting on the ...

Business leaders as well as trade unions say the labour market is still struggling to settle after the turbulence caused by the coronavirus-related closures and other measures, pointing to a ...

One death from Covid-19 and 156 new cases were announced on Monday. The death was of a woman aged 92 who died on September 19. The health ministry said 64, 474 PCR and rapid tests ...