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More than 5,000 seafarers have been vaccinated so far as part of the government’s initiative to offer Covid-19 jabs to crews of ships flying the Cypriot flag or using the ...

Famagusta district hoteliers on Tuesday called on the government to scrap the requirement for unvaccinated tourists to test on the seventh day after their arrival, citing cancellations mainly from Russian ...

Turkey is not cooperating, nor implementing UN resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday adding that Ankara was trying to create new faits accomplis in Cyprus. Addressing a group of ...

By Stavros Nikolaou A strike that began at Limassol port on Monday continued into Tuesday with port operator DP world saying it was trying to resolve the issues as quickly ...

More than 80,000 people living in Cyprus cannot afford a one-week holiday according to research carried out by the European Trade Union Confederation published on Monday. They account for 79.2 per cent ...

Police said they were investigating threatening and abusive comments against paediatricians that were posted on social media, to establish whether criminal offences had been committed. The Cyprus Paediatric Society had ...

Four deaths from coronavirus and 493 new cases were reported on Monday out of 33,583 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.47 per cent. The deaths were of a woman, aged 81, ...

A population-based study using data from the Cyprus Paediatric Oncology Registry showed that thyroid cancer incidence in Cypriot children and teenagers is among the world’s highest. Published in Volume 74 ...

By Stavros Nikolaou The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to overturn the conviction of a man found guilty of sexually abusing a woman when she was 10 years old. The ...

A total of 39 free rapid testing mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced, listing the population groups which will be eligible to visit the ...

Only one country, Liechtenstein, was promoted to the Green category for travel, while several others have been demoted according to the latest epidemiological risk assessment to be in effect from ...

The statistical service on Monday issued a new invitation for candidates interested as working for the October to December census. The initial invitation for 1,100 census-takers and supervisors was made on ...

Ayia Napa municipality on Monday said a walk-in centre will operate in the area again later this week following last week’s successful run. In collaboration with the health ministry, ...

Private pharmacies on Monday said they will hire additional staff as people formed queues outside pharmacies and labs to get tested for the coronavirus after the health ministry scrapped its ...

Unilateral actions that violate UN Security Council Resolutions on Varosha are unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said on Monday. It said that ...

Pinguicula crystallina, the only carnivorous plant endemic to Cyprus, is the agriculture ministry’s plant of the month for August. Each month, the ministry highlights an endemic plant as part ...

As the vaccination portal opened for children aged 12 to 15 on Monday with 830 slots booked by noon, the Cyprus Paediatric Society has filed a complaint with police after members of the ...

Although it just got even harder, a determined but vocal minority are refusing to frequent businesses that require a SafePass Since the introduction of the SafePass and the decree bringing ...

One person died from coronavirus on Sunday while 277 new cases were recorded, the first day that free rapid tests were no longer available to the general public. The total number ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos on Sunday berated people who say having a coronavirus vaccine is like putting the devil in us. “How can the devil go inside us when we have Christ, ...

The report found that “offering voters money or a special favour during elections was very common” Corruption is widespread and a serious problem in the north, according to a new ...

From Monday British expats in Cyprus can visit family back home without 10 days self-isolation Pandemic travel restrictions forced Peter Morton to miss his sister’s funeral last year. Claire Williams ...

Over a quarter of 16 and 17-year-olds had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the ministry of health said on Sunday. In addition, by the end of July 73.8 per ...

Tourist arrivals in August are expected to be around the same as those for July and only slightly better than those for June, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios has said. ...