Featured

Five deaths from Covid-19 and 1,056 new cases were reported on Monday out of 69, 464 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.52 per cent. The deaths were four men, aged 35, 66, 77 and 88. ...

A total of 35,361 residents in Cyprus boarded a flight from the island to go abroad in June 2021, an increase of over 200 per cent compared to the same month last year, ...

Speaking in the north of Cyprus, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday reiterated Ankara’s position for a two-states solution for the island. “On this island there are two separate ...

The health ministry announced a total of 59 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

National flag-carrier Cyprus Airways said on Monday it has opened bookings for a new route linking Larnaca with London. The new route will fly between Larnaca airport and London Heathrow, ...

Increased traffic at vaccination centres nationwide was recorded on Monday according to the Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas, following the announcement of incentives to people who have not yet received the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday said that silencing of the media will not be accepted, after an attack on Sunday night against the offices of the Sigma media group that ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday gave strict instructions to the police to take additional measures to prevent future incidents similar to the previous night’s attack on Sigma’s offices. ...

Dias employees on Monday said the police response to Sunday’s attacks on the media group’s offices was too little too late, but the force said their actions were ...

A Larnaca man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of his 21-year-old sister with his army-issue G3 ...

Revolutionary method uses a bacterial immune system to detect Covid There is an urgent need for inexpensive new technologies which enable fast and reliable detection of viruses. The coronavirus pandemic ...

The health ministry announced one more death and said that 858 more people had tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from 70,809 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.21 per cent. ...

Such a leader would have to tackle the Cyprus problem, the pandemic and corruption By George Koumoullis Is there such a thing as a ‘benevolent dictator’? For Cypriots, the associations ...

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday outside the presidential palace in Nicosia to protest against the blanket introduction of the SafePass as of Tuesday. The crowd at Human Rights Square ...

Implementing these policies and policing their application will be a logistical nightmare for the EU The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday its ‘Fit-for-55’ package, with 13 new policies designed to ...

Seven months since launching its vaccination programme and having surpassed its original goal of a 65 per cent vaccination rate, the health ministry is now focusing on streamlining and facilitating the ...

The position taken by Takis Hadjidemetriou, as stated in his recent book The Republic of Cyprus 1959-1964: The State and the Parastate finds me in full agreement. In the preface, ...

Whatever he announces will change the face of future talks, analysts predict By Elias Hazou Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s upcoming visit to the north of Cyprus next week has ...

On Tuesday it will be 47 years, to the day since the first Turkish invasion troops set foot in Cyprus. Within four weeks of this day the troops had taken control ...

The health ministry announced 928 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday out of 72,874 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent. No deaths from the virus were reported, but ...

By Petra Wischgoll and David Sahl The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 168 on Saturday after burst rivers and flash floods this ...

The Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEV) on Saturday asked President Nicos Anastasiades to apply the latest SafePass measures to all businesses whatever their size. OEV head Antonios Antoniou said ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 70 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

The government’s incentives package for young people to get vaccinated offers everything from gift cards to plane tickets, but actually securing some of the perks appears quite tricky. The ...