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The Pancyprian federation of labour (Peo) on Tuesday said the instructions for employers to forbid people from working unless they have a SafePass creates a climate of tension and instead ...

The UK has lifted travel advice to British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Cyprus, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks, but tourism stakeholders warned that ...

The UN Secretary-general’s reports on Cyprus do not reflect gravity of Turkish provocations, the island’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou has said. He was speaking ...

The report on the Good Offices Mission of the UN Secretary-General was circulated at the UN in New York on Friday, giving a run-down of the current situation since the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday gave instructions to state services to proceed immediately with implementing measures to improve the tackling of fires after a meeting with all competent authorities. According ...

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said on Monday he hoped the bloc would not be forced to hold any extraordinary meetings in response to statements Turkish President ...

The health ministry announced 832 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday out of 59,764 PCR and rapid tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.39 per cent. No deaths were reported, but 153 are ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the issue of victims of crime and how the state can better come to their aid given that – while Cyprus does have ...

Greece has made vaccinations against COVID-19 mandatory for certain workers and announced restrictions to contain the spread of the virus as infections have kept rising during the vital summer tourism ...

The latest expanded control measures taken relating to the coronavirus situation are both “legitimate and proportional”, the data protection commissioner said in a statement on Monday. In a statement, Data ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Tuesday, 59 in total. People need to present identification to get tested. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (16 sites) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 ...

Over 200 hotels in Cyprus are taking part in the government scheme valid from July 16 to August 31 which subsidises tourist accommodation costs for those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered ...

The rise in hospitalisations might lead the island to a “critical situation”, officials warned on Monday as a health ministry’s advisor said Cyprus is experiencing a fourth wave of ...

Cyprus is faced with a shortage of firefighters, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Monday in the wake of the huge fire that broke out in the mountain areas ...

A fire that broke out in Pachna area in Limassol threatened at least three houses, and burned around 50 hectares of dry grass and wild vegetation, the fire service said on ...

The health ministry on Monday downgraded Greece and Belgium, as part of travel measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to a written statement, Greece, Belgium, and Luxembourg ...

Additional incentives for the young to get vaccinated are expected to be announced in the coming days, Commissioner for the Citizen Panayiotis Sentonas said on Monday. Sentonas was speaking after ...

EU official sees significant improvements, but challenges remain By Evie Andreou Cyprus’ main challenge as regards migration is the growing numbers of asylum applicants, an EU official has said, while ...

Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out ...

In total 849 coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday out of 63,665 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 1.33 per cent. No deaths were announced. There are 139 patients with Covid-19 ...

The funerals of the four Egyptian workers who died in the fires last week in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts took place in their hometown on ...

Bases have invested heavily in staff and equipment By Nick Theodoulou Thermal cameras, 24 new personnel and around-the-clock patrols are the most visible results of a recent spending spree at the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday said he would have liked more clarity by UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on the issue of Varosha in his latest report to the Security ...

Gas has been politicised in the region, losing sight of its commercial value By Charles Ellinas This was the subject of an online event organised by the International Crisis Group (...