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FULL stadiums, unpredictable games, major upsets and brilliant individual plays. The whole world, and Europe in particular, was eagerly-anticipating the delayed Euro 2020 tournament. The world has changed since the Russia 2018 ...

The health ministry announced 429 new positive cases of coronavirus on Wednesday out of 36,239 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.18 per cent. No deaths were announced. There are 54 people ...

Turkey’s possible call on refugees to return to their Varosha properties under Turkish Cypriot administration would be deceitful, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday, speaking after the Famagusta municipality ...

Giving conscripts who get vaccinated extra leave is among the proposed incentives to boost the vaccination coverage of the population, sources said on Wednesday. The ministerial committee on Covid-19 that ...

An inquiry has found nothing improper against the state treasurer in connection with a slaughterhouse that belongs to her husband which found itself in hot water last year on several ...

Senior officials presented the EU Digital Covid Certificate at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, ahead of its launch on July 1. The certificate can be obtained in four steps and the ...

Cyprus has achieved the goal of vaccinating 65 per cent of the population by the end of June, while a total of 1,070 teenagers aged 16 to 17 have booked Pfizer appointments, the health ...

Psychiatric patients have been left behind by the national health scheme (Gesy), state doctors union (Pasyki) said on Wednesday as they went ahead with a three-hour work stoppage at the ...

From this Saturday July 3, EU member states are supposed to ban some single-use plastics (SUPs) items and replace them with sustainable alternatives. But not in Cyprus. We still have not ...

The outgoing health minister said at the weekend the government had reached a crossroads on vaccination although it has more or less met the target of 65 per cent having had ...

It’s about using technology to maintain a viable, rural way of life By Charalampos Theopemptou In Cyprus helping rural areas usually means development rights, high speed roads and cobble ...

The lawyers representing more than 100 plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the state and members of the Covid advisory team have asked the auditor-general to look into whether the state’...

The health ministry announced 332 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday after 49,741 tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent. At the same time, 59 people were being treated in hospital, 20 in serious or ...

The best marketing for tourism would be the vaccination of all people working in the industry, showing that Cyprus is a safe country to visit, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said ...

US oil major Exxon Mobil will resume offshore drilling for natural gas later this year, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides revealed on Tuesday. She said the drilling would take place around ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday said he was proud Gesy was introduced during three-year term. While assessing his ministry’s work before leaving his post, the outgoing minister said ...

Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis and interior minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday presented the recently completed first phase of a regeneration project which saw sections of Trikoupi, Aeschylus and Lefkonos streets ...

Last summer with the lull in the pandemic, and no movement on the Cyprus issue, Varosha became the main talking point for months with visits and tours organised by the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said a return to strict measures is not currently on the cards but gave an unambiguous message to get vaccinated. The president said any incentives for the ...

New positive cases of the coronavirus spiralled to 314 on Monday, reflecting a positivity rate of 0.84 per cent. No deaths were announced, but 53 people were in hospital with the virus, of ...

Hoteliers on Monday said they were thinking of hiring only vaccinated staff citing reluctance by some of their employees to take the jab. Head of hoteliers’ association Pasyxe, Haris Loizides, ...

The new House finance committee held its first session on Monday after May’s parliamentary elections, where among others it discussed setting a deadline for passing yet another extension to ...

The health ministry’s decision to expand vaccinations to minors aged 16 to 17 on Monday was described as a ‘positive development’ by experts but met with hugely varying reactions from parents. ...

British warship HMS Queen Elizabeth will dock at Limassol port on June 30, when a range of activities is planned “to showcase and develop the strong and dynamic UK-Cyprus defence partnership”, ...