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Police said they will be stepping up their presence over the Kataklysmos long weekend to avert traffic collisions, protect properties and prevent fires. In a written statement, police said that ...

After Elam received the fourth highest number of votes in May’s parliamentary elections and secured four seats, there have been countless articles bemoaning the rise of the extreme right ...

No deaths from Covid were announced on Friday, as 76 new infections were recorded following 41,891 tests, a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent. According to the health ministry, 45 people were being treated ...

The death of a soldier 16 years ago, which appears to have been the result of strangulation and not suicide as initially thought, should be investigated, and resolved as a matter ...

Nearly all of those who have used the general health system (Gesy) said they were satisfied with its services, a survey by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to mark two ...

Thursday’s sudden resignation of Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis has further fuelled frenzied speculation about an imminent government reshuffle and sparked a fresh round of recriminations among political parties. Yiolitis ...

Despite a busier three-day weekend ahead, hoteliers say they are struggling to stay afloat as the pandemic continues to keep a lid on foreign bookings. The hard-pressed tourism sector was ...

A surge in meth use over the past five years has caused alarm, with an official telling the Cyprus Mail that the problem is getting worse each year. Ykan (drug ...

Anger at the decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute the 15 policemen over their apparent failure to investigate the disappearance of foreign women that were subsequently discovered to have been ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced 65 new positives from island-wide testing for the coronavirus, representing a 0.19 per cent positivity rate from the samples processed. That brings the total diagnosed to date ...

Far-right party Elam was given the chair of the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Thursday, as parties came to an agreement over the allocation of committees. Demographics had ...

By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides After just a year in office, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis has resigned, confirmed by the presidential palace during the day. In a brief statement ...

News that the UK government might open up summer holidays abroad for vaccinated Britons have been welcomed by tourism industry players in Cyprus, who hope that less red tape for ...

A pathologist hired by the family of a national guardsman who died 16 years said Thursday his death was the result of strangulation and not suicide. Demetra Karayianni said she had ...

Agriculture minister Costas Kadis on Thursday highlighted the importance of the new Mammari firefighting aircraft base in Wednesday’s efforts to extinguish a fire in the Ayia Marina Xyliatos area, ...

Cyprus has only managed to reduce its road deaths by 20 per cent in the past ten years, the seventh country that has been least effective in helping the EU reach ...

At around the time of the 2004 referendum on the Annan Plan, Nicos Anastasiades, as Disy leader wrote to the European Commission to report then President Tassos Papadopoulos for the way ...

With political will and commitment, and with flexibility and creativity, the two sides in Cyprus can find the necessary common ground to build a common future, British High Commissioner Stephen ...

The health ministry announced 68 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Wednesday. There are 38 coronavirus patients in hospitals, 12 of whom are in serious condition. Six of the 12 patients are ...

Limnes migrant detention centre in Menoyia on Wednesday received a donation of 80 housing units from the Polish embassy to help speed up processing asylum applications. Polish ambassador Irena Lichnerowicz Augustyn ...

After the blow inflicted by the UK’s decision to delay the easing of coronavirus measures in England, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios reiterated on Wednesday that Cyprus deserves to ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a finance ministry decree obliging doctors, lawyers and retail businesses among others to accept plastic money in a bid to fight tax evasion. It is ...

Cyprus was the EU top country whose citizens believe corruption has increased over the past year according to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer. On the index, 65 per cent of ...

Police arrested three suspects and seized three pistols and 1.5 kilos of crystal meth during an operation in Limassol on Wednesday morning. Officers raided six addresses and arrested two foreign men, 37 ...