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Diko president Nicholas Papadopoulos appears poised to throw his hat into the ring, becoming the fourth candidate to seek election as presidency of the House of Representatives as political parties ...

Conflicting text messages regarding Monday’s vaccination appointments in Limassol led to confusion with some 70 to 80 members of the public, many of them foreign nationals, turning up at the Spyros ...

Closed since last March, nightclubs are allowed to open on June 10, but owners are asking why should they bother? Most people know that nightclubs are opening on June 10, but a ...

No new deaths linked to coronavirus were reported on Sunday as 29 new cases were recorded around the island. This means the total number of Covid deaths so far has reached 363. ...

After Akel’s dismal showing in last week’s elections, the consensus is that the party must adapt or die. But it’s by no means certain the party can ...

People must continue to be careful despite the improving epidemiological picture, head of the government’ advisory team Constantinos Tsiooutis reiterated on Sunday. Speaking to CyBC television, Tsioutis said the pandemic ...

A new part of the Golden Coast beach in Varosha, stretching to the Venus hotel, is almost ready, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. The beach is where Turkish ...

We must all work together to realise the changes that our island needs otherwise we will all be exposed to a political system “that brings only frustration and disgust”, Disy ...

Doubts over the EU’s insistence that the Digital Covid Certificate will protect everyone’s rights over their data Activists in Cyprus are joining an EU-wide effort lobbying MEPs to ...

BY FAR the most irritatingly tedious part of a parliamentary election is the subsequent horse-trading of the political parties over who to elect House president. It’s a ceremonial position ...

NOW, if we are to believe the ever-changing ideas of President Anastasiades, the way forward on the Cyprus problem is discussion and agreement on confidence-building measures. This was his proposal ...

There were no deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as 41 new infections were detected in 49,462 tests, a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ...

Around 55 per cent of those eligible for a vaccine have received at least one dose, the health ministry said on Saturday, with Paphos having the highest rate of vaccinations in ...

District Testing site hours Limassol Ayios Nicolaos lyceum 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Ayios Ioannis High School 8:30 a.m.-6 p....

A man has died after he was attacked by a bull at a farm in Dali, outside Nicosia, reports said on Saturday. The incident took place at around 11.30am. The ...

The ministry of agriculture chose the humble Cypriot donkey thistle (Onopordum cyprium), to mark world environment day on Saturday, saying it highlights the intrinsic role all plants play in maintaining ...

A 35-year-old man suffered serious injuries on Friday after a gas explosion in his flat in Paphos. The Palestinian man was rushed to Paphos hospital with extensive burns to his ...

Children over six-years-old must have negative coronavirus tests to be allowed to visit the north, a Turkish Cypriot official said Saturday. Cenk Soydan, the co-chair of the bicommunal technical committee ...

Police have arrested a foreign national in connection with the arrival of 15 irregular migrants in Kato Pyrgos in the early hours of Saturday. Authorities said it appeared the 12 men and ...

Police handed out fines to just four individuals for not abiding with the measures in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours. Police carried ...

Close to 7,500 people used the seven crossings controlled by the Republic after they reopened on Friday, most going to the north, police said. According to a police spokesperson, 7,455 people used ...

The Covid-19 vaccination portal will remain open until 17.30 on Saturday for those aged 28-32 to make an appointment, the health ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry’s schedule, ...

By Elizabeth Culliford Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former US President Donald Trump until at least January 2023 and announced changes to how it will treat world leaders who break the ...

With the summer on its way, our thoughts inevitably turn to holidays. But with Covid still holding sway, dare we leave Cyprus? Alix Norman asks whether its vacation or staycation ...