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The state health services (Okypy) on Thursday said that hospital wards previously used for Covid-19 patients were slowly emptying, allowing them to return to their original use. Despite this, Famagusta ...

Brits living overseas might get ‘votes for life’ as the British parliament is set to discuss a bill scrapping the 15-year limit on voting rights in the coming days, an ...

Voters living in the north wishing to cross to the government-controlled areas on Sunday to vote will have to present a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours on their ...

Police are investigating an online investment scam after a 43-year-old woman reported she lost more than €10,000 by investing in a fake international company. The woman, who lives in Paphos, told ...

Police said on Thursday they had arrested a 63-year-old third-country national in Kato Paphos on suspicion of forging a European passport. According to the police, a foreign woman visited a ...

Political stalwart, former foreign and commerce minister Nicos Rolandis has died at age 86, it was announced on Thursday. His long political career helped shape the politics of Cyprus domestically and ...

The night-time curfew will be pushed to 1am from Saturday and will be scrapped completely from June 10, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. Expressing the ...

Flights between Larnaca and Minsk are continuing because the EU leaders’ decision to ban Belarusian airlines from using EU airspace or airports has not kicked in yet, sources said on ...

The resignation of the so-called Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki on Wednesday, after allegations that his academic qualifications were forged, will reflect badly on President Anastasiades who appointed him. The Akel ...

Police on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old man after being reported by an underage girl of hacking into her social media accounts and sending her photos to others. He is being ...

Positive cases of the coronavirus dropped to 69 on Wednesday while no deaths from the virus were reported. The positivity rate was 0.17 per cent out of 41,776 PCR and rapid tests. Ninety-five ...

A 44-year-old was arrested on Wednesday afternoon during a police raid on a cannabis nursery in Limassol. Police said so far 10 kilos of cannabis have been seized while investigations continue. ...

By Evie Andreou and Antigoni Pitta The health ministry announced on Wednesday it has adopted the suggestion of the epidemiology experts and will not recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine for those ...

The death of 32-year-old National Guard officer Xanthos Kyriacou from Limassol who fell on Tuesday from a 40-metre height during training was due to severe head injuries and multiple injuries ...

The health ministry announced a total of 66 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Facebook has announced that it will be working with the French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) as an independent fact checker for Greek-speaking Cyprus and Greece. The social media ...

Two drivers were caught speeding on the Limassol-Nicosia highway on Tuesday night, with the first found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and the second testing positive for ...

The transport ministry is inviting tenders for the construction of wave breakers and other work to protect Chlorakas coast between the St George and Laura hotels. The €3.73 million project includes ...

Over €74 million from the €1.2 billion allocated to Cyprus from the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan will go to strengthening the health system over the next five years, Health Minister Constantinos ...

Rescheduling of appointments for the second dose of the AstraZeneca is underway, with 12,500 jabs already brought forward and another 25,000 due to be arranged in the next few days, the health ...

Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki has resigned amid a police investigation that his academic qualifications had allegedly been forged. Police confirmed on Wednesday that they had on Tuesday received a letter ...

The European Commission has agreed to changes in the tender framework for a planned ferry link to Greece, raising hopes the long-discontinued service could attract interest from potential bidders, deputy ...

Cyprus walking a thin line between EU and China on infrastructure development By Jason Krentos Cyprus may soon be in a position where it will have to choose between elements ...

Isn’t it odd that for the past 15 months every hellish restriction the government has imposed on us was to ‘save every life possible’ from Covid-19 but the lives of ...