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Just seven MPs responded to questionnaire by environmental groups A study looking at the track record of MPs on environmental issues was both inconclusive and disappointing, as it did not ...

The brother of former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades on Tuesday flatly denied the latter had anything to do with applications filed by their family’s law firm on behalf of ...

The north has said that it is ready to reopen the checkpoints from next week, well over a year after the pandemic led to their closure. According Turkish Cypriot leader ...

The health ministry announced one death from Covid-19 and 79 new cases on Tuesday which were detected via 43,347 tests, a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent. The person who died was a 77...

After making steady progress in recent weeks, Cyprus’ vaccination roll-out faces turmoil as health officials move to shore up public confidence pending clarification over whether the death of a woman ...

European countries are still deciding if and when to inoculate children against COVID-19 amid questions around safety, supply and the desperate call for more vaccines from hard-hit regions around the ...

The number of patients at Famagusta’s referral hospital for Covid-19 has fallen to 14 or 18.6 per cent of total capacity, the facility’s scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni told the Cyprus ...

A 32-year-old National Guard officer, Xanthos Kyriacou, from Limassol died on Tuesday after an accident during a training exercise in the mountainous area of Trooditissa. The accident occurred at around 8.30...

President Nikos Anastasiades is taking a great deal of flak over his perceived undue meddling in electioneering as the clock runs down on the May 30 parliamentary ballot – but it could ...

One of the recurring issues of the election campaign is the need to protect small businesses and the self-employed. All the opposition parties have embraced this cause, demanding that the ...

The Cyprus nightlife association (Pasyked) announced on Monday its members plan to protest later in the week as they feel excluded from state help. In a written announcement, nightclub owners “...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 100 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. The dead are two men, aged 60 and 82, who passed away at Nicosia general hospital. The death toll ...

The central elections service issued on Monday some guidelines for the parliamentary elections on May 30. Polling stations will open at 7 in the morning and close at 6pm, with a lunch ...

A total of 78 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

More than €1 billion will be allocated in Cyprus over the next five years for a speedy transition to a ‘green economy’, three government ministers said on Monday. In opening remarks ...

Revelations that Turkish officials were allegedly behind the 1996 assassination of a Turkish Cypriot journalist in the north prompted calls for the reopening of the case, it was reported on Monday. ...

A British national who was hospitalised in Nicosia general hospital for a thrombotic episode after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has died, a health official said on Monday. Health authorities ...

A 40-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were remanded on Monday until June 17, when they will appear in court in connection with the death of a Bulgarian national who was ...

The education system in Cyprus will be improved to provide students with better learning opportunities and teachers with better tools for their work, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. ...

Several airlines said on Monday they would avoid Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair jetliner and arrest a dissident journalist in an act denounced by ...

New fire stations are being planned, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said on Monday as the summer, and its associated fire season, gets underway. Speaking at the fire service exercise Torch, ...

There could be further relaxations to the measures against the spread of coronavirus, a member of the epidemiological team said on Monday stressing the need for people to get vaccinated. ...

The health ministry announced one death and 75 more people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from 60,508 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.12 per cent. The death concerned a 91...

As controlling global warming becomes a priority the countries of the East Med could get left behind The headline this week was ‘BP dodges new climate target calls as activist ...