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By Evie Andreou in Geneva Today is expected to be the most defining day at the informal summit, sources in Geneva said on Wednesday. According to diplomatic sources, the meetings ...

The al Jazeera undercover documentary The Cyprus Papers that exposed some of the players involved in the island’s citizenship by investment scheme has been nominated for a Bafta award, ...

A 38-year-old man was jailed for five months on Wednesday for displaying a disregard for spreading a life-threatening disease after he escaped from a Larnaca rehabilitation centre for people with ...

The government on Wednesday announced a €120m financial aid package for businesses and workers affected by the restrictions imposed by the government in a bid to halt the spread of ...

The interior ministry said Wednesday it would comment on the damning findings of an inquiry into the citizenship to investment programme after an in-depth study of the hefty report that ...

What is it like being a tourist in Cyprus, just as a strict two-week lockdown was announced, and why are some locals angry? Pictures of sun-kissed tourists at beaches and ...

The Pedieos linear path is one of the greatest achievements of local government in the Nicosia district – a nature sanctuary that stretches for miles through the urban concrete. Its traffic ...

Joint projects in place to save the Monk Seal are showing results By Marios Papageorgiou Did you know that the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) is currently the most endangered ...

Cyprus has come in 51st out of 115 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Energy Transition Index (ETI) 2021, showing slow and erratic movement since 2012. The island sits at 60 points ...

By Evie Andreou in Geneva The two leaders had the opportunity to each explain to UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres their visions for the future of the island during the ...

Two people died from Covid-19, as 760 new infections were detected in the past 24 hours after 42,877 tests, the health ministry said Tuesday. In a written statement, the ministry said 292 people were ...

The interim findings of an investigation into the citizenship-by-investment scheme were released Tuesday, recording a litany of irregularities and outright unlawful practices in the granting of Cypriot passports down the ...

Cyprus has ramped up its vaccination capacity to 14,000 jabs a day, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Tuesday, as GPs were being recruited to administer jabs at their practices. The minister ...

On the back of the buzz created over a potential domestic Covid pass after May 9, and a related statement by the Data Protection Commission, the chamber of industry and commerce (...

The period elapsing between the two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be reduced from 12 to eight weeks, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. The decision goes into effect ...

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who will today be attending talks hosted by the UN in Geneva aimed at restarting formal negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus issue, has ...

A group of parents have filed a joint lawsuit against the state challenging the requirement on school children to undergo testing for the coronavirus and having to wear a face ...

The slapdash way in which the government has dealt with the latest lockdown that came into force on Monday has undermined the whole exercise including its arguments for justifying the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has criticised US President Joe Biden’s recognition of the genocide of Armenians in 1915. Tatar took to Twitter to “condemn the US President’s unfortunate ...

Three deaths from coronavirus and 611 new cases were announced on Monday night, with a positivity rate of 1.21 per cent. Three hundred people are in hospital, 78 of whom are in serious ...

Vassos Lyssarides, former Edek leader and founding member of the party, passed away on Monday afternoon, aged 100. Lyssarides had been a central figure in Cyprus politics since the island’s ...

The British-based Justice Abroad team is now representing a British mother, Kaela Charalampous, who was arrested in front of her young child after describing the community leader of Mandria village ...

Prominent lawyers came out guns blazing on Monday over the government’s intention – not law for the moment – to impose what effectively amounts to a domestic Covid pass after May 9, ...

Vaccination appointments will be made available to those aged 39-42 from April 27-29, the health ministry announced on Monday. Specifically, 42-year-olds will have the opportunity to book their appointment on ...