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After the four-year hiatus of the Trump presidency, the United States appears to have taken an interest in the Cyprus problem once again. On Wednesday, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, ...

Limassol appears to have taken on the role of the island’s speakeasy, reminiscent of the US’ prohibition era, as it has been singled out for the island’s slow ...

The placing of a razor wire fence along a segment of the buffer zone is not, nor can it be construed as, erecting a border, the interior ministry said Thursday ...

The health ministry announced one death and 431 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from a total of 43,177 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 1%. From over 8,500 rapid tests ...

Staff at the Paphos municipality went on an impromptu work stoppage on Thursday accusing mayor Phedonas Phedonos of bullying. The protest was prompted by an alleged verbal attack by Phedonos ...

The outlook on the reopening of schools is “fluid” so far, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday as Cyprus anxiously awaits Friday’s announcement on the next steps to ...

A House watchdog committee meeting scheduled to discuss the demise of the co-op bank on Thursday was marked by ruling Disy MPs walking out citing conflict of interest and the ...

Authorities on Thursday said they temporarily shut a shop at Kings Avenue Mall in Paphos after negligence of the business to properly observe the health protocols led to the creation ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Antigoni Pitta The employers and industrialists’ federation (OEV) said on Thursday that further delays in allowing the opening up of restaurants and cafes will be “catastrophic” ...

The Nicosia district court on Thursday rejected a state request to shut down two asphalt plants in Yeri and Dhali, pending their relocation elsewhere after complaints their emissions were affecting ...

The Covid-19 variant first recorded in the UK has been detected in one in four samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the ...

The met office issued a yellow warning over heavy rainfall and gale force winds between Thursday afternoon and Friday early morning. The warning covers the period between 3 pm Thursday and 4 ...

Electricity was restored nationwide early on Thursday, less than an hour after an unknown fault at the Vasilikos power station caused power cuts in various regions. The fault was recorded ...

The government on Thursday launched the national digital contact tracing application – CovTracer – that alerts contacts of people who were found positive for the virus. The app does not reveal the ...

The number of coronavirus patients in state hospitals has doubled in the last ten days, according to state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (...

Cyprus is one of 17 countries which received a controversial batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine which Austria stopped using after the death of a woman, and the health ministry said it ...

A restaurant owner in Limassol has been fined after people were found eating and drinking in the establishment, police said on Thursday. While in a separate incident shortly before midnight ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American diplomacy will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue, while testifying on Wednesday evening before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding ...

Pomos has now joined forces with the Paphos regional board of tourism with the aim of upgrading its tourist facilities and welcoming more visitors to the area. “In the context ...

The report about the authorities’ disregard for environmental protection, published in Wednesday’s Environment pages of the Cyprus Mail, should sound the alarm to everyone who cares and values Cyprus’ ...

Two people died from Covid and 414 new infections were detected from 34,079 tests, the health ministry said on Wednesday. At the same time there has been an increase in hospitalisations with 165 ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris defended a decision to install razor wire along the buffer zone to stop migrants from crossing, challenging Turkish Cypriot detractors to stop the flow from Turkey. ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government for delaying the review of the anti-stalking bill, expressing concerns that there will be no time for its discussion and tabling for vote ...

The Akamas national park is expected to be ready before the end of 2022, as all key actions necessary were on track and within the deadline, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told ...