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Parliament on Monday wrapped up discussion of a bill providing for severe penalties – criminal and otherwise – to persons or legal entities aiding and abetting the unlawful entry of persons into ...

The island’s two community leaders reiterated on Monday their divergent positions on a Cyprus solution during their separate meetings with UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute who ...

The health ministry on Monday announced 352 new cases of the coronavirus out of 40,891 tests. The positivity rate overall is 0.86 per cent based on both PCR and rapid tests. In Limassol, ...

An opposition party said Monday it will table a bill that would make decisions taken by the financial ombudsman legally binding on banks. Angelos Votsis, of the Democratic Forces Cooperation, ...

The health ministry announced that 59 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

Fear of losing their job is holding back women in private businesses from reporting sexual harassment, which is why most complaints concern the public sector, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on ...

Greece and Cyprus face similar challenges in managing the migration issue, ministers from both countries said on Monday after a meeting in Athens. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris met with Greek ...

Archie, Meghan’s son, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family about “about how dark his skin might be when he’s ...

Privately owned meat slaughtering plant Cypra appeared to know in advance about the state’s rescue plans for Kophinou abattoir and would file objections to the European Commission, Kophinou’s ...

Police fined a woman €600 after she refused to wear a face mask and insulted officers at a Nicosia shopping mall early on Monday. According to the police, the woman started ...

Most secondary school pupils have responded positively to the new decree requiring them to get weekly rapid tests, head teachers, the ministry of education and the children’s rights commissioner ...

President Nicos Anastasiades reiterated his determination on Monday to work along the UN to achieve a functional and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem, based on UN Security Council resolutions ...

The installation of barbed wire along the Green Line in rural Nicosia to prevent irregular migration from the north has caused concern among residents, community leaders said on Monday. The ...

The past week has seen an increase in hospital admissions of coronavirus patients reflecting the surge in new cases, however officials are taking some comfort in the fact that the ...

The health ministry announced that 22,808 vaccination slots will open on Tuesday for people aged 67 and over. The vaccination portal will open at 8am, it added. Vaccinations against the coronavirus have ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to express on Monday during a meeting in Nicosia with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute his determination to attend ...

Cheap and easy lockdown exercise: pandemic sees more people interested in cycling and shops can’t cope with the demand By Annette Chrysostomou Most agree the surge in cycling brought ...

One death and 303 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday. The death concerns an 89-year-old man with underlying health conditions. The total number of people who died from Covid-19 is ...

The Learning Refuge in Paphos is moving to a new house to operate from, which includes a stunning, contemporary chapel, which they will care for. “We have been fortunate to ...

A series of steps that currently lead to nowhere have excited the imagination of people living nearby although treasure of legend has not been found there. But what has been ...

Guilty officers have forced resignations rescinded By George Psyllides Few cases have highlighted the flaws in the legal system more than the fight for justice by two students severely beaten ...

The Greens on Sunday planted 85 trees at the Academia Park in Nicosia, to mark 25 years since the party’s establishment. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis was also present at the event. ...

By George Koumoullis The view expressed recently by Disy leader Averof Neophytou, that we must accept political equality in order to secure a solution to the Cyprus problem sparked a ...

Massive fee hike cuts educational umbilical cord to Britain By Karim Arnous The number of Greek Cypriot students applying to a UK university has plummeted by nearly 50 per cent, as ...