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The deputy ministry of tourism on Monday welcomed the Royal Caribbean cruise line’s decision to include Cyprus in its summer schedule. According to the ministry, Royal Caribbean has included ...

As Cyprus eased Covid restrictions, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou expressed deep concern on Monday over health and safety violations, which marred the collective effort and delayed the return to normality. ...

The majority of borrowers who had opted to suspend payment of their loans for nine months, as part of a relief scheme in light of the pandemic have resumed repayment ...

More than 850,000 people registered with Gesy and with a general practitioner during the first 18 months of the health system’s operation, it was announced on Monday. The Health Insurance Organisation (...

Easing more restrictive measures too soon could end up being counterproductive should the number of Covid-19 cases spike in the coming weeks, member of the government’s epidemiological team Zoe ...

Cyprus continues to top the list of EU countries with the most tests per 100,000 population, and is third as regards vaccinations, the health ministry said on Monday. According to the ...

The European Commission will present a proposal in March on creating an EU-wide digital COVID-19 vaccination passport that may allow Europeans to travel more freely over the peak summer holiday ...

As Monday sees further easing of Covid restrictions in the Republic, with certain school years returning to class, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou urged people to follow measures to avoid any ...

“You have to keep in step with the times,” said an official. “That depends, said the French diplomat Talleyrand, ”on what you have to step in.” This epigram may seem ...

With around 90 per cent of eligible people taking up coronavirus vaccinations in Paphos, there is strong support in the area for some kind of Covid passport. “This is the right ...

Turkish Cypriot traders don’t know how long more they can hang on A YEAR after the Ledra Street/Lokmaci crossing was closed there is still no sign that any ...

No new coronavirus deaths were reported by the ministry of health on Sunday, although a total of 283 new cases were found. The number who have died as a result of ...

The reopening of gymnasia was put off for a week on Sunday, the ministry of education announced, meaning children will not return to the classroom until March 16. At the same ...

FINANCE Minister Constantinos Petrides hopes that the recovery and resilience plan being prepared by the government apart from absorbing close to a billion euros from the EU would also help ...

Blaming teachers for the spread of the coronavirus is “unacceptable and condemnable”, President of primary school teaching union Poed Myria Vasiliou told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. She said ...

Around 30 businesses ready to take the plunge with class-action suit A Nicosia legal firm is gearing up to file a lawsuit against the state on behalf of a group of ...

A date and venue have finally been set for the informal five-party conference by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The five parties will meet in Geneva from April 27 to 29 in ...

RELIGIOUS fanatics were incensed by the lyrics of our Eurovision song, El Diablo, and directed their self-righteous rage at the CyBC which had selected such an unchristian entry to represent ...

The set of ideas attributed to the UK are different from the community power-sharing system that failed miserably in 1963 There is no UK blueprint for a Cyprus settlement. It was ...

The health ministry announced 243 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday from 40,747 PCR and rapid tests, an overall positivity rate of 0.6 per cent. There were no new deaths. The total remains ...

Limassol’s increased coronavirus cases could be due to a new more contagious variant of the virus, the former head of the health ministry’s advisory team Dr Leondios Kostrikis ...

A man entered the premises of state broadcaster Cybc on Saturday yelling “atheists” over the song choice ‘El Diablo’ which was picked as Cyprus’ entry to this year’s Eurovision ...

Projects underway in Polis Chrysochous to spruce up the area include the preservation of the old police station which the municipality will utilise, according to local officials. “The old police ...

Covid-19 vaccinations reached 76.176 as of February 26, the health ministry announced on Saturday. Cyprus has fully vaccinated 22,559 people while another 53,617 have received the first dose, bringing the total to 76,176 vaccinations, according ...