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By Stephania Constantinou Over the last year, the world has witnessed an unprecedented number of extraordinary events that will be remembered as the most defining in recent history. One positive ...

The health ministry on Monday announced the death of one man from Covid-19 and 131 new infections from 34,190 tests, a positivity rate of 0.38 Per cent. Seventy-six people are currently being treated ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Monday had an indirect dig at those critical of a British proposal aimed at bringing the two communities closer together ahead of the informal five-party ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said Monday he has instructed police to immediately submit to court a case relating to offences of a sexual nature. Savvides made the announcement on Twitter but ...

The government on Monday held fast to its refusal to directly subsidise tenants suffering the economic impact of coronavirus-related restrictive mandates, insisting instead that offering landlords tax relief is the ...

MPs are considering a carrot and stick approach to ensure better protection of listed buildings after the near demolition of three historical buildings by the archbishopric in old Nicosia. House ...

Coronavirus rapid testing locations for Tuesday District Location Time Limassol Ayios Ioannis Eleimonos church 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. Panos Solomonides cultural centre 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. Andreas Themistocleous ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos visited the drivers’ examination offices in Latsia on Monday to check out a new system that will be used during driving tests. This will utilise GPS ...

Larnaca police caught a 13-year-old boy driving and breaking the speed limit while having three passengers in the car, including the owner. Police said they had stopped the vehicle after ...

Close to 17,000 vaccination slots will become available on Tuesday for people 71 and above across the Republic, the health ministry said. People within the age group can set up an appointment ...

Energy labels for four categories of electrical appliances will change from March 1 under new EU regulations, the government’s energy service said on Monday. The new grading system will phase ...

A March trial date has been set for the doctor accused of sexually harassing a female patient, police confirmed on Monday. The complaint was brought to the spotlight by Politis ...

The cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss the possible easing of the lockdown amid mounting speculation on what will change given the generally improved epidemiological situation although higher rates ...

Doctors union Pasyky on Monday slammed the state health services (Okypy) for failing to respect the deal reached between the two last year regarding monetary incentives for physicians. “Okypy’s ...

Contact tracers have found increased transmission of the coronavirus within families and in the workplace, the health ministry said on Monday following a meeting between the minister, the contact tracing ...

Cyprus continues to carry out the most rapid coronavirus tests as a percentage of the population in the EU with a total of 202,614 tests between February 15 and 21, or 25,554 per 100,000 people, ...

Elderly British expats hit the hardest by pandemic-induced closure For 91-year-old Ivy Gibson the UKCA social club in Paphos is a lifeline that staves off loneliness, a feeling that has ...

A solar power park in Solea has been presented as a green project to increase Cyprus’ production of energy from renewable sources, so why are so many environmentalists against it? ...

The health ministry announced 107 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday from 35,028 PCR and rapid tests, giving a positivity rate of 0.3%. No new deaths occurred. The total to date remains at 229 ...

In 2019, the average salary of a civil servant was €40,000, for a private sector employee it was €20,000 While the official estimate that real GDP contracted by just over 5 per cent in 2020 ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) said on Sunday it would await the outcome of legal proceedings concerning allegations of sexual harassment against a Nicosia doctor before taking its own appropriate ...

The next few days will be crucial when it comes to seeing how the epidemiological picture is unfolding, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. In a post on Facebook ...

The government’s new rural housing policy is targeted and “extremely generous” and could be extended next year on review, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday. Nouris was speaking ...

Pig farmers pay the price as year of lockdowns has compounded existing problems Throughout the past year of pandemic disruption, Cyprus seems to have been little impacted in terms of ...