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Large investment projects and real estate developers called on the government on Thursday to make changes to the permanent residency programme for third country nationals to help attract more investors ...

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Wednesday that Varosha cannot remain a ruin forever and that Turkey can transform it into “the pearl of Cyprus” once again. Speaking to ...

The recycled water lakes of the Larnaca sewerage board located in Meneou have been transformed into a wetland where every year thousands of migratory birds find refuge, manager of the ...

The Paphos archaeological museum has finally opened its doors to the public after lengthy delays in upgrading work and is well worth a visit staff say. The museum has had ...

The restrictions on free movement that were imposed for three weeks from January 10 were not scrapped on February 1 but were left in place without explanation, and on Wednesday were extended ...

Three people have died from Covid-19 and 113 new cases have been detected from 24,780 tests, a positivity rate of 0.46 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of people ...

By Stephanie Nebehay, Kate Kelland and John Miller AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective and should be deployed widely, including in countries where the South African variant of ...

Work is underway for the removal of an estimated 250 tonnes of rubbish dumped in the Pedieos riverbed, it was announced on Wednesday. The agriculture ministry said that crews of the ...

Tempers flared at the House ethics committee after members of a defunct watchdog set up to clean the island’s sports, mainly football, blamed its outgoing chairman of its demise. ...

The debate over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the over 65s took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) appeared to do a U-turn, ...

The first Russian vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V has been approved so far in 23 countries and it is expected that the EU will examine its application this month, Russian ambassador ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Wednesday said police followed standard procedure while handling her complaint last December against a parody account on Twitter, which had targeted her father. The minister ...

The cabinet on Wednesday extended the current phase of the measures against the spread of coronavirus to February 28. The decision was taken following the suggestion of the ministerial committee on ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday there was no other solution to the Cyprus issue but a two-state solution. He also said that whether Greece accepts it or not, ...

The supreme court on Wednesday rejected a Paphos family court ruling issued just hours earlier that a woman must immediately return her underage son to his father in the US. ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday said it had completed discussion on the bill to create a more child-friendly justice system. It includes prevention, tackling delinquency, and the way ...

A contract for the construction of flood protection projects in the Limassol area was signed on Wednesday by the town’s mayor Nicos Nicolaides at the Panos Solomonidis Cultural Centre. ...

Two traditional Cypriot products, sausages and the ‘lountza’ (cured pork tenderloin) produced in the mountainous area of Pitsilia, have been included in a list of EU-protected geographic indications (PGIs) on ...

March 16 has been proposed as a feasible date in which bars, cafes and other hospitality businesses may reopen, possibly along with an electronic health ID being introduced. According to Nikos ...

As the AstraZeneca vaccine is different from the other two – Pfizer and Moderna – already being used, the health ministry will in future inform people in advance which vaccine will be ...

The head of the Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat), Costas Melas on Wednesday called for a speedier and more effective court system in settling disputes, arguing that the ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged failings on Wednesday in the EU’s approval and rollout of vaccines against COVID-19, and said the bloc had learned lessons in ...

Many landmark cases reflect the challenge of accessing long term residence in Cyprus Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras This piece of writing follows my previous article ‘Two Roads to Citizenship’ published ...

Mandatory rapid tests for all workplaces have been described as point-blank unconstitutional and breaching fundamental human rights and liberties by some prominent lawyers, while others say “it depends.” “No limitation ...