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By Conor Humphries and William James The European Union on Wednesday rebuffed a British demand to extend a grace period for checks on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland, ...

One death and 139 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Wednesday. The health ministry said 126 people were in hospital. Thirty-nine are in serious condition with 23 intubated. The death was of 79...

More positive cases have been found for the Covid-19 variant first detected in the UK, but none for the variants from South Africa and Brazil, the health ministry said on ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Wednesday said the government ought to allow locals stay in hotels and other tourist accommodation facilities if they have negative rapid ...

Education minister Prodromos Prodromou announced on Wednesday a new support package of €4 million for the creative sector approved by the cabinet. As part of the new support package, the one-off ...

The relocation of the civil registry and migration department in Nicosia to 90 Makarios Avenue has begun, it announced Due to the relocation public service points will remain closed from February 10 ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Thursday. The sites will be serving people who will return to their workplaces on February 8 and the general population. Since ...

People at risk of serious illness if infected with the coronavirus should not be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine because of its lower efficacy, according to a pharmacology expert. Assistant ...

The interior ministry is due to inform attorney-general George Savvides later on Wednesday on its next steps pertaining to the archbishopric’s surprise demolition of four listed buildings in old ...

Paphos has moved forward with plans to transform the town into a smart, digital city by signing a contract for the development of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Paphos mayor ...

World Cancer Day aims to remind everyone of the power of cooperation and civil society, the office of the commissioner for volunteerism and NGOs said on Wednesday on the occasion ...

Restrictive measures in the north have been extended with a traffic ban in all districts until February 10, it was announced on Wednesday. The decision was to have immediate effect due ...

Police ruled out foul play in the discovery of a dead baby in a grave at Paralimni cemetery on Tuesday, after they determined that it had been buried there after ...

The health ministry’s public health service ordered on Wednesday the recall of a brand of brown rice from the Cypriot market due to high levels of ochratoxin A. Ochratoxin ...

Current legislation on asset statements filed by politically exposed persons (PEPs) should be completely replaced as it is useless, an expert study said, suggesting that a section of those tasked ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decreed that all passengers from category A and B countries arriving in Cyprus must self-isolate for 72 hours and take a PCR test within 72 hours after that. ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to gradually ease restrictions on sports activities and events from next week. According to a statement, from Monday, February 8, individual training will be allowed in ...

Prospects for the upcoming UN-led meeting on Cyprus settlement will be the main focus of British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s first official visit to Cyprus, where he will meet ...

The president may have drawn a line under the minister of justice and the Twitter incident but legally it’s far from over By Achilleas Demetriades The issue of the ...

The cabinet is meeting Wednesday and is expected to discuss possible easing of coronavirus measures in sports and cultural events. The epidemiological data of the last days will be evaluated ...

Children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelides has expressed concern that domestic laws in Cyprus still do not fully comply with the provisions and principles of the Convention of Rights of ...

Outrage from all sides greeted the bulldozing of four listed buildings in old Nicosia by the Church. There was mass condemnation of the unlawful action by the Archbishopric, described as ‘...

The Archbishopric intends to rebuild the four listed buildings which were partially demolished, Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Tuesday after having spoken with Archbishop Chrysostomos. The attorney general on ...

The health ministry announced 128 new coronavirus cases and said no deaths were recorded on Tuesday. There are 121 patients being cared for by the state health services, of whom 40 are in ...