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A glitch in the CyRepublic service’s system has led to the delivery of text messages to people informing them they were close contacts of coronavirus cases even though this ...

Police urged the public on Saturday to be alert and not reply to text messages allegedly coming from banks calling on them to verify their access details to e-banking portals ...

After a four-and-a-half year hiatus, Turkish and Greek representatives are set to meet again in Istanbul this Monday, for the 61st round of ‘exploratory talks’ between the Aegean neighbours. Yet, ...

Police fined 139 individuals and the owner of one establishment for violations of Covid-19 measures after 11,203 checks carried out across the island between Friday and Saturday morning. The owner of the ...

The tourism industry in Cyprus could be headed for another barren summer as the European Commission advises an end to all non-essential travel. Fears over a third wave and coronavirus ...

The Estia scheme, by which the taxpayer will subsidise the loans of people that have not been repaying their mortgages will now be extended to those who are ineligible to ...

February should be considered more of a transition period than a time to start easing Covid restrictions, the head of the government’s advisory committee, assistant professor of internal medicine ...

Service providers were the main problem of the citizenship by investment programme, a finance ministry official told an investigative committee on Friday. Financial director Kyriacos Kakouris told the four-member panel ...

One person has died from Covid-19, the health ministry said on Friday, while 122 new cases were detected after 9,635 tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent. The ministry said 179 people were ...

The health ministry on Friday urged employees who have returned to work after it relaxed the number of staff permitted at each premise to take a rapid antigen test. It ...

One week since the launch of the vaccination programme in the north, health personnel have administered the first 11,000 doses of the coronavirus jab and have stored another 11,000 for the second ...

The Paphos district court has found in favour of the Church in a lawsuit in which it accused the municipality and other authorities substantially reducing the value of the public ...

It has been a grim January, with 61 coronavirus-related deaths so far, 24 of them in one week alone, according to figures published by the health ministry on Friday. This follows on ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Friday said she did not withdraw a bill for the creation of a court for the speedy process of disputes between borrowers and banks, but ...

Nearly 1.3 million coronavirus tests, both PCR and rapid antigen tests, have been carried out in Cyprus since the start of the pandemic in March, the health ministry said on Friday. ...

US Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken said if his appointment is confirmed by the US Senate, he will work to continue deepening ties between the United States, Greece and ...

Prefabricated buildings which have been placed at a designated bathing beach in Kissonerga by a nearby hotel have prompted a raft of complaints from environmentalists. “As Greens we don’t ...

It was no surprise that last weekend’s revelations by the Greek Olympic medalist Sophia Bekatorou, who said she was raped by a high-ranking official of the Hellenic Sailing Federation ...

With 29 votes for and 26 against, the House on Thursday passed the revised state budget for 2021, unlocking hundreds in millions earmarked for coronavirus relief to businesses and households. The ballot went ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday and 164 new cases from 11,170 PCR and rapid tests. The positivity rate stood at 1.47 per cent. Total positives since March number 29,636. ...

Cyprus was hit by an earthquake of a magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale Thursday afternoon, according to the geological surveys department. The tremor hit at 4.27pm local time. The epicentre ...

Former finance minister Michalis Sarris Thursday said using the citizenship by investment programme to focus on growth in the construction sector, which had a substantial contribution to the 2008 crisis, had ...

If the downward trend in daily cases continues, it will be possible to gradually start easing the measures against the spread of coronavirus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. ...

The House on Thursday will vote on the revised state budget for this year that is expected to be approved after Edek and the Solidarity Movement said they would back ...