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Cyprus’ health system was faring well so far despite increasing pressure because of the coronavirus pandemic, state health services organisation (Okypy) said Tuesday, rejecting criticism from health professionals that it ...

The European Commission on Tuesday announced that it had approved, under EU State aid rules, “an €86.6 million Cypriot scheme to support companies active in the tourism sector (including organisers of ...

Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday signed a Defence and Military Memorandum of Cooperation. The Memorandum was signed during a teleconference by the defence ministers of the ...

Peyia Mayor Marinos Lambrou said Tuesday he opposed merging with other communities in the area as part of a plan to reform local authorities and wants to continue the municipalities ...

The mayor of Paphos is continuing his quest to change the ‘face’ of Paphos, with all sorts of upgrading works taking place across the town. Posting on social media, Phedonas ...

Having exhausted all the Covid-19-related news stories the media have turned their attention to the vaccinations which, admittedly, are now the primary concern of most people. Since the arrival ...

Five deaths from coronavirus and 288 new cases of the virus were announced on Monday. The health ministry said the five deaths were four men aged 70, 77 and two aged 89, along with ...

A two-state solution could never be Disy’s choice, the ruling party’s leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday in an apparent criticism of his deputy leader’s comments that ...

The first doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to arrive in Cyprus this week, by Wednesday at the latest, the health ministry said on Monday afternoon. It was not ...

Leaders of both communities met with UN secretary-general’s special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, on Monday, laying the groundwork for a possible informal five-party meeting. President Nicos Anastasiades conveyed to ...

Relations between the government and auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides are deteriorating, President Nicos Anastasiades has said, accusing the official of allowing himself to be ‘weaponised’ by the opposition. In the second ...

Citing measures introduced to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the transport ministry said on Monday that it was postponing the start of the transitional period for a new regime governing flight ...

A significant reduction in the number of coronavirus cases will only be observed in the third week of the lockdown, according to Petros Karayiannis, Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Virology at ...

Preparations are underway to set aside beds for the treatment of coronavirus patients at Paphos general hospital, state health services organisation Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday. Once Larnaca ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will on Monday morning meet the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute to discuss preparations for an informal five-party meeting on the Cyprus ...

Peyia is mulling what steps to take after losing a court case to block the development of a hillside above the Paphos town. The local municipality had challenged the government’...

The health ministry announced one death and 339 new cases of people testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from both PCR and rapid testing totalling 8,778. The death concerned a 75-year-old man ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he had put out feelers to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu about the possibility of procuring vaccines from Tel Aviv. In an interview with ...

Controversy may well always dog the Nicosia square project, but Nicosians can now sigh with relief that bar a few finishing touches, it is finally complete Eleftheria square in Nicosia ...

Business organisations on Sunday issued a “desperate plea” in a letter to the president to increase the number of people allowed to have a physical presence at work to 25 per ...

Disy’s deputy chairman has some explaining to do over his recent opposition to a federation An article written by Harris Georgiades, Disy’s deputy chairman, entitled ‘The new realism’ ...

By Les Manison The state budget is the main instrument for allocating resources geared to meet the government’s policy objectives and reforms. And with the devastating impact of the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades in an interview published on Sunday rejected opposition allegations of an explosion of corruption during his terms in office but did concede there had been some irregularities ...

In the second half of 2019 Akis and Jackie Shokkos were running a successful business in Larnaca, hoping they would soon be able to repay the bank loan they took out ...