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Greece on Monday announced further restrictions effective from Jan. 3-16 to contain a further upsurge in COVID-19 infections including the Omicron variant, targeting mainly night-time entertainment venues. As confirmed new ...

The 44-year-old, who was detained for six days in connection with a hit-and-run in which a 60-year-old woman died has been referred by the Paphos court for trial on February 3. ...

Rainfall in December reached 113 of normal levels, according to preliminary data published on Monday by the met office. According to the data, the average total amount of rainfall from December 1 ...

South Africans remembered anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu with cathedral bells, flowers and warm words on Monday, a day after he died in a Cape Town nursing home aged 90. Tutu, ...

The Bank of Cyprus Borrowers Association (Syprodat) on Monday called for an immediate reaction from the central bank and from parliament over plans by the commercial banks to hike their ...

An investigative journalist for the BBC’s Russian-language service in Moscow said in a video released on Monday that he had felt compelled to leave Russia for self-imposed exile in ...

U.S. airlines canceled about 800 more flights on Monday after nixing thousands of flights during the Christmas holiday weekend, as Omicron cases across the country rise, forcing crews to isolate ...

Testing locations for Tuesday are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Lemesos (5 units) Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) Square, behind Rectorate 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Pano Polemidia ...

The health ministry has reclassified three countries on its list of colour-coded destinations for Covid-19. The changes, which take effect from Thursday December 30 included moving New Zealand from orange to ...

Over 4,000 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The first phase of the plan was implemented on December 20, 2021, and will run ...

The health ministry announced on Monday that inspections at workplaces would begin on December 29 to ensure employees have their Covid papers. The ministry said all employees who have had two ...

The north has announced a curbing of activities ahead of the New Year after detecting close to 30 cases of Omicron. According to reports from the north, only up to 10 people ...

Chinese citizens lashed out online against billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk’s space ambitions on Monday after China complained that its space station was forced to take evasive action to ...

A first of its kind study on the levels of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among Cypriots who had Covid-19 has been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Medicine. The study ...

The department of antiquities announced on Monday that the lighting at Larnaca castle have been switched off due to “serious technical problems” “Efforts are being made by all those involved ...

Manchester City led the way in a bumper Boxing Day goal feast in the Premier League on Sunday with a 6-3 win over Leicester City sending them six points clear ...

The road transport department announced on Monday that vehicle registration licences can be renewed starting on January 7 and ending March 11, 2022. Licences can be renewed for a period of three, six, ...

The EAC said on Monday that its Strovolos Customer service centre will remain closed today Monday 27 and tomorrow Tuesday 28 December due to a coronavirus case. The other customer service centres ...

An Israeli hospital administered fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday to a test group, as the country considers approving the measure for vulnerable populations in a bid to outpace a ...

The family of a four-year-old boy with a rare cancer are racing to put together the remainder of the money they need to take their son to America to take ...

Two men, aged 41 and 51 have been arrested in connection with a case of illegal trapping and killing of wild birds in Zygi, following a complaint by anti-trapping activists. The two ...

Primarily male-dominated entrepreneurial ground has seen some of the most incredible innovations when women have set their foot into the industry. Today, their entrepreneurial ideas have been evolving various business ...

Paphos police are investigating two cases of burglary which netted thieves a total of 16,000 euros over the weekend. Police said that in Tsada, a 71-year-old homeowner reported that a small ...

Business at leisure and recreations centres were down between 50 and 65 per cent over the holiday weekend, the association of recreation centres (Osika) said on Monday. The measures taken to deal ...