#Cyprus

Three additional deaths from Covid were reported on Friday that relate to deaths from 2021, the ministry of health said. They were found as government scientists reviewed the data, meaning the ...

One of the main reasons for failing public education is excessive power wielded by the teaching unions. This union power has created a public school system that primarily exists to ...

Almost 20 per cent more rain than normal fell between October 2021 and February 2022, significantly boosting water stocks in the dams which on Tuesday were 85.5 per cent full. According to the Meteorology ...

The leaders of the two largest opposition parties met on Tuesday to sound each other out ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, while other such exploratory discussions are scheduled for this ...

Further easing of coronavirus restrictions will reportedly include the lifting of SafePass requirements to enter certain places, and are expected to be announced later this week, a health ministry spokesman ...

A number of Ukraine-based companies have expressed an interest in headquartering their business in Cyprus, according to the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev). Speaking to news outlet Stockwatch, Oev’s ...

One death from coronavirus and 1,986 new infections were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday from 102,159 tests, a positivity rate of 1.94 per cent. The new death, which concerned an 82-year-old ...

A woman whose rescue of two dogs from a cage led to their owner being convicted of animal abuse and four volunteers who saved a dog and her six puppies ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia expressed a common will to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, during a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. ...

Flights abroad increased by 263 per cent in January 2022 over the previous January although they were down 64 per cent on pre-pandemic January 2020. According to the Cypriot statistical service, trips abroad for ...

Any improvement between Israel-Turkey relations will not be to the detriment of Cyprus or any other country in the region, Israeli ambassador to Cyprus Oran Anolik said on Tuesday. “We ...

The first evacuation of 42 civilians from the Ukraine, including children and elderly, has been successfully completed, Cyprus foreign ministry spokesman Demetris Demetriou said on Tuesday. On Twitter, he said the ...

Two women were remanded in police custody on Tuesday over the alleged abduction of a five-year-old. Limassol District court issued a three-day remand order the two women, aged 52 and 29, after ...

The military cooperation between France and Cyprus was highlighted by Defence Minster Charalambos Petrides on Tuesday when he paid a visit to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at ...

The health ministry announced it will operate 75 free rapid testing sites for eligible groups on Wednesday. Eligible for a free rapid test are people fully vaccinated against the virus and ...

Cyprus has received 15,000 doses of the new Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, with rollout expected in the next few days, the health ministry said on Tuesday. “It is all ready to be ...

Cyprus has “shot itself in the foot” by joining the EU’s ban on Russian aircraft into the bloc’s airspace, the Russian ambassador bluntly stated on Monday amid concerns ...

A monument dedicated to the Jewish Holocaust survivors who found temporary refuge to Cyprus after WWIII is a testament to the long-standing Cypriot Israeli friendship, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said ...

Any sanctions imposed on Russia will inevitably end up impacting Cyprus’ economy as well, particularly the tourism sector, president of the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) Michalis Antoniou said on ...

British actress Elizabeth Hurley and other cast members of a film being made by a Cypriot company are set to visit the island later this year to promote it, a ...

One of the two men who escaped from Paphos police station earlier in February will be referred to a direct trail before the Paphos criminal court by the end of ...

Makarios hospital will join the presidential palace on Monday night in being lit up blue to mark World Rare Disease Day, commemorated around the world on February 28. Over 7,000 different diseases ...

The Cyprus Post announced on Monday that acceptance of postal items to Russia and Belarus is suspended for all services. This excludes the courier service Quickpost, it announced. Meanwhile the ...

In today’s episode, thousands of Ukrainians and Russians living in Cyprus are concerned about the war and the impact it will have on loved ones back home, including the ...