#Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent has been sentenced to one year in jail for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a cartoon printed in 2017, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

It’s almost incomprehensible that every year the police and fire service spend all of Easter Saturday night literally putting out fires rather than being able to stay home with ...

A total of 41 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. In addition to any medical certificates exempting them ...

People over 60 and other vulnerable groups will be able to get their second Covid booster shot from Tuesday, the health ministry said on Monday. Fourth jabs will be available for ...

At the end of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 government debt to GDP ratio in Cyprus was 5.4 percentage points lower compared to Q3 of 2021, and 11.4 percentage points lower than at ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday announced the new ‘cabinet’, the nominees having got the nod from the north’s ‘president’ Ersin Tatar. The announcement came shortly after ...

The government wants to exchange expertise with Estonia to benefit from its expertise in the implementation of digital transition projects, deputy ministry for innovation and digital policy Kyriacos Kokkinos said ...

Main opposition Akel will decide in June which candidate it will field or back for the 2023 presidential elections, the party’s leader said on Monday. Speaking at an Easter-related function, ...

Cypriots are getting better at managing household waste, particularly when it comes to recycling, but there is room for improvement, waste management company Green Dot said on Monday. The NGO, ...

A Greek Cypriot barrister has broken the glass ceiling by becoming the first professional discipline barrister in the UK to achieve silk status. Marios Lambis, the son of Cypriot immigrants ...

The international youth event Youth 4 HEALTH took place in the village of Agros shortly before Easter. Organised by the group Youth Dynamics, the event was attended by 68 young people from ...

An explosive device went off outside a Paphos bank branch causing extensive damages, local police said on Monday. Spokesman Kyriacos Nicolaou said that the incident took place outside a bank ...

Paphos police on Monday reported a fourth injury that took place in the district on Saturday night. The victim was a 56-year-old man who was injured at his holiday house ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has congratulated Emmanuel Macron for his re-election to the French presidency. In a message on social media on Sunday, Anastasiades wished Macron “every success in his duties”. “...

In today’s episode, Hellenic Bank will submit a restructuring plan to the Labour Ministry that will include up to 350 compulsory redundancies this year, its CEO Oliver Gatzke has said, ...

It’s a well-known but terrible shame that to foment social change in Cyprus there has to be a long line of victims before anyone is prompted to bring it ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday joined the first and current directors of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) in Nicosia, Lefkos Middleton and Leonidas Phylaktou, to highlight ...

No SafePass will be required at outdoor venues while the limit on the number of people at gatherings in homes is expected to be lifted by the end of the ...

A final decision on introducing a minimum national wage will be made in May, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Tuesday. She was speaking after a session of the Labour ...

The government does not intend to raise taxes, but will rather pursue a policy of stimulating growth and attracting new investment in response to the coming economic slump, Finance Minister ...

A change to the outdated blood donation eligibility requirements for gay men caused an uproar on social media on Tuesday as it still bans the specific group from donating blood ...

The Cyprus Bar Association on Tuesday unveiled its Justice For All initiative to offer legal help to those facing financial difficulties. Bar Association president Christos Clerides said as a first ...

The proper staffing of the Gregorios clinic, which receives up to 15 new patients with HIV/AIDS per month, is a top priority, the state health services organisation said Tuesday. The ...

Authorities in the north have extended the visiting hours to the fenced-off area of Varosha, it emerged on Tuesday. As of Wednesday, people will be able to visit the fenced-off ...