#Cyprus

A small lizard found on the island was on Monday announced as unique to Cyprus by researchers at the University of Cyprus. The lizard known as ‘kοurkoutas’ in Cyprus ...

Inpatient care is being put at risk because of the “ongoing severe understaffing” at Larnaca general hospital’s A&E department, government doctors union Pasyki said on Monday. In ...

Edek president Marinos Sizopoulos said on Monday the party is not currently part of discussions concerning the presidential elections next year. Speaking to CyBC radio, Sizopoulos said Edek does not ...

Vaccination coverage with the third booster is low, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris said on Monday. The number of those over 18 who have received the third shot is ...

Speaker of the UK House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle begins a three-day official visit to Cyprus on Monday, following an invitation by House President Annita Demetriou. It is the ...

The companies running the commercial activities at Limassol port have agreed to suspend hiking their freight and handling fees until the end of the month while talks are ongoing with ...

The health ministry’s epidemiological team is open to criticism about the handling of the pandemic, one of its members said on Tuesday, after a group of professionals questioned the ...

One in four Cypriots will suffer from cancer in their lifetime, while around 42 children under 10 are diagnosed with cancer yearly, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday during a ...

The health ministry announced seven deaths and 2,885 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. All seven deaths were men, aged 93, 82, 77, 76, 71, 63, and 58, bringing the total death toll to 756. There are 206 people being ...

MPs have taken the initiative and will be drafting legislation governing bank fees charged to account holders after the government said there was not much it could do about it. ...

The Green party has condemned the demolishing of ten traditional Turkish Cypriot houses in the Paphos village of Androlykou, stating that cultural heritage and history is being lost. The Greens ...

A total of 79 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The government will channel 15 per cent of its revenue from the operation of the casino resort in Limassol to the Cyprus Land Development Corporation (CLDC) to finance housing schemes – including ...

The island’s second largest dam, Asprokremos, overflowed for the eighth time since it was built in 1982 on Tuesday, Kitas weather reported. The overflow, which started at 2.20pm, would be “...

The Cyprus met office has issued a yellow alert for Tuesday night and Wednesday, warning of heavy thunderstorms and rain. The warning is in force from 10pm on Tuesday evening ...

Farmers working near the village of Denia in the buffer zone were on Tuesday threatened by five soldiers from the north, some of whom were armed, according to community leader ...

Two human traffickers from Turkey received prison sentences of 42 months and 56 months after they pleaded guilty to smuggling people for money, the legal service announced on Monday. Later on Monday ...

Primary school and kindergarten teachers held a one-hour work stoppage on Monday morning, with union Poed giving authorities 15 days to work out satisfactory solutions to problems faced due to ongoing ...

Drivers can expect continued price rises at the pump, the Cyprus Consumers Association (CCA) said on Monday saying that inflation has surge. The group said that petrol 95 has notched a 0.308 ...

A 40-year-old man was found dead after a fire early on Monday morning, the fire service said. Spokesman Andreas Kettis told Cybc that at around 5.45 am, two fire trucks responded ...

Re-elected Greens leader Charalambos Theopemptou said on Monday that the party needs another two weeks to decide its course for the upcoming presidential elections. Theopemptou was on Sunday re-elected but ...

Police confirmed on Monday that the US university from which the former volunteerism commissioner claims to have graduated says it has no knowledge of his existence. Former commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki ...

Two escaped detainees alleged to have committed over 40 crimes may have had help from the inside, while the police acknowledged that mistakes were made. The escapees are Alexandros Sarkisides, aged 28, ...

Police fined 16 individuals and seven business for breaking coronavirus restrictions in the 24 hours up to 6am on Monday. A police spokesman told the Cyprus News Agency that these were the ...