Coronavirus: No deaths, 89 new cases on Sunday (Updated)
The health ministry on Sunday announced 89 new Covid-19 cases, out of 38,139 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent....
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Call on Anastasiades to help children of bicommunal couple get RoC IDs
A weekly show by Alpha TV called on President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday to help so that the two children of a bicommunal couple can...
Traffic congestion: the two-wheeled solution
A push for more bicycles and smart traffic systems By Jonathan Shkurko An improved bus system is the obvious solution to congested city centres, but...
Anastasiades to visit Thessaloniki
President Nicos Anastasiades is to visit Thessaloniki, Greece to address on Monday an event for Cyprus’ participation in the Greek War of Independence, organised by...
Suspected people smuggler arrested after migrant arrival (Updated)
A 30-year-old man suspected of people smuggling was arrested after a boat with irregular migrants arrived in Paralimni in the early hours of Sunday, police...
Daunting ‘to-do’ list for our buses
To increase the three per cent using public transport we need expanded routes and park and ride schemes, better connectivity and more bus lanes By...
Our View: The Herculean task of unclogging our roads
The months of lockdowns, restrictions on movement, distance learning and work from home, made us all forget about the traffic chaos that was part of...
‘Amateur’ governments dealing with regional climate crisis
More concern about next elections than worrying about next 30 years By Charles Ellinas There is a huge gap between what we need to...
Coronavirus: One death, 97 cases on Saturday (Updated)
One death and 97 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday, the health ministry announced. The death concerns an 83-year-old woman. The number of deaths...
Disy: Akel, not us, gave citizenship to man linked to Pandora Papers
Ruling Disy took a swipe at main opposition Akel on Saturday for planning a demo to protest the ‘loss of Cyprus’ credibility’ in the wake...
Remands for two men linked to suspected contract killing
Two men, aged 25 and 32, were remanded for eight days on Saturday in connection with the earlier arrest of a 38-year-old Azeri man, suspected...
President sends fresh plea to Guterres over special envoy
President Nicos Anastasiades has sent another letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reporting Turkey’s latest illegal actions in and around Cyprus but also calling for...
Green transition deal will be painful for some warns minister
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday that the green transition will not be a painless process, highlighting the financial burdens it will likely incur...
Islandwide pay as you throw scheme would ‘save people money’
A ‘pay-as-you-throw’ system, designed to promote recycling and reduce waste, will make Cyprus greener and save people money, Green party MP Charalambos Theopemptou told the...
Our View: Traffic cams a step closer but collection of fines still a shambles
It should not have come as too much of a surprise that 500 traffic violations were recorded in only two hours during the rollout of...
Cyprus hits back at EP resolution, opposition parties, over Pandora furore (Updated)
A European Parliament (EP) resolution specifically naming President Nicos Anastasiades in connection with the Pandora Papers, negative media articles, and the opposition calling for his...
Anastasiades tells EU Council it should question its ‘positive agenda’ with Turkey
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday queried whether the EU should continue to pursue its ‘positive agenda’ with Turkey, posing the question to his EU counterparts...
Coronavirus: one death, 175 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
Health authorities on Friday announced one death and 175 new positives from testing for Covid-19, while the number of hospitalised people amounts to a total...
EU leaders seek compromise over immigration as arrivals increase
European Union leaders made a fresh effort on Friday to overcome their differences on how to handle immigrants, but disagreed on the best way forward, with...
Larnaca court acquits former Kiti bishop of rape charges
The Larnaca Criminal Court on Friday acquitted former Bishop of Kition Chrysostomos who had been accused of rape, arguing the plaintiff’s testimony was unreliable. The...