Coronavirus: two deaths, 727 people test positive on Sunday (Updated)
The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday and that 727 more people had tested positive from 73,053 PCR and rapid tests, a...
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Protesters demand an end to SafePass, threats and coercion (Updated)
Hundreds of people gathered outside the justice ministry on Sunday to protest Covid restrictions and for the release of those arrested during the week in...
Sheep v conspiracy theorists
The pragmatic v the quixotic – there are lots of ways to divide people over Covid vaccines but Theo Panayides asks what is driving people...
Coronavirus: The great divide over vaccinations
Willingly or not, we all put up with text messages and curfew, but it’s vaccinations that have become the hill to die on The...
We’re no traitors say Varosha refugees
Opening up part of Varosha leaves refugees in a terrible quandary Instead of the government stopping just short of declaring as traitors those Varosha...
Our View: UNSC condemnation won’t stop Turkish unlawful actions over Varosha
After protests to the UK, which drafted the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on Varosha, the Cyprus government succeeded in having a reference to the...
Ottoman power games in northern Cyprus
The importance of Cyprus to the Turks President Erdogan has been and gone. His visit was done to show the importance of Cyprus to...
Coronavirus: Three deaths, 789 new infections announced on Saturday (updated)
The health ministry announced three deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday and 789 new infections after 74,198 tests, a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent. Hospitals...
Met service issues thunderstorm warning for Sunday (updated)
The Met service issued yet another thunderstorm warning, this time for Sunday afternoon. The warning is valid between 1pm and 5pm, the service said. Earlier...
Coronavirus: Minister reiterates call for vaccination as almost 72% have had first dose
Close to 72 per cent of the adult population (over 18) has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine while 63.2 per cent...
The benefits of contemporary dance
By escaping reality and learning to touch in a positive way two people in Cyprus are trying to help trafficking victims and others overcome trauma...
Moody’s upgrades Cyprus’ rating to Ba1, changes outlook to stable from positive (updated)
Moody’s ratings agency has upgraded Cyprus’ sovereign rating to Ba1 from Ba2 and changed its outlook to stable from positive on a decrease in banking...
Green light for seven jetties along Mackenzie shoreline
The environment department has given the go-ahead for the construction of seven small jetties along the Makenzie shoreline, Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus...
Our View: Our society does not see the intrinsic value of education
According to the latest European surveys and the European Commission’s data, “it appears the Cyprus public is lacking with regard to the participation in cultural...
Coronavirus: No new deaths, 895 more test positive on Friday (updated)
There were no deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, as 895 new infections were detected after 76,273...
Three days and three drafts, Security Council approves Varosha statement (Update 2)
The UN Security Council on Friday condemned plans announced by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots to reopen part of the fenced-off town of Varosha and...
More job sectors opened to third-country students due to labour shortages
Amid reports businesses are struggling to find staff, the labour ministry said on Friday that third-country students who were in Cyprus on May 31 will...
Coronavirus: Israel eyes ban on travel to Cyprus
Israeli politicians members of the country’s coronavirus cabinet, a high-level ministerial forum tasked with leading the government’s pandemic response, has voted during a parliamentary session...
New incentives planned in push to promote electric vehicles
Cyprus has set a national goal for electric vehicles to account for 25 per cent of new registrations by 2030 as it steps up efforts...
Draft UNSC Presidential Statement on Varosha ‘condemns announcement by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot leaders’
A new draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement about the Turkish announcements regarding the fenced off city of Famagusta (Varosha) has been presented by the...