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Authorities on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19, and 460 new positives from island-wide testing as the number of hospitalised patients treated for the respiratory disease continued receding. The latest ...

Answers to frequently asked questions on what changes apply from May 10 as part of the strategy to relaunch the economy and social activities (Cabinet decisions of May 5, 2021) Α. Outdoor movements The ...

The requirement of a special pass to enter malls, churches and restaurants is a temporary one to ensure a smooth transition into the next phase of less restrictive measures, Health ...

The Council of Ministers late on Wednesday decided on the gradual easing of restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic including scrapping the SMS requirement, but introducing a Coronapass. The new ...

The next few weeks will be decisive for the tourism sector for the remainder of 2021, even though indications so far suggest that both May and June will see limited business, ...

The introduction of the ‘Covid pass’ in Cyprus starting Monday has sparked a mixed reaction among the public, lawyers and the hospitality sector with some welcoming the restart of the ...

A young woman with learning difficulties fined for breaching coronavirus protocols will lodge an appeal with the complaint review committee set up specially for this purpose, police said on Thursday. ...

The fisheries department on Thursday said the sea turtle nesting season is starting soon and called on people to observe all measures in areas where they lay their eggs. The ...

Close to 32 per cent of the eligible population has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, with around 10 per cent receiving both, the health ministry said on Wednesday. ...

It was astonishing that Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides felt obliged to issue a 3,000-word announcement on Tuesday to comment on the interim report by the Investigative Committee looking into granting of ...

The cabinet on Wednesday night decided to reopen most closed businesses and to introduce a so-called Coronapass for people to be allowed into hospitality venues, churches, gyms, shops and other ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has filed an appeal at the supreme court against a resolution passed by parliament calling on him and his deputy Savvas Angelides to recuse themselves from the ...

The ministry of health announced one death from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the fifteenth this month, and 562 new infections after 57,314 tests, a positivity rate of 0.98 per cent. The ministry said 246 people ...

With schools set to reopen on Monday with in-person teaching, parents of secondary school pupils should ensure their children have a negative rapid antigen test, the education ministry said on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he would return his Cypriot ID and passport if he could after it emerged he too was a registered citizen of the Republic of ...

Dogged by problems, vaccination centres need the Ministry of Health’s help to regulate both the supply of vaccines and flow of staff, the state nurses’ union (Pasyno) said on ...

Vassos Lyssarides was a world citizen and a visionary fighting for Cyprus’ and every people’s freedom and dignity, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday at the funeral of the ...

Epidemiologists are understood to favour the lifting of the nationwide lockdown next week, given the drop in the daily tally of coronavirus cases, it was reported on Wednesday. The reports ...

The government needs to invest in the professional midwife and use midwifery properly within Gesy, the nursing staff of Pasydy said on Wednesday on the occasion of International Day of ...

Researchers tell us what can be done to save them It is likely that coral reefs around Cyprus will die in the near future because of climate change and unsustainable ...

A few weeks ago, the ministry of health decided that it would not mention in its daily communique whether the people that died from Covid-19 had underlying health conditions, as ...

An eight-year-old Griffon Vulture brought to Cyprus from Crete as part of a conservation project, has been dubbed the “ultimate wanderer” by BirdLife Cyprus after covering a total of 4,683km ...

The health ministry announced five deaths and 509 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. The new deaths have brought the total to 326, of whom 213 were men and 113 women, with an average ...

A recently published interim report into the citizenship-by-investment programme by a government-appointed panel fully vindicates earlier findings by the Audit Office, it said on Tuesday after reviewing the report. In ...