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Travellers from Britain ending their mandatory seven-day hotel quarantine period must make their own way back home, which in some cases could force them to flout the required further three-day ...

After the discussions about the epidemiological situation and scientific advisory team’s proposals for additional restrictions, President Anastasiades came up with a positive point, according to deputy government spokesman, Panayiotis ...

One more person died from Covid-19 and 569 new infections have been detected after 14,309 tests, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The number of deaths since March has reached 134 while 50 people ...

The advisory committee on Covid briefed President Nicos Anastasiades on the epidemiological situation on Tuesday and tabled suggestions to tackle the current surge in infections, which will be discussed by ...

Cyprus and the US on Tuesday signed a Declaration of Intent on strengthening cooperation on border security issues, while reaffirming a shared determination to continue to work towards achieving full ...

Larnaca Municipality saw 2020 revenue drop by €5.5m because of the coronavirus pandemic, mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency on Tuesday. The municipality had budgeted for revenue of €23.8m ...

Last week 22 people with coronavirus died, making this the deadliest week since the beginning of the pandemic, the latest data released by the health ministry on Tuesday showed. According to ...

High school teachers on Monday said they were being discriminated against since they were being asked to be physically present at their workplaces compared to the rest of the civil ...

Efforts to persuade the three deputies of Edek to vote for 2021 budget, which was rejected by the legislature last month, resumed on Monday when Disy chief Averof Neophytou met the ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on Monday that only ambulances will be allowed to use the Kato Pyrgos/Limnitis crossing point while everyone else will be subject to quarantine. This ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 665 new cases of the disease were announced on Monday. The health ministry said the two deaths were of an 88-year-old man and another man aged 73. ...

By William Schomberg and Elizabeth Piper British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to ...

The new variant of Covid-19, first detected in the UK, has now been found among the community in Cyprus, it emerged on Monday. According to the health ministry, the new ...

The second phase of Covid-19 vaccinations is expected to kick off on January 8, with a public portal where people will arrange an appointment for a jab going live on Tuesday, ...

Refugees of Cyprus’ leading resort pre-1974 face an impossible decision about their future, feeling the weight of the Cyprus problem on their shoulders By Evie Andreou Despair, anger and confusion ...

Inch by inch in this year of the virus, safeguards for civil liberties have been stripped away By Elias Hazou Two years ago, this author wrapped up the annual recap ...

Two people died from Coronavirus on Sunday, the ministry of health announced, bringing the total to 131, while 529 new positive cases were recorded. A total of 182 Covid patients are being treated ...

We knew about the risk to care homes yet did too little too late By George Psyllides The coronavirus pandemic is without a doubt the biggest story this year, as ...

The new variant of coronavirus identified in the UK has been found in Cyprus, the ministry of health said on Sunday after tests on people from the UK were completed. ...

With hospitals around the island under strain, the state health services organisation Okypy has appealed to the private sector to come forward. “Things are difficult in hospitals,” Okypy spokesman Charalambous ...

Researching the impact of the 1918 flu pandemic offered a glimpse of a very different Cyprus By Theo Panayides Back in early March, with talk of coronavirus starting to ripple through ...

It is all about how thoroughly lab tests screen for traces of genetic material By Elias Hazou This week authorities announced that antigen rapid tests showing positive for Sars-Cov-2 – the ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos did a great a service to the Greek Cypriot people by revealing last Sunday that President Anastasiades had, on more than one occasion in conversations they had, said ...

The long and winding road, as the Beatles song says, began a long-long time ago By Alper Ali Riza URSULA Von Der Leyen, the European Commission President, found the right ...