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President Erdogan’s comments raise important issues concerning the independence of the judiciary and a conflict between Turkey’s responsibility for securing human rights in the north By Alper Ali ...

The ministry of health announced 68 testing points around the island for free rapid tests on Sunday. In addition to those taking it on a weekly rota, the ministry said the ...

1Cyprus, an initiative supporting the reunification of Cyprus, addressed a letter to President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday in light of the upcoming informal five-party summit in Geneva. The purpose of ...

The health ministry on Saturday issued three clarifications to the lockdown measures announced on Friday. The lockdown will last from April 26 to May 9 in an attempt to stem the rapid ...

Seven businesses and 172 people were booked between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday for violating the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said. In total 11,335 checks were carried out in ...

In a theatre event that could be a symbol of things to come Melissa Hekkers found herself enjoying a stage show while glued to her phone. The two combined to ...

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal to reduce the sentence of a woman jailed for six years after pleading guilty to child trafficking in connection with the illegal ...

Experience unique five star luxury alongside Cyprus’ rich history Named after the ancient Greek word ‘amarandos’, which means ‘everlasting’, the AMARA is an ultra-deluxe, five-star sanctuary, aptly located near the ...

By Humeyra Pamuk U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that he intends to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide, ...

The House of Representatives on Friday held its last plenary session before the parliamentary elections due to take place on May 30. The parliament decided unanimously to be dissolved beginning as ...

A panel investigating the controversial citizenship by investment programme said Friday its interim findings reports would be published after personal data and certain other data were redacted for public interest ...

A total of 69 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The House of Representatives on Friday approved tougher consumer protection legislation with 43 votes in favour and three abstentions. The vote of the omnibus bill in the last session of parliament ...

A new vaccination centre opened at the state fair in Nicosia on Friday as Cyprus ramps up its vaccination drive in a race to contain a surge of new coronavirus ...

The government on Friday imposed a fresh lockdown for two weeks between April 26 and May 9 in a bid to stem the rapid spread of Covid infections, which are threatening to ...

French trawlermen angered by delays getting licences to fish inside British waters blocked lorries carrying UK-landed fish with burning barricades as they arrived overnight in Europe’s largest seafood processing ...

A second Covid-19 ward has opened at Paphos Hospital as the state health services scramble for beds amid a surge in admissions. Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said that eight beds ...

The replica of an ancient Cypriot Chalcolithic roundhouse, dating back to around 2800–2400 BC, was completed at the Kissonerga-Mosfilia in Paphos. The actual building chosen for the reconstruction was ‘Building 3’, also ...

For the first time in Cyprus, a kidney transplant from a mother to a child was successfully performed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The transplant, from a mother to ...

After a night of violence in Jerusalem, Israeli police made over 50 arrests and Palestinian medics said 100 were injured during Ramadan clashes in the contested city at the core of the ...

More than 1700 Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid-19 vaccines were booked through the vaccination portal on Friday, the first day they were made available here. The J&J shots ...

A woman says she has reported to police that around 10 years ago she had been raped by a man who is running for parliament in the upcoming elections. In a ...

Celebrated annually on April 22, Earth Day supports environmental protection and aims to raise awareness about the planet. Going eco-friendly is one of the latest and biggest movements of the times. ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...