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President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday received the second dose of a Covid vaccine, some three weeks after the first jab. After spending the mandatory 15 minutes at Latsia health centre, where ...

Search and rescue crews scoured the Phinikoudes area in Larnaca on Sunday after a 70-year-old woman who went swimming at around 1 pm did not come out of the water. Authorities ...

Three deaths and 157 coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. The deaths concern two men, aged 67 and 89, and a woman, 83, all with underlying conditions. Their cause of ...

A crisis emerged in the north after the ‘government’s’ disagreement with the decision by the committee of experts on infectious diseases to impose a lockdown as of Sunday midnight ...

A 39-year-old woman was caught driving under the influence of alcohol on Saturday night in Nicosia past curfew while she was also tested positive for a narcotest, police said on ...

Roads leading to Troodos were closed on Sunday for around two-and-a-half hours due to snow. Police had announced at around 1 pm that the roads from Prodromos to Troodos, Karvounas to ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded for five days on Sunday in connection with a case concerning the illegal possession of cannabis plants and possession of cannabis with intent to supply ...

One-third of rapid tests carried out during the past week concerned people working in the private and public sectors, the health ministry said on Sunday. Between January 11 and 15, 47,241 rapid tests ...

The same weather pattern with isolated rains and storms is expected to continue until Tuesday when the temperature is set to drop below seasonal levels, the met office said. Saturday’...

The audit service called on the authorities to overhaul legislation concerning election expenses after certain contradictory provisions rendered party expenditure during in the run up to the 2018 presidential elections unlawful. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday took a swipe at the journalists’ union over the way it defended journalist Andreas Paraschos who had written that the president had made millions from ...

Unless the new initiative by the UN Secretary-General yields results, a “tsunami” of developments is expected in the summer that could see Varosha being lost, Disy chief Averof Neophytou has ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar kick started the vaccinations against coronavirus in the north on Friday after receiving the first jab of Chinese firm’s Sinovac batch sent this week ...

Authorities expressed concern on Friday over the lack of rain so far this year, which will inevitably affect the water supply in coming months. The director of the water development ...

Cyprus could default if the revised budget is rejected anew by parliament and it loses its investment grade rating, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday. “Apart from not being ...

Larnaca municipality said on Friday it is creating a dog park with exercise equipment as part efforts for the proper coexistence of humans and animals. The park, located behind the ...

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 ...

The first batch of Chinese Sinovac’s vaccines arrived in the north early on Thursday from Turkey. An ambulance plane carrying 20,000 doses arrived in the north at around 5am. The ...

Despite the drop recently in coronavirus cases, the positivity rate remains high, thus it is imperative to continue observing the measures in place, head of the advisory committee on coronavirus ...

Authorities on Thursday presented the new portal for online payments of social insurance contributions which will be launched on Friday. The use of ‘SISnet’ will be made obligatory as of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades invited the members of the National Council to escort him to the informal five-party summit to be convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, it was announced on ...

The civil engineers’ association (Cyace) on Thursday welcomed a government decision to rescind a previous one turning an area around Kourris reservoir into a residential zone. The group said that ...

The union of municipalities warned on Thursday that the effort to reform local government sector was leading to failure, as more and more communities declare their opposition using various excuses, ...

Name: Styrax (Styrax benzoin) Otherwise known as: Gum Benjamin, Benzoin Habitat: A tree member of the Styraceae family growing up to 15m in tropical forests and native to South East ...