Iole Damaskinos

Twenty kidney transplants are performed annually and more than 1,000 patients are on dialysis, the ministry of health announced Friday, on the occasion of ‘World Organ Donation and Transplant Day.’ The ...

The international confederation of sport fishing (FISP-M) is holding its 2022 seashore angling championship in Paphos this year. It is the first time Cyprus has been chosen as a location for ...

Teaching unions Oelmek, Poed and Oltek on Tuesday expressed strong disagreement with the way the state is trying to implement its decision to expand compulsory preschool education to children aged ...

EU regulation on serious cross-border health threats and strengthening the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) gave the European ...

Police on Tuesday said they are investigating another shooting of mobile traffic camera operators which occurred late on Monday in the Larnaca district. The case was reported by a company ...

A partial solar eclipse on Tuesday can be seen by enthusiasts in Cyprus. The eclipse, which will begin shortly before 1pm and last for two hours, will be visible over ...

Rainfall so far this month is already almost three times the average for October – 282 per cent – the met office said on Monday. Preliminary data from the department showed that the ...

Labour union Peo is holding a march to demand for the right for every employee to return home able-bodied and healthy. The event will take place on Wednesday at 5pm ...

Abuse and neglect of the elderly at home is a bigger problem than at care homes, spokesman for the Third Age Obervatory Dimos Antoniou said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC ...

A new subvariant of Omicron Covid virus is expected to arrive in Cyprus and precautions must be taken, epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Voniatis said ...

Limassol traffic police on Sunday carried out a coordinated operation to tackle juvenile delinquency, noise pollution and the nuisance caused by motorcycles that have been mechanically altered. Police announced that ...

The cost of living automatic price index adjustment (Cola) is to be discussed at a meeting scheduled with the ministry of labour for November 7. Minister of labour and social insurance ...

The department of public works announced a tender on Friday for a new Ayia Napa fire station slated to cost more than €7 million. The total area of ​​the project amounts ...

Two defendants were brought before the permanent criminal court on Friday to be tried in the case of premeditated murder of a 37-year-old Syrian. According to police statement the two ...

Police are investigating an incident at a Limassol high school on Friday during which pupils and staff were injured. According to police statement, a scuffle broke out between pupils attending ...

President of the Kokkinochoria sewerage council and Mayor of Dherynia, Andros Karayiannis, has asked to meet with the ministers of the interior and agriculture to find a solution for the ...

Polis Chrysochous residents have postponed a gathering planned for Saturday to protest against the downgrading of their local hospital. Mayor of Polis Chrysochous, Yiotis Papachristofi, has repeatedly made the case ...

The agriculture and environment ministry announced on Friday the submission of a bill aiming to push through a ‘fast track’ licensing mechanism for investment. “The operation of the proposed mechanism ...

Police are investigating shocking footage from CCTV that emerged on Friday capturing the brutal killing of hares bred at a licensed farm in Lymbia. The Cyprus hunters’ association filed an ...

The public service commission has suspended director of Veterinary Services Christodoulos Pipis for three months. The reason is the instances of Brucellosis found in cattle in a Larnaca livestock farm, ...

An as-yet unidentified man robbed a kiosk in the early morning hours of Wednesday in Limassol. According to police statement, the robbery which happened in the Agios Nikolaos area, was ...

Police examinations continue on Wednesday for an incident involving the beating of a 17-year-old pupil at a Larnaca lyceum by a group of students from another school, as a result ...

Cyprus will be a node in the climate activism relay Running Out of Time the general secretary of local marine protection organisation Cymepa announced on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

Apart from small landslides, no serious damage was caused in Paphos rural areas by the recent severe weather, reported Paphos Prefect, Mary Lambrou. Lambrou said that in places where small ...