Jean Christou

The health ministry said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with police following suspicions that a company it contracts with for its free rapid testing programme had submitted duplicate ...

The British variant of Covid-19, B.1.1.7 has been detected in 45 of 78 samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) between January and March 6, and 44 of those ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the the appointment of Major General Ingrid Gjerde of Norway as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Major ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday they had agreed that the joint conclusions of the European Council meeting this week should be in line ...

Despite the global travel crisis brought about by Covid restrictions, the Ayia Napa marina welcomed more than 100 vessels last summer, its operators said on Tuesday during a tour of the ...

The House finance committee has decided to set up an ad hoc committee to examine 13 different bills on foreclosures with the main aim of finding a common approach to the ...

The British government is to invest significantly in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, and other Overseas Territories (OT) according to a 100-page strategy, Global Britain in a Competitive Age, ...

The pandemic has been the biggest catalyst for digital transformation in Cyprus, forcing changes that otherwise would have taken three to five years to accomplish under normal circumstances, the minister ...

Cyprus was left stunned on Sunday night after a video went viral showing hundreds of people partying in Limassol with zero distancing and many not wearing a mask as they ...

The EU and the Council of Europe (CoE) are watching “with serious concern” any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press in the Turkish Cypriot community through persecution and ...

A large protest is planned for March 27 by the municipality of Dhali to push for the immediate closure and removal of an asphalt plant from their area, which they say ...

The ad hoc House committee set up to examine issues relating to politically exposed persons (PEP) is to disband ahead of the parliamentary elections in May, but work will continue ...

Just as Cyprus began to raise its hopes of an influx of British tourists from the end of May, and with preparations underway to take bookings from April1, according to ...

Italy strongly rejects any attempt to secure a solution to the Cyprus problem that is outside the scope of UN agreements and decisions, the country’s foreign minister Luigi Di ...

The health ministry announced 302 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Monday. As no new deaths were recorded, total deaths remain at 231, of whom 154 were men and 77 women with ...

For the first time in its history, Cyprus is applying to join the UN Human Rights Council from 2025 to 2027, it was announced on Tuesday. The Human Rights Council is an ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) said on Sunday it would await the outcome of legal proceedings concerning allegations of sexual harassment against a Nicosia doctor before taking its own appropriate ...

The next few days will be crucial when it comes to seeing how the epidemiological picture is unfolding, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. In a post on Facebook ...

The government’s new rural housing policy is targeted and “extremely generous” and could be extended next year on review, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday. Nouris was speaking ...

Pig farmers pay the price as year of lockdowns has compounded existing problems Throughout the past year of pandemic disruption, Cyprus seems to have been little impacted in terms of ...

France pledged on Tuesday to further increase security and defence ties with Cyprus and called for the resumption of negotiations based on UN parameters. The comments were made by new ...

The debate over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the over 65s took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) appeared to do a U-turn, ...

The first Russian vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V has been approved so far in 23 countries and it is expected that the EU will examine its application this month, Russian ambassador ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday there was no other solution to the Cyprus issue but a two-state solution. He also said that whether Greece accepts it or not, ...