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Cyprus’ real GDP declined by an annual 1.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 but maintained momentum compared with the fourth quarter of 2020, CyStat said on Tuesday. Finance Minister Constantinos ...

Cyprus Post said on Tuesday that it has suspended accepting mail for Israel due to the impossibility of finding an air carrier to transport it there. This applies to mail ...

Police on Monday arrested a 60-year-old man on suspicion of purchasing and owning child pornography. They said that a warrant was issued after the cybercrime unit received information that a ...

A total of 77 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Cyprus is among the most searched destinations as Britons consider their holiday options, but UK tour operators will not send customers until the Foreign Office lifts its travel guidance to ...

Despite gradual progress in protecting the rights of the LGBTI community, discrimination against them remains a tragic reality, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said in a written statement marking international day ...

Tenders will be launched next month for the €17m phase three of the Larnaca-Dhekelia coastal road, the transport ministry said on Monday. It said the e-procurement document is expected to ...

Cyprus can anticipate the number of coronavirus cases dropping to double digits over the summer, one of the government’s advisors on the pandemic said on Monday, qualifying his more ...

Cyprus welcomed 38,226 visitors in April 2021, compared to zero arrivals recorded in the same month the previous year when airports were closed to tourists as part of measures to contain the ...

Police on Monday launched a week-long islandwide road safety campaign focusing on motorbikes and mopeds amid rising concern over fatalities among bikers. The campaign will focus on dangerous driving, wearing ...

Authorities are investigating how piles of used coronavirus rapid test kits ended up illegally dumped near a riverbed in Strovolos rather being properly disposed of by specialist companies, Environment Commissioner ...

People aged 18 to 21 booked 8,855 vaccination appointments in the first two hours of the portal opening for their age group on Monday, the health ministry said. A total of 15,920 slots were ...

Use of the internet by older Cypriots is at similar levels as the EU average, with 58 per cent of the 65 to 74-year age group saying they had gone online, close ...

May 17 marks International Child Helpline Day which celebrates child helplines all over the world that aim to support, protect and provide comfort for this most precious and vulnerable group. Children’...

Fifty-six irregular migrants aboard a boat spotted off Cape Greco on Sunday afternoon were denied entry to the Republic of Cyprus and have returned to Lebanon, the Cyprus News Agency ...

A boat with around 50 people was spotted off Cape Greco on Sunday afternoon. The vessel was spotted 16 nautical miles off Cape Greco. Police vessels with nurses and translators were on ...

A car was destroyed on Saturday night at the Larnaca airport and two others were damaged after fire erupted on the first vehicle. All cars were parked at the airport’...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Sunday, 79 in total. People need to present an ID or other form of identification. District Testing sites Operating Hours Limassol (24 sites) Agios ...

The fire service and police on Saturday morning rescued an injured man who was at the Kalidonia waterfall nature trail in Platres. Authorities were alerted at around 9.30am about an ...

Stavrovouni monastery remains closed to visitors for the third week after coronavirus cases were detected among the monks. The monastery’s abbot and two monks are at the Nicosia general ...

Fire caused extensive damage to six vehicles parked on a plot in Frenaros, Limassol in the early hours of Saturday morning. The fire department said the blaze was reported at 1.55...

Forty-six people and two businesses have been fined over the past 24 hours for violating measures to limit the spread of coronavirus. Police said that from 6 am on Friday until 6 am ...

Cabinet on Friday gave the green light to the reopening of futsal pitches as from Monday as part of the easing of coronavirus rules that also affect sport and training. ...

Vartkes Mahdessian was proclaimed Representative of the Religious Group of the Armenians in the House of Representatives on Friday after running unopposed for the position. Mahdessian submitted his candidacy for ...