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The health ministry announced six deaths and 690 cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from 50,902 PCR and repaid tests with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent. The deaths concerned three men and ...

In a clear warning to the supermarket sector, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Thursday that the law explicitly prohibits shops to open on May 1 and the government would make ...

Georgia Polyviou, president of Alkionides charity organisation, known for her generosity and dedication to service to others, died on Thursday, aged 64. Her funeral will be held on Saturday, at the ...

The vaccination portal opened for 61 to 63 year olds on Thursday morning but crashed again just minutes later, the second time the same age group has been frozen out because of ...

Eight irregular migrants from Syria in a small boat were spotted off Cape Greco on Wednesday afternoon by the marine police. According to police, the boat was spotted at about 6.20 ...

A total of 155 people and two businesses were charged in the 24 hours up to 6am on Thursday morning for breaking coronavirus protocols. A police spokesman said these were the result ...

A 70-year-old woman who went missing on Wednesday afternoon has been found and is well. Police had appealed earlier for information regarding the whereabouts of Neophyta Katsiami who was last ...

Cyprus said Wednesday it would not make available 2,400 Johnson & Johnson vaccines it received pending an investigation into several cases of thrombosis in the US. The health ministry said the ...

A 17 and a half-year-old male was remanded in custody for six days on Wednesday on suspicion of hurling a hand grenade into a barber shop earlier this month. Police said ...

A 19th minute goal by Nikos Kaltsas was enough to give Anorthosis a 1-0 win over Apoel in the first leg of their Cyprus Cup semi-final in Larnaca on Wednesday ...

Within the next few days, a decree is expected to be issued which will release all those who have been vaccinated from the obligation to conduct a weekly rapid test ...

A total of 59 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by the labour minister for paying an Easter allowance to low-income pensioners. Eligible are pensioners already receiving a low-income allowance and whose income is ...

Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou on Wednesday visited Polemi in Paphos to check out this year’s tulip blooms. Vassiliou was given a tour of the tulip fields by the community ...

A post-mortem on a two-month-old baby who was found positive for coronavirus was inconclusive, it was announced on Wednesday. Medical examiner Angeliki Papetta performed the post-mortem at the Nicosia hospital ...

The health ministry on Wednesday issued clarifications on contact tracing. In a statement, it said that in the context of the continuous monitoring of the new data that emerge, following ...

Police confiscated 22,745 crackers and fireworks on Tuesday in Nicosia, subsequently arresting a 22-year-old man. According to police, acting on information, around 4.30 pm on Tuesday, officers searched two vehicles owned by ...

A man who fell five metres while working on a construction site in Paphos on Tuesday is said to be in serious condition but out of danger. According to police, ...

Paphos police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with a burglary committed last month in a home in Achelia village in the Paphos district. According to police, several items ...

Police fined 166 individuals and eight businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols over the past 24 hours. In Nicosia police carried out 2,343 checks, reporting 50 individuals and one business owner, while in Limassol 67 individuals ...

A two-month-old baby that died early on Tuesday in Limassol was found positive to coronavirus. The infant, that had presented serious respiratory problems at birth, was found unconscious in its ...

Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Cyprus announced on Monday a survey on drinking water consumption in Cyprus. The survey aims to collect information on the habits and perceptions people ...

Instructions have been given to the bicommunal committee for health to create a roadmap for the opening of the crossings as soon as the epidemiological data allows, reports from the ...

A 33-year-old man has been arrested at Larnaca airport in connection with the import of 27kg of cannabis, police said on Tuesday. Drug squad spokesman Stelios Sergides told CNA that ...