Cyprus

Cyprus’ retail turnover recorded a significant increase on an annual basis in October, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Monday. The Retail Trade Turnover Value ...

The legislature dives back into business this week and the next, with a packed agenda featuring a number of important bills and issues, starting with the presidential veto of a ...

Game and fauna service officers helped rescue a flamingo that was found with a string wrapped around its legs and neck in Aliki salt lake in Larnaca over the weekend. ...

Police late on Monday said they arrested a 41-year-old man who had escaped from Athalassa psychiatric hospital in Nicosia early in December. The man was wanted for escaping from legal ...

Following existing health protocols is enough to protect people expected to gather at cross throwing ceremonies on January 6, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Monday, following reports that new Covid restrictions might ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday, as daily cases surpassed 5,000 for the second time in the last four days. The news was announced by the minister ...

Nicosia district court said Monday that it will be hearing arguments later this week for and against an application for an injunction seeking to suspend a recent government decision barring ...

Two deaths and 5,024 new infections of coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Monday. The deaths were two men aged 84 and 62. The 84-year-old died at the Limassol general hospital ...

Ruling Disy recalled on Monday that next week it will initiate its process for persons seeking the party’s nomination for the 2023 presidential elections. Persons interested in running for president ...

Authorities in the north have had to take out two loans to pay 13th salaries and pensions, it emerged on Monday. The ‘finance ministry’ took a loan of €138m and ...

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling about €235,000 from Patichio municipal theatre in Limassol, police said on Monday. Reports said the suspected embezzlement concerned the theatre’s ...

There are 31 rapid testing sites for eligible groups available on Tuesday District Location of testing units Operating hours Lemesos (9 units) Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) Square, behind Rectorate 9 a.m. – 5 ...

Heavy rains in December have more than made up for a relatively dry start to the hydrological year, according to new figures issued by the meteorology department on Monday. These ...

Having completed conservation work at the archaeological site of Salamis in northern Cyprus, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage has work planned for a number of churches and mosques ...

Two men armed with a gun and a knife robbed a kiosk in Limassol on Monday morning, police said. It was the third kiosk robbery in the space of a ...

Police on Monday said they helped rescue two boys, 11 and 15, after they fell in a 150-metre ravine in Troodos. The incident was reported to the police around 12.30pm suggesting the ...

The Animal Party has urged the government to finally allocate funds and find a suitable land to rehome animals from a Nicosia shelter in Ayioi Trimithias that was repossessed by ...

A total of 4,613 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday, upon the completion of the first phase of the scheme. The ...

Citing the increased number of cases, the health ministry on Monday said people who test positive to coronavirus are now obliged to fill an online form to assist the contact ...

Many Turks seem unaware of the location of Ercan (Tymbou) airport, after neither the contestant of a television game show nor a section of the audience knew it was in ...

The imminent reopening of schools hangs in the balance amid concerns, shared by teachers’ unions and pediatricians on Monday, that sending children back to class will only add fuel to ...

Limassol criminal court on Monday sentenced a 33-year-old man to five years in jail after finding him guilty in the manslaughter of Christakis Siakou in Moni in July. The defendant ...

Over two thousand third country nationals were deported last year, with the number doubling in the past two years, police said on Monday. Spokesman Christos Andreou said irregular migrant deportations ...

A woman driver escaped injury when her car overturned in an accident on a highway because she was wearing her seat belt, police said on Monday seeking to press home ...