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The Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) on Thursday the body should be represented on the board of directors of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), after its president Petros Agathangelou was named ...

Eleven underage, unaccompanied minors are missing, some for up to three years, MPs heard on Thursday as elected officials decried double standards. The report was made available by the deputy ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) received a donation of €150,000 from Greece, taking the country’s contribution to a total of €345,000 since 2006. The CMP said that in 2022, these funds would ...

The status of Cyprus’ Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations have improved, the health minister said on Thursday amid reports that the last remaining restrictions could be scrapped from May 1. Asked about ...

The deputy ministry of research, innovation and digital policy on Thursday announced the launch of a new digital platform aimed at connecting, informing, and facilitating electronic transactions between the public ...

Cyprus continues to press ahead with efforts to distance itself from “tacky tourism”, as the deputy tourism ministry announced a further funding boost for authentic hospitality venues. The €8m will ...

Cyprus-Lebanon relations, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the broader region, the situation in Ukraine in view of Russia’s invasion, as well as current regional and international issues of ...

Staff at Limassol General Hospital’s clinical lab will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday in protest at lack of auxiliary personnel in the afternoons, weekends and holidays, their trade ...

A 62-year-old man was slapped with a hefty 12-year jail sentence for his role in running a cannabis production unit, as he pleaded guilty to possession of nine kilos of ...

The number of commercial flights departing from and landing in Cyprus in March 2022 was 17 per cent lower than in the same month in 2019, before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

The government and construction company C.Kasinos & Son Ltd on Thursday signed a €457,000 contract titled “emergency measures for the protection of the Pervolia Lighthouse coastal front in Larnaca.”. The ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday night after police officers found a total 498 Easter firecrackers in a bag on the back seat of his car. The man ...

A car accident occurred on Thursday, at around four in the morning in Ayia Napa when a saloon car crashed into a restaurant’s outdoor patio, police said. The driver, ...

From April 18, Cyprus no longer requires the completion of passenger locator form (Cyprus Flight Pass) for entry into the country, the deputy ministry of tourism reminded on Thursday. Moreover, Cyprus ...

The war in Ukraine and its consequences on Cyprus tourism should push stakeholders on the island to work together to tap other markets, Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zannettou said on ...

As seemingly the last Limassol resident to have not eaten at the popular Israeli restaurant, visiting Pitot was long overdue. I did once attempt to visit Pitot but unluckily happened ...

The east Mediterranean is critical for energy security, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Laura Lochman has told CNA, pointing out that through potential interconnections between Israel, Cyprus ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the presidential palace is set for a makeover, that the two communities met to promote the role of women in Cyprus peace talks, ...

British Bases police said on Thursday they have reopened investigations regarding the case involving a premeditated murder of Dimitris Stavros – nicknamed “Jimmy” – which took place near the village of Ormidia ...

Two unaccompanied minors were among 31 irregular migrants picked up by police from a beach near Polis Chrysochous early on Thursday, the Cyprus News Agency reported quoting Paphos deputy police chief ...

The Cyprus property market prices recovered during the fourth quarter of the previous year, boosted by high local demand, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus’ residential property price index ...

An estimated 3.6 million unemployed people in the European Union found employment in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to data released on Wednesday by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical service. This ...

The education ministry must work on forming a more cohesive legal framework for private dance and music schools, the House education committee agreed on Wednesday while discussing a variety of ...

The AG Leventis Biological Sciences building will be a space of scientific excellence and a source of intellectual wealth for the University of Cyprus and our country, President Nicos Anastasiades ...