Cyprus

A total of 37 free rapid testing sites will operate around the republic on Friday, the health ministry announced. Aside from any medical certificates exempting them from vaccination/entitling them to ...

Nicosia bus employees returned to work on Thursday, after they temporarily called off their indefinite strike which started last week. The decision to suspend the strike was announced after a ...

Despite the Cyprus legal framework providing extensive protection from discrimination on the basis of a person’s race and ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, sexual orientation, gender ...

Cyta and DeeJay Radio partnered up to acquire 40 tablets for the Nicosia municipality, which will donate them to the children at the Nicosia Municipal Multipurpose Centre, according to an announcement ...

The 32nd International Bridge Festival was held with great success at the Navarria hotel in Limassol from March 18-22. One hundred and fifty participants from various countries such as Cyprus, ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus supermarkets are not expected to experience stock shortages due to the war in Ukraine, executive secretary of the Supermarkets Association (PASYPE) Andreas Hadjiadamou has said. ...

Authorities on Thursday were investigating a fire that broke out in two cars on a main road in Paphos as possible arson. The saloon cars were set ablaze in the ...

Police on Thursday said they have booked nine people for violating coronavirus measures after 1,681 checks in the government-controlled areas. Five people were booked in Famagusta after 401 checks, three in Larnaca ...

Eurobank Cyprus on Wednesday announced that it posted a net profit of €52.3 million for 2021, boosting its profitability from the year before, while at the same time improving its asset quality ...

The €556 million loan portfolio sale by RCB Bank to Hellenic Bank on Tuesday served to fulfil a dual purpose – bolstering the latter bank’s portfolio with high-quality assets, while at ...

BUX, a European digital financial services company, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Jean-Raphael Nahas as new Managing Director of its Cyprus CFD operations, following the hiring of online brokerage ...

The education ministry on Wednesday unveiled a national fitness assessment programme for secondary school children (Aristotelis) as part of concerted efforts with the health ministry to combat child obesity. Education ...

House President Annita Demetriou has tested positive for the coronavirus, she announced on Wednesday. On her Twitter feed, Demetriou posted: “Following a PCR test I was found positive to the ...

Lawmakers on Wednesday began discussing a bill that would have individual sports clubs – rather than the local sports governing body – issue ID fan cards. The legislative proposal, tabled by Edek ...

Τhe Paris Court of Appeal has dismissed an application for the annulment of an International Arbitral Award, finding in favour of the Republic of Cyprus concerning Fbme Bank. The case ...

Authorities on Wednesday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while nationwide testing detected 4,704 new cases with the positivity rate – representing a measure of the spread – on the rise. The ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris sounded the alarm about the increasing migratory flow to Cyprus on Wednesday during a meeting with the leader of Dipa Marios Garoyian. Following the meeting, Nouris ...

Cyprus, long popular with Russians seeking to shield their money from instability at home, said on Wednesday it was taking steps to conform with European Union sanctions on individuals considered ...

Police on Wednesday were called in to free drivers who became stranded in snowed-up mountain roads as a cold snap continues. Traffic police from the Morphou area and the Kakopetria ...

Akel has drawn up proposals to boost domestic tourism as part of efforts to replace an anticipated shortfall of some 800,000 Russian and Ukrainian holidaymakers in the wake of Russia’s ...

Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou urged the government to compensate potato farmers in the Famagusta district whose crops were destroyed by the ongoing bout of severe weather. He spoke during ...

Cyprus has an obligation as an EU member state to welcome Ukrainian refugees, including in the Famagusta district, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Wednesday, rebutting Paralimni mayor who said ...

Police in Paphos have made a third arrest as they investigate a spate of robberies in the district. In an announcement, police said they had arrested a 27-year-old Paphos resident ...

The highest number of first-time asylum applicants relative to the population in the EU in 2021 was recorded in Cyprus, with 14,799 first-time applicants per million residents, according to a Eurostat report ...