Cyprus

The government on Tuesday denied that a minister had flown to London on a mission to specifically assist a foreign national obtain a Cypriot passport, as alleged in a new ...

The office of the presidency on Tuesday again denied allegations of improper dealings between President Nicos Anastasiades and a Saudi businessman – one of whose wives secured a Cypriot passport via ...

The nameplate of Demetris Christofias Avenue, which was recently renamed by Larnaca municipality in memory of the former president, has been vandalised. According to Larnaca’s municipal councilor Marios Koukoumas’ ...

Police said Tuesday they were seeking a man who presented himself as a doctor and supposedly administered a Covid vaccine to a woman who found out later she was not ...

The health ministry has announced 46 rapid testing sites for Wednesday. People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport, or driver’s licence. District Locations ...

One of the government’s scientific advisory team has said he is concerned over mass gatherings during the upcoming August 15 holidays and advised people to be careful in overcrowded places. ...

A nine-year-old girl is being treated in Makarios Hospital after being bitten by a viper in Paphos. It is the second case of a viper biting a child within a ...

Scores of residents of Kili village gathered on Tuesday outside government buildings in Paphos to protest against their exclusion from compensation to be given to people whose properties were damaged ...

The Larnaca district court set September 20 as the date for the trial of a 44-year-old man, who was arrested Monday afternoon for driving drunk at five times over the limit. ...

By Stavros Nikolaou and Stefanos Messios A meeting has been scheduled for next Monday between the chief of police and the justice minister after a clash at the Nicosia central ...

The Giovani Group on Tuesday said none of its executives have ever had dealings of any sort with persons named in the latest report by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit ...

The customs department seized over 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport and confiscated 81,360 cigarettes for which no duty was paid during the month of July. On top of that, they ...

According to the health ministry, data until August 9, showed that the percentage of first-dose jabs stood at 75.8 per cent and the number of fully vaccinated (18+) reached 68.5 per cent. Vaccination coverage ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said the government’s main aim is to reopen all schools in September to allow students to come back normally and physically attend their classes. “The ...

A 45-year-old man has been remanded for three days by the Paphos court in connection with a complaint of rape. According to police, on August 2, a complaint was made by ...

Paphos police are investigating two more cases of forgery after the arrest of two people at Paphos airport. According to police, a woman was arrested in the early hours of ...

Police fined 32 people citizens and two business for violations of Covid measures during 4,096 checks islandwide in the past 24 hours. In Nicosia police carried out 1,752 checks and fined four people and ...

There’s welcome news for holidaymakers in search of Mediterranean sun and sand! As more and more of us get vaccinated against the coronavirus, a growing number of countries are ...

Ryanair has announced a new base opening in Newcastle for Summer ’22, with a new roundtrip route added to Paphos. Ryanair said that there is “massive demand,” in a statement on ...

Hellenic Bank has accumulated a property portfolio worth €300 million and is now looking to sell it. The properties were the result of borrower debt and related debt restructuring initiatives and ...

Business in Limassol is better this year by Kyriacos Nicolaou and Andrew Rosenbaum Business in Limassol is “not as gloomy” this year as it was in 2020, according to a survey ...

Conservationists are saying that the proliferation of mosquitoes in the island’s wetlands is mostly attributed to human activities and not merely a natural occurrence. A report published by BirdLife ...

THE Ports Authority has announced it will be collecting essential items for the people affected by the wildfires in Greece. The authority announced that it will be collecting dry food, ...

The ‘300k Trees in Nicosia’ NGO said on Monday that a ‘significant’ donation from the Australian High Commission will help the group achieve its goal of planting 300,000 trees in the ...