Cyprus

The met office on Thursday issued a yellow alert, warning of extreme high temperatures on Friday. The alert is in force from 1pm to 5pm when maximum temperatures inland are ...

The health ministry announced a total of 62 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A man who crashed with his motorcycle on Wednesday night on the Liopetri to Xylophagou road had been dismembered during impact with a metal barricade, pathologists said on Thursday. Police ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday the response to the deadly fire over the weekend had been immediate, with authorities using all available means to bring it under control. ...

Everyone aged over 12 using Nicosia Municipal Pool will be required to show a SafePass, the Nicosia Municipality said on Thursday as it announced that it has authorised private security firm ...

Instead of having to carry a vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test in print form, people in Cyprus will soon be able to download a mobile application with which ...

In the wake of last week’s arrest of a pensioner who followed his dog into the buffer zone, the bicommunal technical committee on crime and criminal matters on Thursday ...

The European Union will “never, ever” accept a two-state deal in Cyprus, the head of its executive said on Thursday. Ursula von der Leyen, who was visiting Cyprus, said the ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that Cyprus’ recovery and resilience plan was well balanced and addressed key structural challenges it was faced with, as the ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will revisit a proposal to set up a firefighting aircraft base in Cyprus to help countries in the region. Speaking ...

Hospitality venues on Thursday gave mixed reactions to tougher measures announced by the government in a bid to contain a surge in new coronavirus cases. President of the Pancyprian association ...

A 78-year-old man died after the moped he was driving collided with a car in Xylofagou at around 9:45am on Thursday. This was the third road fatality in the past ...

Elias Harpas, the 24-year-old Larnaca man convicted of manslaughter late last month in the killing of his 21-year-old sister, will hear his sentence on July 19. The defendant appeared in court ...

Paphos police are looking for a male driver who hit a pedestrian early but failed to provide his personal information. The accident occurred at 10.10pm on Wednesday in Gladstonos street ...

A minor who fled a police check in Paphos early on Thursday morning later went to a police station to admit to driving his grandmother’s car without her permission, ...

The Cyprus Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry is well and prospering; this became clear at the the Cyprus Computer Society Annual Meeting late on Wednesday. For the Cyprus ICT ...

The European Commission adopted on Thursday a positive assessment of Cyprus’ recovery and resilience plan, worth €1.2 billion in grants and loans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), to support ...

The unvaccinated and the young are at higher risk of infection from the Delta variant, the health ministry said on Thursday in a new call to people to get vaccinated ...

British Minister for European Neighbourhood Wendy Morton has stated that “the UK continues to advocate a solution (in Cyprus) in line with UN parameters based on the model of a ...

Burglars broke into a villa at the sea caves in Peyia and made off with valuables and cash the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It said that a complaint ...

Police on Thursday warned the public over a telephone scam following reports concerning phone calls from fake Cypriot numbers. “Scammers use fictitious Cypriot numbers and claim to be Microsoft operatives ...

Four business owners were among the 65 people who were fined for breaching coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, police said on Thursday. The violations resulted from 3,326 checks across the island, ...

“The global tax scene is changing: international tax developments include areas such as multinational corporations, green growth and the environment, the fight against aggressive tax planning, as well as technology ...

Greece’s largest retail electrical company, Kotsovolos is opening two shops in Cyprus nest week, promising a “unique shopping experience”. The company announced that its two state-of-the-art shops, in Nicosia ...