Cyprus

The heatwave continues with the met office issuing a new warning, this time orange, over very high temperatures. The orange alert will be in force from 8.30pm on Thursday until 5...

If coronavirus cases continue to rise in the government-controlled areas, there could be interruption of crossings between the two sides, Turkish Cypriot authorities said on Thursday. According to media reports ...

The new public service commission was sworn in on Thursday, with two new faces – former transport minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou as vice president, and Costas Koumis, formerly deputy president of the ...

Cyprus champions Omonia were looking for a home stadium on Thursday around 20 days before their first European qualifying fixture after being evicted by the GSP in Nicosia over a €300,000 debt ...

Ryanair on Thursday announced that six new routes are being added to its summer schedule from Paphos. The new routes are to Bologna, Bari, Corfu, Marseille, Rhodes, and Venice. Speaking ...

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 ...

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) staff who have not received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine will have to test twice a week from Monday, as the lender seeks ...

A blaze around the village of Pentalia, Paphos district, had been placed under partial control before nightfall on Thursday, while firefighters remained on standby in case of flare-ups. The fire ...

In 2020, the expected average duration of working life for 15-year-olds in Cyprus was 37.1 years, above the EU27 average of 35.7 years, figures published by Eurostat on Thursday show. Eurostat said that ...

As part of its efforts to educate the public about Cypriot flora, the agriculture ministry chose Origanum cordifolium, a “jewel of the mountains” as its plant of the month for ...

The supreme court on Thursday handed down suspended two-month jail sentences and €3,000 fines to two women found guilty of racially assaulting a Russian woman in a Larnaca parking lot in 2019, ...

Police checks have been beefed up and over the past 24 hours 2,500 checks led to 28 individuals and two business owners being fined, police said on Thursday. There were a further 900 checks ...

Paphos continues to rank first among all districts as regards vaccination coverage the health ministry said on Thursday. The target for 65 per cent of the population to have received a ...

A Greek Cypriot man from Xylophagou was convicted for the illegal possession of a shotgun whilst banned from using one and for possessing a shotgun and explosives in a game ...

Cypriot citizens and permanent residents abroad have contacted the Cyprus Mail asking how they can obtain the EU’s Digital Covid Certificate, which officially launched on July 1. The answer is: ...

Police raided the offices of football team Doxa Katokopias on Wednesday evening to look for evidence regarding a case of suspected match fixing, money laundering and conspiracy. The raid follows ...

Medium voltage power lines between the communities of Marathounta and Episkopi were insulated as part of LIFE Bonelli Eastmed, a project dedicated to the conservation and protection of the Bonelli’...

The island is at a “critical juncture” regarding the pandemic, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday, while anticipating that hospitalisations will increase further following a surge in cases ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris is expected to discuss immigration issues with his Serbian counterpart during his two-day trip to Serbia that gets underway later on Thursday. Nouris, who travels to ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested after attempting to leave the island by presenting the ID of a different person at Paphos airport, police said on Thursday. According to a police ...

Paphos police arrested two men aged 33 and 27 on suspicion of breaking into and stealing €17,000 worth of clothing and other items from an Emba home. The burglary was reported to the ...

A truck driver has died after a traffic accident on the Ayia Napa to Larnaca motorway, police said on Thursday. Stavros Panteli, 65, was driving a large truck at around 9.30pm ...

Cyprus ranked third highest among EU member states in terms of percentage of people aged 16 to 74 with an active social media account in 2020. Around 78 per cent of people interviewed in ...

The health ministry said Wednesday inspections had uncovered a batch of a frozen pork product on the market containing salmonella. Batch 0621 of the product, Pork Roll with Mincemeat sold at ...