Cyprus

Thirty-three new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. No deaths were announced. There are 32 patients with Covid-19 in state hospitals, 12 of whom in serious condition. Eight ...

Lack of winter rain forcing snakes to venture further afield to find water By Evie Andreou Reports of snakes being seen in places where people have never seen them before ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he expects to be informed by the UNSG’s special envoy on Cyprus, Jane Holle Lute, what the UN are willing to do with ...

It will also be the last traditional door-to-door head count By Nick Theodoulou In October a stranger is likely to turn up at your house and start asking you a ...

Seventy-five-year-old Andreas Kai from Nicosia who was found unconscious on Sunday morning on a nature trail in the Troodos area was pronounced dead after being taken to the Limassol hospital, ...

Police on Sunday said they seized more than 60 counterfeit euro notes and arrested a 20-year-old man after receiving a complaint by a kiosk owner in Limassol he had been paid ...

The health ministry announced 60 testing sites will operate on Monday. People need to present their ID, passport or driver’s licence. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (16 sites) “Grigori Axentiou” ...

A new exhibition in Nicosia allows visitors to take a trip down memory lane. Or for younger ones to learn about the recent history of the island exemplified by one ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday unveiled a monument commemorating the 1826 ‘Battle of Ayia Napa’, linked with the Greek Revolution for independence from Ottoman rule and the only one to have ...

Two men, aged 39 and 32, and a woman, 31, were arrested on Saturday after one kilogramme of cocaine was located in one of the men’s car and cannabis and fireworks in ...

Countries should also avoid giving the Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine to people over 60, the head of the EU drug regulator’s COVID-19 task force was quoted on Sunday as saying, amid ...

Police on Saturday evening caught a 15-year-old boy driving a car on the Larnaca to Famagusta motorway with three other minors, aged 14 to 16, as passengers. The teen driver was spotted ...

“Israelis’ cultural affinity with Cypriots is growing and developing, and this supports business collaboration just as much as deals and shared technology,” the Israeli Ambassador to Cyprus Shmuel Revel points ...

A divided opposition ensured a House presidency victory for Disy By George Psyllides On the night of the parliamentary elections, Akel leader Andros Kyprianou suggested that despite his party’s ...

One death and 42 new coronavirus cases were announced by the health ministry on Saturday. The death concerns a 68-year-old man who died at the Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care ...

With the Turkish side in the Cyprus talks pushing hard for a ‘two-state solution’, we asked a selection of people – mostly on the northern, Turkish Cypriot side of Nicosia – for ...

The health ministry announced 79 testing sites will operate on Sunday. People need to present their ID, passport or driver’s licence. District Testing sites Operating Hours Limassol (25 sites) Lyceum of ...

The Ayia Paraskevi Square in Pano Stroumbi, in Paphos will soon get a facelift, it was announced on Saturday. The Paphos district administration signed a contract on Friday with the ...

UN special envoy Jane Holl lute is expected to arrive in Cyrus towards the end of June, reports said on Saturday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, that cites sources, ...

The Parekklisia exit on the Limassol to Nicosia motorway was closed to traffic on Saturday afternoon for around 40 minutes due to a fire raging alongside the road. The fire, between ...

A 49-year-old man was charged with offences related to human trafficking for labour exploitation and withholding personal documents concerning five people, police said on Saturday. He was arrested on June 3 ...

An 89-year-old woman reported that €15,000 was stolen from her house in Larnaca on Friday night while she was sleeping. The woman reported that someone broke into her house, in the ...

The vaccination portal will be open until Monday afternoon for people over 40, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the number of people who have received at least one vaccine ...

Several areas in the Nicosia district experienced power outage on Saturday morning for several hours due to damage to the electricity authority’s medium voltage grid. According to EAC spokesperson ...