Cyprus

Vaccination coverage of the population is paying off, the health ministry said, citing a significant drop in cases and the positivity rate in recent weeks. The positivity rate in nursing ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Turkey to provide by year’s end additional information on a number of issues concerning the deaths of four ...

An investigation on allegations of Turkey’s interference in the 2020 elections for the Turkish Cypriot leader has revealed alarming details of the pressure put on incumbent Mustafa Akinci, as well ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides hauled the head of the state veterinary services over the coals anew on Thursday, calling him a ‘bad-faith actor’ whose actions have led the government to overpay ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced four new deaths from Covid-19, while island-wide testing tracked 59 new positives. In an email circulated to the media, the health ministry clarified the four deaths ...

Telephony providers Primetel are advising subscribers to exercise caution with an ongoing phone scam with calls made from unknown numbers, particularly overseas numbers. In a press release, the company said ...

The award ceremony for this year’s blue flags to 68 beaches took place on Thursday in Neo Chorio in Paphos. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who awarded the flags to representatives ...

The health ministry announced a total of 69 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A BirdLife Cyprus study made available on Thursday revealed that Lake Soros, located in the southwestern part of the salt lake near Meneou, is at risk of lead contamination due ...

A substance resembling the ‘sea snot’ that has been plaguing the Sea of Marmara in Turkey has made its appearance in Famagusta, reports in the north said on Thursday. According ...

Disy MP Annita Demetriou was voted House president on Thursday, the first woman ever to hold the post in Cyprus. Demetriou garnered 25 votes in the second round. She was voted ...

Members of the government’s coronavirus advisory committee who have been named in legal cases against the restrictions will have their legal fees covered by the state, it emerged on ...

A 31-year-old former municipal councillor and one-time Disy MP candidate pled not guilty to a rape charge at the Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Thursday. Andreas Ttaouxis was given bail offered ...

A turtle that was lying still at the bottom of the sea in Ayia Napa after being caught in some fishermen’s nets was resuscitated by amateur diver George Argiriou, ...

Lawyers, members of the Nicosia Bar Association, gathered on Thursday morning outside the Supreme Court in protest over its decision to resume operations suspended due to the pandemic. The Supreme ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday stressed the need to ensure freedom of speech but also to present correct, factual information in the ever-changing environment of social media and artificial intelligence ...

Parents of pupils at Vergina high school in Larnaca held a protest on Thursday after an armed gang of teenagers from another school entered the school premises the previous day. “...

Twenty incoming MPs who will be sworn in on Thursday said they hope the new parliament will not just serve the interests of individuals and political parties and will also ...

Speech by China Ambassador Liu Yanta at the Online Forum “Governance Experience Sharing for A Common Future: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of China-Cyprus Diplomatic Relations” I am very pleased the ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides congratulated everyone involved in the military exercise that took place on Thursday morning. The exercise, called ‘Nikitis-Dimitra 2021’ saw the participation of National Guard conscripts and reservists, ...

Members of the Cyprus’ association for recreation centre owners (Pasika) on Thursday welcomed the reopening of nightclubs today, ahead of the crucial summer season. In a statement made to the ...

Paphos police arrested a 38-year-old farmer late on Wednesday for setting fire to 200 bales of hay in his field. The fire started around 5am in the Paphos field, destroying 200 round ...

“The overarching key word is ‘trust,’ among Member States and European institutions, between citizens and their governments.” There is an increase in European solidarity and European integration in the current ...

Two beaches will be opened for the summer season in the fenced-off city of Varosha, its ‘mayor’ Ismail Arter said on Wednesday. Speaking to Turkish news agency Anadolu, Arter said ...