Cyprus

The national health scheme (Gesy) may have deficiencies but offers multiple benefits, the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) said on Tuesday on the occasion of the scheme’s two-year ...

Far right party Elam said on Tuesday its leader would be running for president of parliament when the legislature reconvenes for the first time next week following the elections. Sunday’...

Archbishop Chrysostomos resumed his duties on Tuesday after receiving cancer treatment in North Carolina, USA, the Archbishopric said in a written announcement. According to his doctors, the archbishop’s health ...

Covid-19 restrictions have affected children’s rights and mental health, the Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo Michaelidou said on Tuesday. In a written statement on the international day for protection ...

Further easing of Covid-19 restrictions are in place as from today due to the improved epidemiological picture in Cyprus. For example, the number of people in home gatherings increases to ...

Police fined six people from three different districts for failing to abide by the coronavirus protocols. Two fines resulted after 546 checks in the capital, one in Paphos after 613 checks, and ...

Andrew Rosenbaum is the Business Editor of the Cyprus Mail and Editor of Cyprus 4.0. The literature on human motivation is rife with platitudinous academic works – research invariably rhyming with solipsism – ...

The new administration in the north has so far granted around 2,500 ‘citizenships’, reports said on Monday, while a probe was launched after reports of bribery. During a session in ‘parliament’, ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were announced on Monday, as 50 new infections were detected after 47,063 tests, a positivity rate of 0.11 per cent. The health ministry said 70 people were being treated in ...

The changing political landscape, plus the hammering taken by mainstream parties, stand out as the two big takeaways from Sunday’s elections, according to analysts. Back in 2016, the four ‘big’ ...

The rise of far-right, “anti-Turkish” Elam in the parliamentary election justifies the Turkish side’s position for a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Monday. Tatar, but also ‘...

Sunday’s elections were a mixed bag, with many established politicians retaining their parliamentary seat, a few ‘veterans’ making a comeback, new faces including the youngest ever person to become ...

Changes are expected in local government councils after the election of some councillors as MPs on Sunday. Three vacant seats will have to be filled at the Larnaca municipal council ...

Cyprus has closed its airspace to flights from Belarus, joining a list of European Union nations imposing restrictions following the forced landing of a passenger jet in Minsk on May 23. ...

A total of 64 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Sunday’s parliamentary elections saw four parties pick up seats with many other political hopefuls left to pick up the pieces, in a vote which was dogged by low turnout ...

The MPs and representatives of the religious groups elected to parliament on Sunday were officially announced on Monday by chief returning officer Dr Costas Constantinou. The ceremony took place at ...

“In 2019, we participated in the science-based targets, which is an initiative of the Paris Climate Agreement. And we have committed to reducing absolute scope Scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 21 per ...

Deputy minister for tourism, Savvas Perdios will be travelling to London and Moscow in the coming days in attempt to push for tourist arrivals from Cyprus’ two biggest markets. Perdios ...

Turkish Cypriot tourism ‘minister’ Fikri Ataoglu announced on Monday the cancellation of a live show at Saint Hilarion castle in the north featuring renowned Danish DJ Kölsch, which was ...

Growing in popularity around the world, sight running has recently been introduced in Nicosia. And while there are few tourists to take advantage so far, people from other towns may ...

Cyprus, already among the countries where women account for fewer than one in five members in parliaments, experienced a three per cent drop in representation compared with the 2016 parliamentary elections. ...

With 14,008 votes, Akel’s Irene Charalambides received the most votes out of all the MPs in the newly elected House, it was revealed on Monday. In posts on her Twitter ...

Government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Monday that an agreement has been reached in principle over the reopening of crossing points, which could open on Friday. However, he added that ...