Cyprus

The social insurance office on Athalassa Avenue will operate with reduced staff from Wednesday May 12 to Friday May 14 because of positive cases of coronavirus. To ensure service continues as normal, ...

Health officials on Wednesday paid tribute to nurses in honour of International Nurses Day, with President Nicos Anastasiades and Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou extending thanks on Twitter. May 12, Florence Nightingale’...

The 64 irregular migrants, including 21 children, who arrived in a large wooden boat at the fishing harbour area in Larnaca at around 3.50pm on Tuesday afternoon, were transferred to the Pournara ...

In light of the situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the foreign ministry informed Cypriots in the area that they can contact its diplomatic services for any help they ...

Main opposition Akel party filed objections in all districts on Wednesday over the rejection of the name it would be using in the May 30 parliamentary elections. The party had applied ...

The vaccination portal was operating normally early on Wednesday with the majority of appointments booked in less than an hour, after technical problems were reported on Tuesday morning. The portal ...

Two aircraft bound for Tel Aviv landed at Larnaca Airport late on Tuesday night after Ben Gurion Airport temporarily stopped air traffic because of a barrage of rockets from Gaza, ...

Police have arrested a 39-year-old man as they investigate a case of rape, causing malicious damage to property and conspiracy to commit a crime. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday ...

Cyprus’ Foreign Ministry has expressed deep concern over the escalation of violence in the Middle East. The Ministry said in a post on its Twitter account that they are “deeply ...

Police booked 25 individuals, including two business owners, for violations of coronavirus measures from 6am on Tuesday until 6am on Wednesday. The owner of a beauty salon was fined €500 for allowing ...

For economist George Syrichas, former executive director and board member of the Central Bank of Cyprus, currently advisor to the Economic Research Centre, University of Cyprus, the Cyprus economy will ...

In the lead up to the parliamentary elections on May 30, the Cyprus Mail’s weekly environment section has asked the main political parties for their policies on a wide range ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou When politicians in Cyprus talk about energy policy they usually refer to gas and only gas. Focusing just on gas is by no means an energy policy. ...

The Cyprus Red Cross Society assisted more than 42,000 people with house deliveries of essential items during lockdowns, it emerged on Tuesday. Talking about the charity’s action during the pandemic ...

Political meddling aimed at speeding up applications by foreign nationals under the citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme was quite commonplace, the former head of the migration department said on Tuesday. Anni Shakalli, ...

Turkish Cypriot business groups on Tuesday called on the EU and the Greek Cypriot side to rectify what they called the unjust distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to the north. Representatives ...

The loans on the books of EU banks that remain under long-running moratoria are more likely to underperform, with credit quality particularly uncertain in Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Hungary, Moody’...

Two deaths and 390 new coronavirus cases were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday. The deaths concern two men aged 77 and 62. They bring to 339 the number of deaths from Covid-19 ...

The personal data commissioner said on Tuesday there was no problem with publishing the medical history of people who have died from Covid, a day after the health ministry said ...

The increased flow of migrants and asylum seekers into Europe, which has become an issue especially relevant for Cyprus, was discussed by the bloc’s interior ministers on Tuesday, including ...

Smart signs that are part of a wider plan to upgrade the visitor experience in Paphos have been installed at various locations in the district, the tourism board said on ...

Sixty-three irregular migrants arrived by boat on Tuesday afternoon in Larnaca. The group arrived in a large wooden boat at around 3.50pm at the fishing harbour area in Larnaca. It ...

An Italian fishing boat was attacked by at least ten Turkish boats in the north on Tuesday morning, according to Italian newspaper La Republica. The boat, Michele Giacalone, was located ...

Striking teachers on Tuesday received support from political parties although parents once more raised the issue of potential disruptions to their children’s education. Teachers working in state afternoon and ...