Cyprus

More than 100 organisations from both sides of the divide and abroad, called on Wednesday for Cyprus’ reunification as a bizonal bicommunal federation with political equality. A total 113 groups, parties, and ...

Olympiakos reached their first Cyprus Cup final for 30 years after beating AEL 1-0 in Limassol on Wednesday night to seal a comprehensive 5-2 aggregate win. The Nicosia side will play ...

There were no deaths from Covid in the past 24 hours, as 843 new infections were reported after 53,024 tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.59 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ response to criticism from opposition parties on the way he is handling the Cyprus problem will be given in Geneva, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Wednesday. ...

The government said on Wednesday it withdrew a bill amending the courts law after opposition parties added provisions that change the foreclosures framework, jeopardising the stability of the banking sector. ...

The UNHCR is ready to provide further help to Cyprus to handle the influx of irregular migrants, its assistant high commissioner for protection Gillian Triggs said on Wednesday. According to ...

Health professionals are struggling to cope as the number of admissions of patients with coronavirus continues to surge. The daily number of Covid patients is around 280 which is very high. ...

A bill for €1 billion in state-backed loans to Covid stricken businesses is expected to be approved by parliament on Thursday, including a controversial provision to have the auditor-general monitor the ...

Cyprus’ best known and most photographed bird, ‘Kokos’ the pelican, has died at the ripe old age of 25. Found at the Pelican restaurant in Kato Paphos alongside his friend, a ...

Cyprus faces the grim prospect of another lost year for tourism, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) warned on Wednesday. The dire warning was delivered by ACTA spokesman Haris ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday a lockdown “is a scenario that remains on the table” should the number of daily Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations increase in the coming ...

A vaccination programme for enclaved Greek Cypriots has been nearly completed, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou whose portfolio includes humanitarian issues, told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. He said that ...

A total of 60 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The general court of the EU said on Wednesday that the EU’s Intellectual Property Office should not have registered the name ‘Grilloumi’ by Swedish company Fontana Food AB. The ...

The commerce ministry’s consumer protection service said on Wednesday it had fined the House Finance Corporation €20,000 over some of its advertisements. The service found that a number of them ...

Cypriot deputy minister of tourism Savvas Perdios used his attendance at the Meet in Cyprus 2021 virtual expo to provide an update on the country’s efforts to keep tourism afloat ...

Tourist business owners in the Famagusta district staged a protest on Wednesday morning to complain about insufficient government support during the pandemic. The protest was attended by various unions and ...

Should the number of positive Covid-19 cases increase even more in the next weeks, the government will have no choice but to revert to stricter measures, according to Maria Koliou, ...

Personal doctors trying to book appointments for patients were frozen out of the vaccination portal on Wednesday, family doctors association president Andreas Polinikis said. The portal opened on Wednesday morning ...

Strovolos municipality has been clamping down on Easter lambradjia – bonfire celebrations — with seven truckloads of stockpiled wood confiscated in recent days. Strovolos Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous spoke to the media about ...

Efforts are focused on finding a way so that both communities on the island feel safe, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday in Athens upon his arrival at the office ...

In order to speed up the vaccination of the population the government has announced a new schedule for the Covid-19 vaccinations, meaning the portal for the age group from 49 to 50 ...

The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be administered from Thursday or by Monday at the latest after it was given the green light by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...

Police arrested a woman who caused an accident while driving more than eight times over the alcohol limit in Limassol on Tuesday. The accident happened at 4pm when the car ...