A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
We are going to Geneva with the aim to get a positive outcome, Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, referring to the informal meeting on the Cyprus problem that ...
The fire service sent two engines on Sunday on the request by the British bases to help put out a fire in a quarry in Xylofagou.
According to the spokesman ...
The epidemiological picture does not allow further relaxations, for now, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Sunday.
The announcement comes after an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace under President ...
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday that any problems arising from a ruling by the attorney-general that parties can only use their registered names for the upcoming parliamentary elections ...
Greece has a higher positivity rate than Cyprus, but is deemed a safer country to visit
By Kyriacos Iacovides
The health ministry is taking pride in the daily number of ...
The vaccination portal will be open on Monday morning for appointments by people in the 51-52 age group, the health ministry announced.
The portal will be open between 7.30 am Monday ...
Limassol police are calling for help to locate two children aged 5 and 11 from Iraq who were kidnapped by their father.
According to the Limassol CID, the mother, who lives in ...
Nine businesses and 151 people were booked between 6 am Saturday and 6 am Sunday in connection with violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said.
In total 8,061 checks were ...
A 38-year-old man with coronavirus who escaped from a rehabilitation centre in Larnaca last week while under police detention, was arrested on Saturday, police said Sunday.
The man was treated ...
Cyprus has seen its public debt increase sharply in 2020, and even more in 2021, but the plan to service the debt is working.
According to a report by the Public Debt ...
Despite endless promises, there’s little sign of a new psychiatric hospital
By Gina Agapiou
Nurses at Cyprus’ sole state psychiatric hospital say they are near ‘burnout’ as they struggle ...
Four deaths and 786 new coronavirus cases were announced on Saturday.
The deaths concern two women, aged 47 and 80, and two men, aged 71 and 88. All of them had underlying health conditions. The 71...
Focus is on both well-known and lesser-known attractions
Paphos’ rich collection of antiquities and other lesser-known site of interests are undergoing an extensive upgrade and promotion boost to improve the ...
The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 69 in total.
People need to present proof of identity such as ID card, driver’s license or passport, for identification ...
A rally took place on Saturday in Nicosia by members of trade unions and other organisations in favour of scrapping the 12 per cent penalty imposed on people who retire early ...
Polis Chrysochous municipality and surrounding communities warned on Saturday they would take measures over what they said was the government’s failure to provide proper public healthcare.
The communities expressed ...
Scores of people from Aradippou and Larnaca held a protest on Saturday against the planned relocation of an asphalt plant from Dali to the nearby Koshi area.
The protest started ...
Police on Saturday said they had received a report of possible medical malpractice from the family of a 71-year-old man who died just a few hours after being discharged from ...
The vaccinations portal will reopen on Sunday for people between 64 and 67, the health ministry said, while also announcing that they are picking up the pace with the aim of scheduling ...
Main opposition Akel on Saturday inaugurated a bicommunal photo exhibition in Dherynia with a central theme of the present division of the island juxtaposed with the chance of future unity.
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The association of recreation centre owners (Osika), on Saturday called for the prompt vaccination of employees in the food and beverage sector to better protect public health.
Head of Osika, ...
The Greek Cypriot side wants to impose a federal solution in Cyprus but when this form of solution was on the table, they rejected it, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ...
A car belonging to a 41-year-old man from Limassol was destroyed by arson early on Saturday while another one parked closed to it was also damaged by the fire, police ...
Cyprus police booked 147 people and one establishment owner, during the last 24 hours for violating Covid measures.
A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 9,492 checks were carried out from ...