Cyprus

A total of 54 rapid test 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 ...

Workers at the Tymbou (Ercan) airport and ‘civil aviation’ in north went on a work stoppage on Monday in protest over the freeze for four months the cost-of-living increment paid ...

Cyprus will soon receive 60,000 vaccine doses which should enable those aged 57 and 58 to book vaccine appointments from Friday or Saturday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. Ioannou added that ...

Main opposition Akel on Monday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to realise he must not only claim he wants to continue talks on the Cyprus problem from where they left ...

The government on Monday presented its supplementary budget of €250 million to be spent on dealing with the coronavirus situation, including support to businesses and the healthcare sector. The extra spending ...

Parliament on Monday said its website was under attack by a Turkish hacker and it would upload the promised list on bad loans of politically exposed persons (PEPs) and other ...

The temperature is expected to rise to 30 degrees this week before dipping again during the weekend. Even though the temperature will be above average it should not be considered out ...

Community leader of Oroklini Neophytos Fakontis has urged people to stop polluting Oroklini Lake after municipality workers informed him of a spike in rubbish being dumped there. The lake, located 9...

Cancer patients are expected to increase by 25 per cent across Europe by 2035, according to European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides. The commissioner was talking in a webinar ...

Kyriacos Nicolaou talks to Pascal Space Centre Project Leader about the Robot Astro With the image of its impressive spider-like machine being seen around the island, Pascal’s Astro 1 project ...

“Local referendums necessary for the reform of local self-government” The credibility of the political system, politics and politicians, is once again being questioned by the citizens and Cyprus exposed to ...

Israel was on Monday moved out of the red list of countries to the orange, which will be in effect as of Thursday. Other changed to country categorisations were the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday praised the recent achievements of the track and field national team, as well as the Amateur Sports Federation (Koeas) for their effort to organise a ...

Nine new additions to Cyprus’ national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage have been announced by Unesco Cyprus and the ministry of education. “In addition to the hundreds of archaeological sites ...

Police are investigating after a man reported he was attacked at knife point and robbed in Limassol on Sunday afternoon. The 36-year-old man reported the crime at 6.30pm, saying he ...

Paphos police have charged four bar owners for not following latest coronavirus measures, and reoperating their establishments. The police said in three of the bars customers were being served indoors ...

Former interior minister Socratis Hasikos passed away early on Monday morning at the age of 64 after a long battle with cancer. Hasikos had lately been hospitalised in Germany. “It is ...

Part II: Natasa Pilides, minister for energy, commerce and industry, has kindly conceded to Dr. Charles Ellinas and Andrew Rosenbaum a major update on energy policy and legislation. The Minister ...

Local legislation pertaining to an EU directive set to come into force in July that declares war on 10 single-use plastic items is not ready yet, Greens leader Charalambous Theopemptou has ...

Both gyms and restaurants have reopened, but despite extra weight gain during the lockdowns people are more interested in eating Obesity rates in Cyprus, especially among children, have reached alarming ...

The health ministry on Friday announced 431 cases of Covid-19 from 54,842 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.79 per cent. There were no new deaths. The death toll remains ...

Sampling units will be located at the following locations on Monday: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (16 points) Church of Agios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. TEPAK Building “...

From Egypt to South Africa, the Greeks came in their thousands, and then they left By George Philipas Today there remain only few Greeks in Africa, mainly in the metropolises ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday wished Catholics a happy Easter. Anastasiades said in a post on his Twitter account: “Happy Easter to all our Catholic friends in Cyprus and across ...