Cyprus

Cheesemakers said Tuesday they have called off a protest over the registration of halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). The decision followed a meeting Monday with the agriculture ...

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a 74-year-old man was seriously injured in a road accident on Monday. The accident happened around noon on the road from Orkontas to ...

Police booked 169 individuals for breaching coronavirus measures in 24 hours from Monday until 6am on Tuesday, most of them for leaving their homes without having sent the required SMS. 11,202 checks were ...

Business for bars and cafes in the city centres is booming with some even arguing that their opening has led to a reduction in coronavirus cases. Saturday night in Nicosia’...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced on Monday by the Larnaca district court to 30 days in prison with a three-year suspension after caught driving 207 kilometres per hour last January. The court ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 360 new cases were announced on Monday. The deaths were two women, 75 and 85, both with underlying health conditions. Neither of them had been vaccinated. The health ...

Cyprus, that has always been an integral part of Hellenism, has joined in the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. In ...

President Nicos Anastasiades welcomed on Monday evening the registration of halloumi by the EU as a protected designation of origin (PDO), seven years after Cyprus first applied. “A milestone day ...

Paphos cafes, restaurants and other recreational businesses said they would remain closed on Monday and Tuesday in protest over the recent police bookings of several hospitality businesses. The Paphos branch ...

A total of 58 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 ...

The committee of inquiry looking into the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will deliver its interim report to the attorney-general on April 6. Committee chair and former judge Myron Nicolatos told news ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday had a meeting with EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, at the Presidential Palace. He said after the meeting the commissioner briefed ...

MPs on Monday released funding earmarked for the renting of premises by government ministries and state departments, including one line item for a €9,000-a-month rent of office space by parliament ...

Lower secondary school (gymnasium) pupils are expected to return to class on Friday, it emerged on Monday. Citing the recommendations of the scientific advisers, the health and education ministers announced ...

Main opposition Akel’s social policy ahead of parliamentary elections on May 30 was outlined by leader Andros Kyprianou at a press conference on Monday. Akel’s suggestions spanned policies affecting ...

Limassol bishop Athanasios was on Monday discharged from Nicosia general hospital, where he had been admitted last week after testing positive for the coronavirus. A statement by the Limassol Holy ...

Cyprus’ new commemorative stamp to mark 50 years since the foundation of the Anti-Cancer Society on the island aims to spread a humanitarian message, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Monday. ...

Cyprus is the largest beneficiary of European Investment Bank (EIB) engagement in Europe relative to GDP, the EIB said on Monday as it announced a €19 million loan agreement with Epic ...

There has been a reduction in the number of cases in Covid-19 state hospital wards all over Cyprus, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday. Speaking to ...

The government on Monday waded into a row over terminology used by citizens umbrella group Os Dame (Enough), saying it was disappointed the organisation had adopted phrases which undermine the ...

Famagusta kidney patients warned on Monday they will refuse blood transfusions to protest the lack of staff and modern equipment in the haematology ward. “If our demands are not met ...

Against a backdrop of an increase in violence against women, MPs on Monday started to review of a new bill incorporating the Istanbul Convention as Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis announced ...

Excavations to reconstruct the layout of ancient Paphos have been completed, the department of antiquities announced on Monday after a joint archaeological expedition by the University of Warsaw’s Centre ...

More than 30 per cent of the 19,246 Covid vaccination appointments for people with diabetes and severe obesity were booked early on Monday, according to the health ministry. The appointments became available ...