Cyprus

Paphos police are investigating one more case of stolen identification papers after the arrest of a man at Paphos airport. According to police, a man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon ...

Paphos CID are investigating two cases of theft from a warehouse and a shop. According to the police, an 83-year-old man reported that various tools and other objects were stolen ...

A Paphos hotel has been fined €4,000 for failing to check guests’ SafePasses and carry the relevant coronavirus signage. The hotel was among the four businesses fined €5,750 in total for violating ...

The 53-year-old Gesy doctor, who was arrested on suspicion of issuing fake anti-Covid vaccination certificates, has been released pending the completion of police investigations. According to police information, cited by ...

A 17-year-old teenager was seriously injured in a hit and run early on Thursday in Paphos. According to police, an unidentified driver hit a boy who was walking on Makariou ...

Cyprus’ €1.2 billion Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) was approved by the EU on July 8, and there are already today a number of projects close to completion, and others in full ...

The total assets of investment funds increased by 11 per cent in June 2021 from March 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus. Total assets of the investment ...

Cyprus has signed up to an EU push to combat climate change and its impacts, but figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday indicate that this is still very much a ...

The health minister met with top officials to set out a plan for ICU capacity while a second high dependency unit has been in operation at Famagusta Hospital to meet ...

Cyprus ranked among the top five EU member states in absorbing cohesion funds, the finance ministry said on Wednesday citing the latest European Commission figures. It said the funds aim ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Wednesday that Cyprus stands in solidarity with nations facing waves of illegal immigration that is being used against them politically. EU interior ministers on Wednesday ...

The health ministry announced three deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday and said 433 more people had tested positive for the virus from 44,475 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.97 per ...

A total of 48 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Turkey’s end goal for the north is its annexation and for it to become a district of Turkey, according to comments made by former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. ...

Cyprus’ dams are at 60.2 per cent full, with farmers and consumers on tenterhooks that this winter will match the bountiful rains of the winters of 2018 and 2019 and not last year’...

The Larnaca district court fined a 22-year-old woman €1,000 on Wednesday and suspended her licence for three months after she admitted to causing a traffic crash while driving under the influence ...

Ahead of the start of the hunting season on Sunday, the forestry department has appealed to hunters to be particularly careful and to avoid any actions or activities that may ...

All university students in Cyprus will be required to present a SafePass while unvaccinated university students are likely to need a PCR rather than a rapid test, prompting objections from ...

A total of 620 requests for appointments with 700 doctors were arranged online by the end of July, according to the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy). It said there has been a ...

The Republic has provided the north around 4,000 MW of power in six days, as it struggled with power production, the transmission system operator (TSO) said on Wednesday. Transmission of power ...

Even though daily coronavirus infections seem to be stabilising, widening vaccination coverage is key to avoiding a difficult September, member of the advisory team on coronavirus Petros Karayiannis said on ...

A second high dependency unit has been in operation at Famagusta Hospital to meet increased needs for Covid-19 patients since last week, its scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni told the Cyprus ...

A 48-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday on suspicion of taking part in fan clashes last week in Limassol. The suspect was detained on Tuesday. ...

The Interior Ministry cautioned the public on Wednesday that scammers have been carrying out illegal fundraisers mainly on social media, pretending to represent various charity organisations. “We call on citizens ...