Cyprus

Delays in the burial of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 continue as state pathologists refuse to perform autopsies, citing health ministry instructions and recommendations by the World’s ...

President Nicos Anastasiades testified under oath on Tuesday that he never favoured any foreign investor seeking a Cypriot passport, and denied any conflict of interest or quid pro quo in ...

Monday’s easing of the lockdown saw more than 22,000 people head for a haircut of to the beautician, making the best of the first opportunity in three weeks to spruce ...

A 27-year-old man is the youngest coronavirus patient currently being treated at the Famagusta general hospital, where admissions have fallen following the introduction of stricter measures, the director of the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday the citizenship by investment programme will not be returning but other incentives will be offered to attract investors. Anastasiades was speaking after testifying before ...

Larnaca police found duty-free cigarettes and more than 12 kilos tobacco in the house of a pensioner on Tuesday. Following a tip-off, in collaboration with the customs department police carried out ...

In responding to 11,985 calls to tackle 7203 fires, the fire services also assisted 1774 people last year according to their annual report made public on Tuesday. Assistance was given to peoples after ...

Local authority reform must be approved as soon as possible, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, said on Tuesday, as he warned political parties that fiddling with its provisions would put the ...

Cyprus’ inclusion in the Schengen Area would help attract foreign investment and bring a significant advantage over competing European countries, the association of large investment projects said on Tuesday. During ...

Amid concern over the South African variant of the coronavirus, advisory committee member Petros Karayiannis said on Tuesday that screening at the airports was the best way to keep it ...

Authorities on Tuesday decided to set up a joint working group made up of state attorneys and police officers to review procedures of requesting court warrants after the supreme court ...

Paphos police have arrested a man for illegal residence in the Republic. The man was arrested on Monday in the village of Yiolou, the Cyprus News Agency reported. It said ...

Amateur fishermen have voiced disappointment that fishing in dams has not been included in the easing of measures that came into effect on Monday. In an announcement, they said they ...

Inspection of the destruction caused by stormy weather on Saturday night continue both in Pervolia, where houses and a hotel were damaged, and in agricultural areas in the Larnaca district, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will testify on Tuesday before a panel investigating the island’s controversial citizenship by investment programme. The president is scheduled to appear before the four-member panel at 10...

Police in Limassol on Monday arrested a man wanted for various offences after he collided with four vehicles while trying to escape. At around 11am, police officers spotted a car ...

During the last 24 hours police booked 133 persons, including two business owners, for breaching decrees to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Most concerned movements without an SMS permission and the ...

The approximately 300 vaccinations scheduled for Tuesday at the Latsia health centre in Nicosia where an explosion occurred on Monday evening will not be affected, the health ministry announced. No one ...

Concerns over what are now valuable Cypriot artworks that lay locked away within a former nightclub in Varosha have surfaced after the city’s controversial partial reopening last year. The ...

Paphos has won another European award, the local tourism board has announced. The Paphos Regional Board of Tourism has been awarded, ‘Best Strategy in Creative Tourism Development 2020’, by the creative ...

Police said Monday were investigating a blast at the Latsia health centre in Nicosia, which currently operates as a vaccination centre. No one was injured in the blast, which was ...

The House interior committee appears to favour harsher punishments for people smugglers and their accomplices, chairperson Eleni Mavrou said on Monday. MPs discussed the proposed changes to the law upgrading ...

Three people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday, as 120 new infections were detected from 27,248 tests, a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent. The ...

Lawmakers on Monday said the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) must remain a public utility, but urged the state-run power corporation to give back to taxpayers by reducing the cost ...