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Another 21,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were delivered to the Turkish Cypriot community on Friday. The doses, all Johnson & Johnson, were delivered through the Ayios Dhometios corssing point. The delivery ...

Fully vaccinated people make up less than one per cent of new coronavirus cases in Cyprus, while about five per cent concerns those who received one dose of the jab, ...

The goal shared by the government and parliament is to meet the people’s expectations and that could only be achieved with cooperation and unity, new House president Annita Demetriou ...

Any attack aimed at silencing a journalist not only violates that person’s human rights, but is also an affront to the collective deeply held beliefs in freedom of expression, ...

Police said on Friday they had confiscated 600,000 unauthorised or fake Covid rapid tests and suspended their use, as part of a worldwide Interpol-led operation targeting the sale of counterfeit and ...

The temporary orders against the members of the advisory epidemiological committee imposed after lawsuits filed by 103 individuals over the legality of the coronavirus decrees have been lifted, the state legal ...

The Larnaca municipality has said that the project for the reconstruction of streets and facilities for the disabled in the centre of the town was in its final phase and ...

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The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

Police said Friday they launched an investigation into a fire that destroyed two unoccupied shops in Larnaca in the early morning hours. The fire broke out at around 2.20am at ...

A 26-year-old food delivery man was beaten and robbed early on Friday in Nicosia by three assailants, police said. The man told police he was meant to deliver an order ...

The UK has now concluded annual fisheries negotiations with the EU, providing certainty for the fishing industry on catch limits for the remainder of 2021, the Department for Environment, Food & ...

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Vaccination coverage of the population is paying off, the health ministry said, citing a significant drop in cases and the positivity rate in recent weeks. The positivity rate in nursing ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Turkey to provide by year’s end additional information on a number of issues concerning the deaths of four ...

An investigation on allegations of Turkey’s interference in the 2020 elections for the Turkish Cypriot leader has revealed alarming details of the pressure put on incumbent Mustafa Akinci, as well ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides hauled the head of the state veterinary services over the coals anew on Thursday, calling him a ‘bad-faith actor’ whose actions have led the government to overpay ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced four new deaths from Covid-19, while island-wide testing tracked 59 new positives. In an email circulated to the media, the health ministry clarified the four deaths ...

Telephony providers Primetel are advising subscribers to exercise caution with an ongoing phone scam with calls made from unknown numbers, particularly overseas numbers. In a press release, the company said ...

The award ceremony for this year’s blue flags to 68 beaches took place on Thursday in Neo Chorio in Paphos. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who awarded the flags to representatives ...

The health ministry announced a total of 69 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A BirdLife Cyprus study made available on Thursday revealed that Lake Soros, located in the southwestern part of the salt lake near Meneou, is at risk of lead contamination due ...

A substance resembling the ‘sea snot’ that has been plaguing the Sea of Marmara in Turkey has made its appearance in Famagusta, reports in the north said on Thursday. According ...

Disy MP Annita Demetriou was voted House president on Thursday, the first woman ever to hold the post in Cyprus. Demetriou garnered 25 votes in the second round. She was voted ...