Cyprus

The decision by opposition parties to shelve a bill for state-backed lending to stricken businesses is a hard blow for workers who are deprived of important support, Labour Minister Zeta ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis unveiled a long-awaited €97 million support plan for the agricultural sector in Cyprus on Wednesday. The plan, which concerns the years 2021 and 2022, contains ...

Within the next few days, a decree is expected to be issued which will release all those who have been vaccinated from the obligation to conduct a weekly rapid test ...

A total of 59 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by the labour minister for paying an Easter allowance to low-income pensioners. Eligible are pensioners already receiving a low-income allowance and whose income is ...

Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou on Wednesday visited Polemi in Paphos to check out this year’s tulip blooms. Vassiliou was given a tour of the tulip fields by the community ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved an €8 million Cypriot scheme to support tour operators affected by the pandemic. The measure was approved under the state aid temporary ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday sunk yet another reform after they decided by majority to shelve three bills overhauling the island’s notoriously slow justice system. The decision prompted the reaction ...

Labour minister Zeta Emilianidou will visit the newly completed multi-purpose social welfare centre of Paphos municipality on Thursday. “During the visit to Paphos, the minister will meet Paphos mayor Phedonas ...

A post-mortem on a two-month-old baby who was found positive for coronavirus was inconclusive, it was announced on Wednesday. Medical examiner Angeliki Papetta performed the post-mortem at the Nicosia hospital ...

A group of women dressed in black marched on Wednesday to the Presidential Palace to mark the second anniversary since the first body was discovered of the seven victims of ...

The health ministry said that starting from Wednesday, people who completed their vaccination by receiving both Covid-19 jabs do not have to self-isolate for 14 days should they be found to ...

The health ministry on Wednesday issued clarifications on contact tracing. In a statement, it said that in the context of the continuous monitoring of the new data that emerge, following ...

All cabinet members who have not been vaccinated yet will be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine to boost people’s trust in the jab, it was announced on Wednesday. The ...

Police confiscated 22,745 crackers and fireworks on Tuesday in Nicosia, subsequently arresting a 22-year-old man. According to police, acting on information, around 4.30 pm on Tuesday, officers searched two vehicles owned by ...

A man who fell five metres while working on a construction site in Paphos on Tuesday is said to be in serious condition but out of danger. According to police, ...

Paphos police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with a burglary committed last month in a home in Achelia village in the Paphos district. According to police, several items ...

Police fined 166 individuals and eight businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols over the past 24 hours. In Nicosia police carried out 2,343 checks, reporting 50 individuals and one business owner, while in Limassol 67 individuals ...

Despite initially being encouraged by the February lifting of lockdown measures on retail stores, the sector is still reeling from months of inactivity and lingering trepidation from consumers. “Cyprus retail ...

Paphos environmentalists are pushing for the creation of green spots to serve village communities, as illegal dumping is way out of hand. “Making green spots where people can take their ...

Save Your Hood is seeking to overcome years of neglect and clean up Cyprus By Melina Alexandrou The shift towards greater awareness about environmental change, the overfishing of our oceans ...

At least 135 million birds are currently at risk of lead poisoning throughout the EU Consultations are underway in view of EU moves to restrict the use of lead in ammunition ...

Alpina organic farm on Tuesday defended its practices and blamed the recording of dead animals on its premises to an “unfortunate moment”, while a report is expected from the state’...

The foreign ministry urgently needs more diplomatic as well as desk personnel, MPs said on Tuesday. The House foreign affairs committee heard from ministry officials complaining about the lack of ...