Cyprus

A lawyer is challenging the constitutionality of the coronavirus restrictions – specifically the banning of demonstrations, rallies, parades and so on – while his client faces a fine of up to €50,000. Savvas ...

The auditor-general needs to realise that Cyprus is governed by a legally elected president, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Saturday after the audit office doubled down on its probe ...

The health ministry announced that 69 free rapid test sites for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday. Weekly rapid tests are mandatory for a certain percentage of company employees, as well ...

A bi-zonal bicommunal federation (BBF) remains the only realistic solution for the reunification of Cyprus, according to former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Speaking at an online event arranged by ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos turned 80 on Saturday and participated the church service at the Constantinou and Elenis church in Nicosia. Dozens of people who attended the liturgy extended birthday wishes to the ...

By end of April the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) will have identified a number of remains, Leonidas Pantelides, Greek Cypriot Member in the Committee told the Cyprus News Agency ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities extended the enforcement of coronavirus measures for an additional seven days and postponed the reopening of internet cafes in the north, it emerged on Saturday. According to ...

A total of 7,500 vaccination slots will be made available early on Sunday for people belonging in specific vulnerable groups, the health ministry said on Saturday. The vaccination portal will be ...

Covid-19 vaccinations are the only hope for Cyprus’ tourism, Famagusta hoteliers said on Saturday. In light of the summer period, the Famagusta branch of the Cyprus Hotel Association, Pasyxe, said ...

Eleven people driving under the influence of drugs were booked in the last 11 days, police said on Saturday and warned drivers that substance use reduces reflexes. Between March 31 and April 10, ...

Police on Saturday issued an alert due to heavy rains along the Nicosia-Limassol motorway. In a social media announcement, the force warned drivers to be careful, drive at low speed, ...

€30,000 saved or spent? Alix Norman asks Cyprus residents how the pandemic has affected their finances The average working Brit has saved £300 per month during the pandemic, according to the Bank ...

Cyprus has asked EU borders agency Frontex marine patrols to halt migrants sailing from Turkey`s southern coast to the island`s north Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said, speaking during ...

Police booked 119 individuals and four establishment owners for violating Covid measures. A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 hours ending 6am Saturday, officers carried out 11,160 checks. In Nicosia 23 ...

Makarios hospital has created a room suitable for Covid-positive mothers to give birth naturally, following a year of mandatory caesarean sections for pregnant women nationwide who tested positive for the ...

Education authorities and health officials decided Friday to discuss potential readjustments to Covid protocols at schools after the one proposed the previous day was deemed unenforceable. During a teleconference on ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were announced Friday, as the number of new infections detected reached 601 from a record 63,207 tests. The positivity rate was, 0.95 per cent. The ministry said 205 patients were ...

The health ministry announced Friday it was making 15,000 vaccination slots available on Saturday for people aged 57 and 58 only The vaccination portal will be open from 8am until 8pm, the ministry ...

People with certain disabilities cannot access the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme or an allowance because they are classified as having mild or moderate disabilities and not serious or total ...

Expectations from the informal summit on the Cyprus problem set to take place in Geneva at the end of this month hinge on Turkey’s positions, President Nicos Anastasiades said ...

Coronavirus protocols at schools should remain the same until the Easter break so as not to disrupt the educational process, secondary school parents said on Friday in response to the ...

Paphos based cyclist Petros Stylianou will set off on a new venture on Saturday morning with the aim of raising as much money as possible for an initiative that is ...

A total of 61 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The audit office on Friday said it would further investigate the naturalisation of foreign investors approved by the cabinet after last August when stricter regulations had been passed by parliament. ...