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About 35 per cent of people aged 20 to 29 have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while almost 48 per cent of the adult population has completed their vaccination, ...

A total of 72 free rapid test locations will operate on Sunday, the health ministry announced as unvaccinated workers must ensure a weekly negative coronavirus test. The testing sites, also target ...

Authorities had to evacuate several houses after a fire broke out in the Kamares area of Tala village in Paphos on Saturday afternoon. Several properties and vehicles were damaged with ...

A batch of deep-frozen chicken and pork sheftalia have been withdrawn from the market after authorities found traces of salmonella bacteria, the health ministry said on Saturday. The first product ...

Authorities in the north on Saturday condemned the EU’s “unjust and unilateral attitude” regarding the Cyprus problem and called it to adopt a “neutral position” after the EU Commission ...

Twenty-one illegal migrants were found in Kato Pyrgos Tillyrias early on Saturday, police said, after a boat was spotted in the sea off Cape Arnaoutis, Paphos. The migrants, who are ...

The use of fireworks without the possession of a relevant licence is illegal and dangerous, police warned on Saturday after a 29-year-old man lost three fingers while trying to light ...

“If Cyprus is to be competitive in attracting international ICT companies, there must be a coordinated effort not only by the competent ministries’ departments and regulators, but also by the ...

Over the years, Cyprus companies have developed a strategy and an offer to bring developers to the island, Katerina Andreou tells the story Post 2012 and the bank collapse, we lost ...

“We need more skilled people, and that means we need to promote Cyprus more to developers abroad. They have to understand that, if they come to Cyprus, they will not ...

Limassol police on Saturday said they had arrested a second man over the illegal possession of one kilo of cannabis for which a 32-year-old man was detained earlier this week. ...

Retelling the tale of the Medusa has been a labour of love for one Cyprus-based author. Alix Norman has a read What if the Greek heroes are villains? What if ...

Larnaca police said on Saturday they arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of attacking three men with a knife in the Makenzie area. Two men, 33 and 38, were walking back to ...

Cyprus funds grew 14 per cent in terms of assets under management in the first quarter of 2021, to €9.8 billion. We asked Andreas Yiasemides, president of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association, to ...

Government advisers and experts are proposing various means of increasing vaccine uptake – with some saying that transparent discussions are the way forward while others have called for harsher restrictions on ...

The health ministry on Friday announced no new deaths from Covid-19 but said another 169 people had tested positive from 42,660 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.40 per cent, slightly ...

Tourist industry stakeholders paint a grim picture of upcoming July following the UK’s announcement that Cyprus would remain in the amber category, effectively delaying the arrival of British holidaymakers ...

A two-state solution in Cyprus is a non-starter, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, according to President Nicos Anastasiades, who met with the UN chief on Friday in Brussels. Anastasiades met ...

Tempers flared at a vaccination centre in Larnaca on Friday over delays caused by the large number of people there. Police were called to the vaccination centre at the port ...

Aiming for cooperation in the Middle East and Europe, the first high level bilateral meeting took place between Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and the Jordanian deputy prime minister, Ayman ...

A local charity has designed an out of the box F*ck Covid T-shirt which became available for sale in their online store this month. The design has a Covid ...

Despite a drop in usage across the board, the drugs market showed durability and adaptability during last year’s lockdown, with dealers finding new ways and tricks to supply their ...

A 50-year-old Russian man was found guilty of manslaughter on Friday in the road death of Panayiotis Christophorou, 27, in November 2019 in Limassol. He will be sentenced on July 12. Christophorou, a ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 74 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...