Cyprus

Ruling Disy MP Averof Neophytou on Monday withdrew bills intended to provide tax relief to borrowers with non-performing loans, after it emerged that the proposals would achieve the opposite of ...

A letter addressed to the attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called for the immediate prosecution of Archbishop Chrysostomos over the demolition of four listed houses last week. Signed by 62 professionals ...

Tourism-dependent Greece and Cyprus discussed requesting vaccination certificates from travellers arriving in the two countries, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said on Monday, following a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades ...

The man accused of sexual abuse by sports shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave a statement to the police on Monday, more than two weeks after the complaint was filed. His two-hour ...

Appointments for coronavirus vaccinations will be available for people aged 79 and over as from Tuesday, February 9, the health ministry said on Monday as it unveiled phase three of its national ...

Sex education is critical to protecting children from sexual abuse and must be offered at all levels of the education system, the House human rights committee underlined on Monday. The ...

Private and state dentists have resumed normal operations, the health ministry announced on Monday, the first day of the second phase of measure relaxation. Meanwhile, the vaccination of private dentists ...

Greece and Cyprus on Monday rejected any form of reunification that was not a bizonal federation ahead of an UN-backed five-party meeting early next month. In statements following a meeting ...

With around 70,000 elementary students and final year students at high schools returning to school on Monday, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou again encouraged students to take a rapid Covid test, urging ...

The government’s SMS service for outings granted more than one million such requests over the weekend, with shopping and exercise accounting for more than half of these, according to ...

The total number of travellers that arrived in 2020 plunged to one fifth of total arrivals the previous year as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the sector, figures published by ...

A 31-year-old charged with the attempted murder was acquitted on Monday by the Paphos criminal court Testifying in court, the defendant claimed it was an act of self-defence, explaining that ...

Health authorities inspected 1,137 businesses to ensure compliance with Covid screening guidelines and protocols and issued three fines, it was announced on Monday. In a written statement, the ministry said the ...

Shops re-opened on Monday, the first day of phase two of the easing of the coronavirus lockdown, with special offers as they try to recoup some of the losses of ...

Taxi drivers and owners on Monday called on the energy minister to set a maximum price on fuel prices. In a statement, the association supported the government’s plan to ...

Applications have opened for nine new incentive schemes aimed at promoting special interest tourism while enhancing sustainability, the deputy ministry of tourism said on Monday. The schemes, which comes as ...

Thirty three per cent of the Cyprus population with a disability was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2019, placing the country at number 10 of all EU member states. ...

Two of the Limassol testing sites for rapid antigen coronavirus tests operating today have changed, the health ministry said on Monday. The two new sites are Ypsonas Municipality (south entrance) ...

Police on Monday issued a new warning against scam telephone calls from abroad. They said they had been contacted by members of the public who had found missed calls from ...

With large numbers of people returning to work and a high number of tests carried out over the weekend, the health ministry on Monday reminded the public that all employees ...

A young man who fell from a height of four metres from an apartment building in Paphos on Sunday suffered various fractures. The man fell from the roof, where he ...

Police carried out more than 12,000 checks for violations of coronavirus protocols from Sunday until 6am on Monday and booked 172 individuals for breaches. In total, 12,308 were carried out, 3,522 in Nicosia, 1,677 in ...

A local Paphos businessman who is helping to feed those in need through ‘Chalkies Kitchen,’ has called on the government and local authorities to foster an environment of philanthropy and ...

The health ministry announced one death and 115 new cases on Sunday from 40,974 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.28 per cent. The death concerned a man aged 94 with underlying ...