Cyprus

By Stephanie Nebehay, Kate Kelland and John Miller AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective and should be deployed widely, including in countries where the South African variant of ...

Work is underway for the removal of an estimated 250 tonnes of rubbish dumped in the Pedieos riverbed, it was announced on Wednesday. The agriculture ministry said that crews of the ...

Tempers flared at the House ethics committee after members of a defunct watchdog set up to clean the island’s sports, mainly football, blamed its outgoing chairman of its demise. ...

The debate over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the over 65s took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) appeared to do a U-turn, ...

The first Russian vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V has been approved so far in 23 countries and it is expected that the EU will examine its application this month, Russian ambassador ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Wednesday said police followed standard procedure while handling her complaint last December against a parody account on Twitter, which had targeted her father. The minister ...

The cabinet on Wednesday extended the current phase of the measures against the spread of coronavirus to February 28. The decision was taken following the suggestion of the ministerial committee on ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday there was no other solution to the Cyprus issue but a two-state solution. He also said that whether Greece accepts it or not, ...

The supreme court on Wednesday rejected a Paphos family court ruling issued just hours earlier that a woman must immediately return her underage son to his father in the US. ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday said it had completed discussion on the bill to create a more child-friendly justice system. It includes prevention, tackling delinquency, and the way ...

A contract for the construction of flood protection projects in the Limassol area was signed on Wednesday by the town’s mayor Nicos Nicolaides at the Panos Solomonidis Cultural Centre. ...

Two traditional Cypriot products, sausages and the ‘lountza’ (cured pork tenderloin) produced in the mountainous area of Pitsilia, have been included in a list of EU-protected geographic indications (PGIs) on ...

March 16 has been proposed as a feasible date in which bars, cafes and other hospitality businesses may reopen, possibly along with an electronic health ID being introduced. According to Nikos ...

Police are investigating two more male sports coaches for sexual harassment following complaints by five women, it emerged on Wednesday. Four different track athletes reported their coaches for sexual harassment. ...

Total beer sales in Cyprus plunged by 45.8 per cent, equivalent to 757,151 litres, in January 2021 compared with the same period last year due to restrictive measures in place to tackle the ...

As the AstraZeneca vaccine is different from the other two – Pfizer and Moderna – already being used, the health ministry will in future inform people in advance which vaccine will be ...

The head of the Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat), Costas Melas on Wednesday called for a speedier and more effective court system in settling disputes, arguing that the ...

The area in Nicosia that was cordoned off after a murder attempt took place on Tuesday evening has now been opened to traffic, according to the police. At around 6.40pm ...

Police on Wednesday said they located 35 unused air conditioning gas cylinders in an area in the buffer zone near Potamia village. Officers from the Pera Chorio police station searched the ...

The reforestation of Kakoradjia forest in Larnaca is estimated to cost €180,000 and will take about three years, the forestry department said on Wednesday. The cost does not include the salaries ...

The offices of the land registry in Limassol will remain closed on Wednesday and possibly on Thursday. The closure of the district office was deemed necessary after coronavirus cases were ...

Larnaca police on Tuesday arrested two men in order to facilitate investigations into the seizure of drugs and weapons discovered in the Larnaca and Nicosia districts last month. On January 29 ...

Police carried out 10,214 checks in 24 hours from Tuesday until Wednesday to curb the spread of Covid-19 and booked 116 individuals, including one business owner, for violations of relevant decrees. According to ...

Mandatory rapid tests for all workplaces have been described as point-blank unconstitutional and breaching fundamental human rights and liberties by some prominent lawyers, while others say “it depends.” “No limitation ...