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A total of twenty complaints of sexual harassment are being currently investigated by the police, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Thursday. He added that the number might increase in the ...

Authorities on Thursday said they temporarily shut a shop at Kings Avenue Mall in Paphos after negligence of the business to properly observe the health protocols led to the creation ...

A 16-year-old Limassol girl who had been reported missing by her family was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday on suspicion of being involved in at least five ...

What is Covid-19 Vaccine Janssen and what is it used for? Covid-19 Vaccine Janssen is a vaccine for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in people aged 18 years and older. Covid-19 is ...

The health ministry announced the operation of 57 rapid testing sites nationwide on Friday, as part of the mandatory weekly coronavirus testing of employees including self-employed people. The test sites provide ...

Sailor Natassa Lapa has qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, following hot on the heels of fellow sailor Marilena Makri and cyclist Antri Christoforou. Lappa, 19, will compete ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Antigoni Pitta The employers and industrialists’ federation (OEV) said on Thursday that further delays in allowing the opening up of restaurants and cafes will be “catastrophic” ...

The Nicosia district court on Thursday rejected a state request to shut down two asphalt plants in Yeri and Dhali, pending their relocation elsewhere after complaints their emissions were affecting ...

The Covid-19 variant first recorded in the UK has been detected in one in four samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the ...

The met office issued a yellow warning over heavy rainfall and gale force winds between Thursday afternoon and Friday early morning. The warning covers the period between 3 pm Thursday and 4 ...

Electricity was restored nationwide early on Thursday, less than an hour after an unknown fault at the Vasilikos power station caused power cuts in various regions. The fault was recorded ...

The government on Thursday launched the national digital contact tracing application – CovTracer – that alerts contacts of people who were found positive for the virus. The app does not reveal the ...

The number of coronavirus patients in state hospitals has doubled in the last ten days, according to state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (...

Cyprus is one of 17 countries which received a controversial batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine which Austria stopped using after the death of a woman, and the health ministry said it ...

Police broke up yet another birthday party in Limassol late on Wednesday, issuing fines to 13 people. The event was located shortly before midnight Wednesday at a house, police said. Officers ...

A restaurant owner in Limassol has been fined after people were found eating and drinking in the establishment, police said on Thursday. While in a separate incident shortly before midnight ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American diplomacy will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue, while testifying on Wednesday evening before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding ...

A bakery in Limassol was robbed by two armed men in the early morning hours on Thursday. According to police, two hooded men smashed the glass entrance of the bakery ...

Cyprus property sales fell sharply last year according to the Deloitte Cyprus Real Estate Market Report released on Tuesday. The total contracts of sales for Cypriot properties dropped 23 per cent ...

Murex, one of the most important financial software producers in Europe, will soon open offices in Cyprus, according to tech industry sources. The company is planning a move to Nicosia. ...

Pomos has now joined forces with the Paphos regional board of tourism with the aim of upgrading its tourist facilities and welcoming more visitors to the area. “In the context ...

Two people died from Covid and 414 new infections were detected from 34,079 tests, the health ministry said on Wednesday. At the same time there has been an increase in hospitalisations with 165 ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris defended a decision to install razor wire along the buffer zone to stop migrants from crossing, challenging Turkish Cypriot detractors to stop the flow from Turkey. ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government for delaying the review of the anti-stalking bill, expressing concerns that there will be no time for its discussion and tabling for vote ...