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THE Republic’s official, probably a customs officer, who asked to check the petrol tank of a taxi, before it crossed to the north on Saturday to ensure the taxi ...

The options paper on possible EU responses to Turkey’s actions in Varosha will be presented at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council in December, the EU foreign policy chief ...

The health ministry announced 354 new coronavirus infections on Monday out of 66,696 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.53 per cent. No deaths were reported. There are 88 people in hospital ...

The deputy ministry for tourism’s budget for 2022 focuses on six main areas, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said while presenting his ministry’s budget to the House finance committee on ...

The government announced changes in the country rankings for travellers on Monday, downgrading Malta from Green to Orange and Andorra from Orange to Red, and upgrading Israel from Red to ...

The government will not introduce additional measures to contain an uptick in coronavirus cases and hospital admissions, at least not for the time being, as it presses on with efforts ...

Turkey’s long-standing demand for a two-state solution will fail, like it failed 38 years ago, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, the day of the anniversary of the unilateral declaration ...

An Akel proposal to slash VAT on electricity bills from 19 per cent to 9 per cent to shield consumers from rising prices came before the House finance committee on Monday where ...

University and high school students on Monday marched all over Nicosia to protest against the November 15, 1983 unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in the north while calling for a solution to ...

Twenty free rapid testing sites for eligible groups will operate islandwide on Tuesday. District Location of testing units Operating hours Lemesos (5 units) University Square (behind TEPAK Rectorate) 9 a.m. – 5 p....

Authorities are investigating 12 fires that broke out almost simultaneously in remote areas in the Paphos district on Sunday, with preliminary findings suggesting that these were not coincidental but deliberate, fire ...

Cabinet on Monday approved the administration of a booster dose to adults over who have received their second anti-coronavirus vaccine six months previously. The decision was taken amid concerns regarding ...

Urban taxi drivers on Monday announced they will proceed with an indefinite strike starting Tuesday citing discrimination against them and saying that officers are trying to prevent them from crossing ...

Rich with a history stretching back thousands of years, Cyprus has no dearth of ghost villages, however few of them have received as much attention as Foinikas, perhaps due to ...

No deaths were announced from coronavirus on Sunday as the ministry of health recorded 206 new Covid cases. These were from a total of 40,298, representing a positivity rate of 0.51 per cent. ...

In a message to mark 38 years since the unilateral declaration of independence in the north, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday said the people there live in their own ...

A crucial government plan to improve treatment is still being assessed, leaving families and charities to cope as best they can Worldwide, dementia is viewed as an epidemic, with over 55 ...

Strong winds made making a fire in an inaccessible area near Psathi in Paphos difficult to tackle but it was brought under control by 6pm, fire services said on Sunday ...

The reality of the Cyprus problem has been repeatedly said, but in an organised way some people have taken care to place the blame on the Greek Cypriot side and ...

When the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 it surrendered to the EU her sovereign right to control its borders in refugee claims. A surrender of so much sovereignty ...

A small, hard-working shop owner fined €4,000 for not checking SafePasses is the sorriest aspect of a very sorry tale Last week, my greengrocer – a small-to-medium-sized business selling fruit and vegetables – ...

A blue Black Friday looms as chip shortage bites The ongoing global supply crunch of semiconductors means that shoppers in Cyprus are left with fewer products to choose from, delays ...

Although the presidential election is still 15 months away and none of the opposition parties have started discussing alliances let alone possible candidates, Disy is already in a bit of tangle ...

By Elizabeth Piper, Valerie Volcovici and Jake Spring UN climate talks in Scotland ended with a revised global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global ...