#Cyprus

The health ministry announced 46 rapid test sites will operate on Wednesday for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population has been scrapped, while unvaccinated employees must present a ...

Cyprus has made further progress in its EU recovery and resilience plan after the cabinet on Monday approved the government’s agreement with the European Commission, the ministry of finance ...

A local artist injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest earlier this year gave a bold answer to injustice on Tuesday by launching a short film to ...

Police on Tuesday said they have so far handled 36 cases of sexual harassment, with 22 already filed in court. Police spokesperson Eleni Constantinou said the number of cases investigated, or currently ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) decided on Tuesday to only allow vaccinated and Covid recovering students to attend lessons in-person in September. The university claimed that there must be ...

The met office has issued a new yellow alert valid from 1pm to 5pm on Wednesday. Forecasters said temperatures overnight on Tuesday would be around 22C inland and 23C on ...

Ruling Disy said on Tuesday it agreed with a government decision to revoke the passports of 14 Turkish Cypriot officials seen as undermining the Republic, saying it was both symbolic and ...

The labour ministry’s labour inspection department on Tuesday released guidelines and suggestions for avoiding heat exhaustion at workplaces in coastal and/or inland areas as high temperatures and humidity ...

The police are ready to send the case file concerning an incident in which fake news spread on social media claiming that a 12-year-old had died after receiving a Covid-19 ...

The cabinet on Monday decided to rescind the passports of 14 Turkish Cypriots, including leader Ersin Tatar, seen as undermining the Republic of Cyprus. The decision concerns Turkish Cypriot officials and ...

Police have charged four individuals in connection with a fake post on social media claiming a 12-year-old child had died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Spokesman Christos Andreou said the ...

Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides visits Israel on Sunday for a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel. Their agenda includes ways to enhance regional cooperation, ...

Free walk-in vaccination centres might operate at schools over the next academic year to promote children’s vaccination against coronavirus while all students will be required to present a SafePass, ...

A Russian woman who fell in love with Cyprus has written a book about mountainous Platres, exploring the history of the village of kings and poets. It is no surprise ...

The Larnaca building is covered inside and out with eye-catching artwork Cyprus’ first graffiti hotel has become a reference point in Larnaca, an Instagrammable hub and a permanent exhibition showcasing ...

Dr Yiorghos Leventis Turkey is an energy hungry economy. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessment of Turkey’s energy needs in 2020, the country currently imports approximately 72 per ...

Defence ministry wants to offload old ones and buy new fleet The defence ministry has neither confirmed nor denied reports that Cyprus will replace its ageing fleet of Russian-made Mi-35...

All the talk of tackling corruption in the lead up to May’s election has fallen silent The issue of corruption dominated the political scene during the long parliamentary pre-election ...

Most Cypriots are choosing to ‘staycation’ this summer, with the district of Paphos a preferred location, according to industry professionals. “We don’t have specific figures as such, but the ...

Exodus of EU workers leave hotels, retail and restaurants struggling Acute labour shortages that ended when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 have reappeared because of the pandemic and the uncertainty ...

Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever it is and regardless of ...

There’s something wrong when the street names of great philhellenes are replaced with those of lesser mortals When it comes to naming streets, we would expect them given in ...

One death from coronavirus and 401 new positives cases were announced on Saturday, out of 54,496 PCR and rapid tests. The positivity rate is 0.74 per cent. The death was of a woman, ...

Four members of a Cypriot firefighting unit in Greece, including the one who was slightly injured on Tuesday, will return to the island after eight days, civil defence spokeswoman, Olivia ...