#Cyprus

The Larnaca Criminal Court on Friday acquitted former Bishop of Kition Chrysostomos who had been accused of rape, arguing the plaintiff’s testimony was unreliable. The court announced that it ...

Nicosia welcomed Monday’s decision of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to draft a document with ways of dealing with Turkey’s failure to reverse its actions in the fenced ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the reconstruction of fire-stricken areas in Mati, the seaside resort near Athens ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) is by the side of patients, its Chief Executive Officer said on Tuesday as he announced the pandemic had cost the island’s health service ...

Health ministry sources on Tuesday said that 6,772 people’s SafePasses are no longer valid as policy shifted on Monday to exclude those who failed to return for a second Covid ...

Cyprus, Greece and Egypt signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to connect their respective electricity grids in Athens on Tuesday, with the Greek premier calling the emerging alliance among ...

A Cypriot biologist was honoured during Mediterranean researchers’ night last month for her work on the flora and fauna of the green line in Cyprus. Dr Iris Charalambidou, associate professor ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday said that the state will always be at young people’s sides by allowing them to voice their concerns, visions and ideas. Demetriou’s ...

The role of informed consent in reference to the coronavirus pandemic is the subject of an online conference streamed via the Open University of Cyprus on Tuesday. This year’s ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday briefed UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie about his meeting in New York with the UN secretary general and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. According to ...

The government said on Monday it will look into the possibility of price caps on essential goods, in a bid to deal with inflationary trends. Speaking in parliament during the ...

People travelling to the UK are advised to check roaming charges before their trip to avoid any unpleasant surprises, the communications commissioner’s office said on Monday. The commissioner’s ...

People aged 60 and over will be able to get a booster shot against Covid-19 as of Tuesday, the health ministry announced on Monday. Eligible are people who have completed their ...

Police confirmed on Monday they are investigating medical negligence related to the death of 31-year-old mother who died over the weekend following a surgery at a private hospital in Larnaca. ...

Developments regarding the Cyprus problem, cooperation in the field of energy, regional developments and a review of the trilateral cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Egypt will take place on Tuesday ...

Authorities on Monday reminded the public that diving at the sea caves in Cape Greco is prohibited, after four people had to be rescued by a helicopter from the area ...

Italy was upgraded to the green category while four other countries were downgraded in the country rankings for travellers, the health ministry announced on Monday. The changes, which will be ...

Dominic Cummings, the architect of Brexit, claimed on Twitter last week that cheating foreigners was the core part of his job as special adviser to the British prime minister during ...

Two deaths and 126 new coronavirus cases were reported by the health ministry on Saturday after 44,460 PCR and rapid tests. The deaths concerned two men, aged 76 and 80, who both died at ...

The complete independence of the fire service from the police was “a necessity” that was implemented 60 years after the first discussions, former Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Saturday. He ...

Consumers should have the choice of healthy foods produced in an environmentally friendly and socially responsible way, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Saturday. Speaking at the second Lidl Wellness ...

The United Nations and the European Union cannot continue to “turn a blind eye” to the “inhuman and unacceptable” practices of the north, Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou said on Saturday. ...

The United Nations has praised Cyprus support for the work UN inspectors carried out on the island on a small plane suspected to have violated the arms embargo against Libya. ...

The Cyprus-Egypt memorandum of understanding on cross-border electrical interconnections marks an “important milestone” to promote regional collaboration in the field of energy between the two countries, Energy Minister Natasa Pilidou ...