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04 July, 2025
 

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Limassol restaurants accepting 'chosen' customers through back door

Limassol restaurants accepting 'chosen' customers through back door

Against the backdrop of intensifying concerns over the island’s deteriorating epidemiological situation, culminating in the government’s decision to hold off on announcing any further relaxations on Wednesday, some appear to not be fully grasping the severity of the situation and are flouting restrictions in place to curb the spread of the virus....

Cabinet green lights creation of dep. culture ministry

Cabinet green lights creation of dep. culture ministry

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill for the establishment of a deputy ministry for culture....

EU to get 4mln more Pfizer/BioNTech Covid shots this month

EU to get 4mln more Pfizer/BioNTech Covid shots this month

The European Commission said on Wednesday it has reached a deal with drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech for the supply of an additional four million Covid-19 vaccine doses to be delivered this month....

Cyprus' main Covid hospital at 96% capacity

Cyprus' main Covid hospital at 96% capacity

The Famagusta general hospital reached 96% capacity on Wednesday, the hospital’s scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni said....

Critics slam 'Trump-like' fence installed in Nicosia suburb

Critics slam 'Trump-like' fence installed in Nicosia suburb

The government came under fire on Tuesday over a decision to lay razor wire along a section of the Astromeritis buffer zone in the Nicosia district....

State drops big marriage fraud case

State drops big marriage fraud case

Police in Cyprus were distinctly furious this week after prosecutors dropped charges against nine suspects in a fake marriage case, with the Legal department arguing an amended law linking sham marriage to immigration violations was not retroactive...

Cyprus holds off decision on more relaxations

Cyprus holds off decision on more relaxations

The Cabinet has pushed back a crucial announcement, through which the government was expected to move forward with further relaxations, citing a rise in daily cases and hospitalizations...

High school senior challenges rapid test rule

High school senior challenges rapid test rule

A photo showing a high school student outside a glass window following along with a lesson inside his classroom has gone viral, keeping the debate over mandatory rapid tests alive in Cyprus...

Health Ministry announces 420 new cases

Health Ministry announces 420 new cases

The Health Ministry announced 420 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, when 34,799 tests were conducted, marking a positivity rate of 1.21%....

Cyprus to assume first Presidency term of EMGF

Cyprus to assume first Presidency term of EMGF

Cyprus will assume its first official Presidency term of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) starting on January 2022, participants at the fourth EMGF ministerial meeting decided on Tuesday....

Surge in concentration of Covid genetic material in Limassol wastewater

Surge in concentration of Covid genetic material in Limassol wastewater

The concentration of genetic fragments of coronavirus in Limassol’s urban wastewater has recorded a steady increase over the past few months, a scientific study found....

Police breaks up Paphos engagement party

Police breaks up Paphos engagement party

Paphos police broke up an engagement party at a home on Monday, handing out fines of a total of €2,400 to the eight people found in violation of coronavirus restrictions....

Famagusta hospital treating Covid cases as young as 17

Famagusta hospital treating Covid cases as young as 17

The Famagusta general hospital is currently treating coronavirus cases as young as 17 years old...

Athens sees Ankara games ahead of summit

Athens sees Ankara games ahead of summit

Not only did Turkey continue to ignore Athens’ proposals for the next round of exploratory contacts between the two countries on Monday, its Defense Ministry once again revisited the issue of demilitarization of the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean, going as far as denouncing the presence of Greek warships at Kastellorizo....

Cyprus-Israel gas dispute deferred to firms

Cyprus-Israel gas dispute deferred to firms

Israel and Cyprus have reached an understanding over gas reserves straddling their maritime border, the Cypriot energy minister said on Tuesday, in a key step towards resolving a nine-year impasse over offshore spoils...

President seeks consensus to relax measures

President seeks consensus to relax measures

Health experts on the government’s pandemic task force met with President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday, with reports saying the commander in chief got the nod to proceed with scheduled relaxing of measures but details were still not fully clear...

Florida giant denies Huawei in Cyprus

Florida giant denies Huawei in Cyprus

An American company has put words into action in the middle of global 5G wars, with Phoenix Tower International and Monaco Telecom announcing an agreement that includes acquiring newly constructed wireless towers across Malta and Cyprus...

Chloraka suspects deny murder charges

Chloraka suspects deny murder charges

Two male suspects extradited from Turkey to face trial in the Chloraka killing of a 20-year-old Syrian man have pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder charges, with a judge ordering them to remain in custody while nine others face manslaughter in the same case but separate trial...

Anastasiades says determined to participate creatively in Cyprus conference

Anastasiades says determined to participate creatively in Cyprus conference

President Nicos Anastasiades received the UNSG’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute in Nicosia on Monday as preparatory work continues to unfold ahead of the informal conference on Cyprus to be held in Geneva on April 27-29....

Cyprus, Israel and Greece agree to link power grids via subsea cable

Cyprus, Israel and Greece agree to link power grids via subsea cable

Cyprus, Greece and Israel on Monday signed an initial agreement to build the world’s longest and deepest underwater power cable that will traverse the Mediterranean seabed at a cost of about $900 million and link their electricity grids....

Anastasiades, Greek PM discuss Cyprus issue

Anastasiades, Greek PM discuss Cyprus issue

The Cyprus issue was the focus of a telephone conversation between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday morning....

Cyprus a step away from the 100,000 jab mark

Cyprus a step away from the 100,000 jab mark

A total of 22,808 appointments will open up on Tuesday on the vaccination portal, who people aged 67 and over to be given priority....

Borrell: ‘Cyprus problem is clearly an EU problem’

Borrell: ‘Cyprus problem is clearly an EU problem’

The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell reiterated the bloc’s support for the resumption of talks on a peace settlement for Cyprus, while stressing that the division of the island “is clearly an EU problem.”...

Cyprus keeps Carnival spirit alive amid Covid-19

Cyprus keeps Carnival spirit alive amid Covid-19

Carnival is usually the highlight of the year for Cyprus, when residents let loose in bizarre and colorful costumes, joyfully dancing and celebrating during the Mediterranean island nation’s biggest annual party scene....

Citizens accuse cops of being overzealous

Citizens accuse cops of being overzealous

Police are investigating complaints from citizens who accused officers of being overzealous by asking to inspect rapid test documents over the weekend...

Cyprus invites travelers to rediscover island

Cyprus invites travelers to rediscover island

Cyprus has published a new inspiring video to draw tourists back to the island, focusing on a 'whole new world' and inviting travelers to go on a quest to reconnect with nature and personal journey experience...

Mild and windy start to the week

Mild and windy start to the week

A low pressure system is affecting the area over Cyprus with low chances of showers in parts of the island along with strong winds in the late morning...

Cyprus begins sealing porous frontier

Cyprus begins sealing porous frontier

The Republic of Cyprus says a barbwire fence currently being set up along a strip adjacent to the UN buffer zone should not be seen as a border between north and south but a way to hold back undocumented migrants...

Health Ministry announces 273 new cases

Health Ministry announces 273 new cases

The Health Ministry on Friday announced 273 coronavirus cases on Monday, when 57,926 tests were conducted, marking a positivity rate of 0.47%. ...

Merkel calls for broad-mindedness, compromise in Cyprob talks

Merkel calls for broad-mindedness, compromise in Cyprob talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her full support to the informal five party conference on the Cyprus issue, stressing that broad-mindedness and willingness to compromise from both sides are needed in order to make progress....

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