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2611. Lidl Cyprus celebrates 10th anniversary

A press conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of its operation was carried out by Lidl Cyprus on Tuesday, November 10, in a virtual environment and in the presence of institutions and representatives of the media...

2612. Wednesday sees 165 cases, four deaths

Just before the announcement of new restriction measures, the health ministry reported 165 new coronavirus cases and one more death on Wednesday, that piled onto the three deaths reported earlier in the day....

2613. 198 new coronavirus cases detected

198 new coronavirus cases emerged on Tuesday, when 4,143 tests were conducted, raising total known cases to 6,296....

2614. Winter makes dramatic entrance in Cyprus

Winter is officially upon us, with several areas across Cyprus experiencing intense weather phenomena on Tuesday afternoon....

2615. 111 new cases as hospitalized patients hit record high

New coronavirus cases in Cyprus remained at the three-digit level on Monday, when 111 new cases were detected after 2,111 tests were conducted, raising the total to 6,098....

2616. Pfizer, BioNTech say their Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective

Pfizer Inc on Monday said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 based on initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed over 1 million people, roiled the world’s economy and upended daily life....

2617. Biden plans ahead as Trump refuses to concede

Democrat Joe Biden began preparing on Sunday to deal with the coronavirus and other problems that will confront him as president of a divided America, while President Donald Trump planned campaign-style rallies to contest the election...

2618. 224 cases detected as hospital patients rise

224 coronavirus cases were detected on Friday, when 3,693 tests were conducted, raising total known cases to 5,557....

2619. Experts present data behind coronavirus flare-up

Cyprus’ coronavirus experts presented the data behind the pandemic’s recent flare-up in a news conference on Friday....

2620. Cypriots to protest over golden passports probe

A new demonstration will take place outside the Presidential Palace on Friday, with protesters gathering to express their frustration over the government’s handling of the golden passport scandal and demand that officials take ownership of the crisis...

2621. Cyprus cases hit record daily high

New cases in the Republic of Cyprus hit a record daily high on Thursday when 233 cases were detected after 3,756 tests were conducted, while hospitalised coronavirus carriers surged to 65 islandwide....

2622. Government unleashes new bundle of support measures

Along with the new restrictions imposed to curb the recent spike in coronavirus cases, the labour minister Zeta Emilianidou said Thursday that the Cyprus government agreed on a new batch of support measures budgeted between 130 and 150 million euros....

2623. Cyprus police face fresh accusations of mishandling rape claim

Cyprus police are faced with fresh accusations of mishandling a rape claim filed by a young UK national last May whilst on holiday in the Famagusta district’s resort town of Protaras....

2624. Cyprus takes another crack at COVID

President Nicos Anastasiades got personal in his address to the nation on Wednesday night, calling on citizens to do their fair share to stop the spread of the coronavirus while announcing stricter measures in all districts including a night curfew...

2625. Cyprus tightens restrictions, imposes 11pm curfew

In a national address on Wednesday night, the Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the government was obliged to take tough decisions for stricter measures as the island was no exception to Europe’s second coronavirus wave, before the health minister stepped in to outline the new measures that come into effect on Thursday....

2626. 166 new cases as hospital patients surge

166 new coronavirus cases emerged on Wednesday after 3,529 tests were conducted, raising total known cases to 5,100...

2627. Zara's online store in Cyprus goes live today

Zara launches online sales in Cyprus today. With this launch, Zara is marking a new milestone in the steady expansion of its fully integrated store and online model across the universe of markets in which the Inditex Group does business....

2628. Bill introduces femicide in penal code

A new bill proposal calling for femicide to be recognized officially as a sex-based hate crime has been submitted to the House legal affairs committee, with proponents saying the term would be helpful for prosecutorial reasons while some critics say the law might be sexist...

2629. 174 cases detected, Limassol care home cluster grows

174 new coronavirus cases emerged in the Republic of Cyprus on Tuesday after 4,033 tests were conducted, raising total cases to 4,934....

2630. Cyprus President condemns Vienna attacks

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades strongly condemned the “heinous attacks” that shook Vienna on Monday night....

2631. Authorities report 197 cases, one death

197 new coronavirus cases were detected in the Republic of Cyprus on Monday, while a 91-year-old coronavirus patient with underlying health conditions died of septic shock....

2632. Roxy’s 'Charo' takes Cyprus to ECHR

A Dominican woman, who was recognized as a sex trafficking victim after her ordeal in the capital’s Roxy strip club over a decade ago, is taking the Republic of Cyprus to the European Court of Human Rights, after the country’s Supreme Court sided with a lower court judge who threw out her lawsuit seeking damages...

2633. Four shot in separate hunting incidents

Police are investigating three separate hunting incidents of accidental shootings, where two men and a father-son duo were shot on Sunday, with the teen being injured in the forehead...

2634. Hunters in Limassol spot mummified body

A group of hunters found a decomposed body on Sunday in a remote area in rural Limassol, with media reports suggesting the body could belong to an elderly hiker who disappeared earlier this summer...

2635. 166 coronavirus cases detected in Cyprus

166 new coronavirus cases were detected in the Republic of Cyprus on Friday, when 3,672 tests were carried out, raising the total to 4,217....

2636. PwC’s city resilience framework

2637. 121 coronavirus cases detected in Cyprus

121 coronavirus cases were detected in the Republic of Cyprus on Thursday, when 2,530 tests were conducted, raising total cases to 4,051....

2638. Over 40% of coronavirus cases detected in past fortnight

In the last 14 days (11-24 October), 1,374 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in Cyprus, which corresponds to 40.5% of the total cases (3,388) recorded until the October 24, according data published in the National Surveillance Report on Thursday, produced by the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health....

2639. Protesters detained outside French embassy

Five protesters were arrested on Tuesday outside the French embassy in Nicosia, where dozens of Muslim residents gathered to demonstrate against France’s stance towards Islam...

2640. 181 coronavirus cases detected in Cyprus

181 new coronavirus cases were detected on Tuesday after a total of 3,589 tests, raising the number of cases identified in the Republic of Cyprus since the outbreak of the virus in March to 3,817. ...