Farmer arrested, four die in forest fires

A farmer has been arrested for possibly causing the fires that broke out in Cyprus on Saturday, burning forest land and leading to the death of four Egyptian workers. Limassol District Court

Cyprus misses another green deadline

Cyprus missed another EU green deadline in failing to comply with a directive to ban single-use plastic products. According to an EU directive on Saturday, Cyprus should have become part of the

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‘No vaccine, no entry’

With the spread of coronavirus getting out of hand, the government and business community conflict with health experts, who want harsher measures re-introduced before the situation becomes a thunderstorm. The administration, under

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COVID19: Daily cases climb to almost 600

Cyprus reported a two-month-high of 583 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with hospital patients also rising but no more deaths. The Health Ministry said in its daily Covid-report that a higher 48,358

Football’s coming home…hopefully

Historically, at this stage of a tournament, England football fans are usually drowning their sorrows in what might have been, as the Three Lions disappoint again. But manager Gareth Southgate has created

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CySEC search for new boss

Demetra Kalogerou, the current chairperson of CySEC, is due to leave her post in September after ten years in office. Within months after taking over at the helm of the country’s top

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Yurt is not the word

There is an evident effort to upgrade the quality of local hotels and entertainment places, both in terms of building and service quality; we now note the Tourism Ministry is encouraging organised

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