COVID19: Four deaths, spike in new cases

Cyprus reported four COVID-19 deaths this week and an increase in new infections and hospitalisations as health officials prepare to adopt measures to respond to China’s worsening Covid landscape. EU Health Commissioner

December was unusually warm

During December, high maximum and minimum temperatures were registered, making it the thirteenth driest month since records began in 1901, the Meteorology Department said. Met Office observation stations show the average daily

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Record 14 candidates in presidential race

Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a

Three arrests in brutal Nicosia murder 

Police arrested three people for allegedly plotting to murder a 61-year-old man found dead in the street in Latsia, Nicosia, authorities said on Thursday. According to police, two men aged 35 and

Mortgage-to-rent scheme in trouble

The Mortgage to Rent scheme, the government’s latest lifeline for distressed borrowers, is in rough seas after the Finance Ministry claimed to be in the dark over the exact number of eligible

UNSG: No common ground on Cyprus peace process

Prospects for reaching common ground on the Cyprus peace process “remain uncertain” for the foreseeable future, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. According to an advance copy of the report on his Mission