Cyprus monkeypox alert after suspect case

The Health Ministry has confirmed that authorities are treating a suspected case of monkeypox involving a 34-year-old Eastern European man working in Paphos. Health Ministry spokesperson Konstantinos Athanasiou said Wednesday the man

‘This is Cyprus’ lawyer fined

A prominent Famagusta lawyer, implicated in Al Jazeera’s golden passport scandal expose, which ended the citizenship for investment scheme, was fined €4,000 by the Cyprus Bar Association for demeaning the profession. Andreas

Hospital outpatient clinics to launch afternoon hours

Hospital outpatient departments will be operating in the afternoons after nurses’ unions agreed with the State Health Services Organisation (OKYPY) about overtime pay. Nurses joined doctors in greenlighting a compensation proposal tabled

Cyprus says migration burden too heavy

Cyprus cannot lift the growing migration burden as asylum applications exceed 11,000, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, who has asked for emergency help from Brussels. Cyprus has received more than 11,000 asylum

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Tributes pour in for Zeta

Tributes continue to pour in for Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou, who died in an Athens hospital late Monday after being placed in an induced coma last month when suffering a cerebral aneurysm.

Nicosia protests over Turkish meddling in north

Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that proves Ankara’s “complete control” over them,  President Nicos Anastasiades told CyBC TV.

Ankara accused of stoking tensions

Nicosia accused Turkey of distorting reality to create tensions after Ankara said Cyprus was disturbing the region’s stability with its recent war games with Israel. “We are disappointed to observe the escalation

Cyprus Labour Minister dies

Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou died in an Athens hospital late Monday where she was being treated in an induced coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm last month.

Three UK tourists arrested for nurse attack

Three female UK tourists were arrested for allegedly assaulting a nurse at Paphos General Hospital amid a wave of condemnations by unions and the Health Ministry. The incident occurred during the early