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Flu death toll at five but hospitals seeing fewer cases this week
A total of four elderly persons and a 20-month-old baby have died from the flu for which 39 people were hospitalised in the past three months, according to Head of the Infectious Disease Surveillance...
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Hospital doctors leave for better Gesy terms in private practice
State doctors are fleeing public healthcare to join the National Health Scheme (Gesy), which is offering attractive annual earnings and other incentives, according to Sotiris Koumas, head of the state...
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One major issue standing in the way of Airbnb law
Lawmakers on Tuesday said they were almost ready to bring a bill regulating the operation of short-term Airbnb-style property rentals to a vote, although one major issue still needs to be ironed out....
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Paphos stunned by airline collapse
Paphos is lamenting the loss of direct flights to Germany in the wake of the collapse of budget airline Germania on Tuesday after it failed to secure financing and immediately cancelled all flights....
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Successful launch of Hellas Sat 4 from Kourou Space Centre (V)
The launch of Hellas Sat 4 communication satellite opens a new chapter in the space history for Cyprus and Greece, Minister of Communications Vassiliki Anastasiadou has said from the Kourou Space...
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Police issue warning over strong winds in Paphos area, water reserves rise
Police on Wednesday warned motorists in the Limassol and Paphos areas to drive carefully due to strong winds and the danger of falling trees. The fire brigade was called at 6:30am to remove a tree near...
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Thousands skipping army reserve duty on dubious grounds (updated)
Almost 11,000 Cypriot men do not serve in the National Guard reserves either because they fail to declare their repatriation, are still listed as being students abroad despite being over 30, or they...
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Leaders to meet later in the month (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades has spoken with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci by phone and they have agreed to meet on the second half of February, the government announced on Wednesday in a...
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March launch for Estia debt relief scheme
A government debt relief scheme for vulnerable homeowners will be officially launched in March, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday. At a first stage following the announcement, banks...
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Footballers’ association insist doping took place
The footballers’ association (Pasp) said on Wednesday the public was being misinformed over players who developed heart problems after they had been given banned substances, as it appeared the case was...
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President says will step down if shown to have links to passport sales
President Nicos Anastasiades said he would resign if it was determined that he was involved in the sale of passports as part of the island’s citizenship-by-investment programme. In an interview with...
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Investigation launched after 34-year-old flu victim dies
Authorities on Thursday were investigating the death of a 34-year-old man apparently from type A flu after his family complained that he had repeatedly not been properly treated before died in hospital...
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Students protest garners little sympathy
Around 2,000 students protested amid rain showers outside the ministry of education on Thursday against the introduction of four-month exams. Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris strongly condemned...
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Anastasiades will propose draft outlining where leaders agree and disagree
President Nicos Anastasiades will propose drafting a document with the two sides’ convergences and disagreements during his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci later this month, reports...
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Cyprus deficient in applying Greco standards
Cyprus has been deficient in implementing the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco) regarding transparency within the judiciary, the head of the...
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Audit office army report ‘could have compromised national security’
THE audit office ought to have refrained from making public its report on the state of the armed services’ recruitment system, the defence ministry said on Thursday. Being matters related to national...
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Kotsiatis, Vati rubbish dumps to close at the end of the month
The illegal landfills at Kotsiatis and Vati will finally close down at the end of February, the environment department of the agriculture ministry announced on Friday. “The definitive closure of the...
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Russian’s golden visa linked to president’s family ties (updated)
The cabinet recently granted Cypriot citizenship to a Russian businessman who used to be a shareholder in a Russian bank whose branch in Limassol was delivered by a firm with apparent ties to the...
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Ioannou warns against fear and panic over flu
Fear and panic over misinformation about the outbreak of influenza is clogging public hospitals, limiting their ability to respond to actual cases of flu, and exposing the non-infected to the risk of...
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Greco suggestions ‘not optional’
HEAD of the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog Greco warned Cyprus on Friday that it’s recommendations were not ‘optional’ and urged the government to implement them as soon as possible. Of...
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