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Cyprus has the second highest ratio of granting Ukrainian citizens temporary protection compared to its population among the EU27, according to May figures issued by Eurostat. The EU’s statistical ...

The health ministry on Friday announced four deaths and 14,914 new coronavirus infections after 111,137 tests in the week ending Thursday, giving a positivity rate of 13.42 per cent. Friday’s announcement coincides ...

Ukraine urged its allies to send more weapons as its forces dig in, hoping to stall Russia’s military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while Ukraine‘s chief negotiator ...

The majority of Cypriots believe that traffic cameras will save lives on the road, and support the installation of more such units, a survey has found. Carried out by IMR ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave his routine, six-monthly report on Unficyp to the members of the Security Council on Tuesday and it was just more of the same. He highlighted ...

Following three years of debate in committee, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation clearing the way for broad reform of the justice system that is hoped will shorten ...

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would ...

Ukrainian forces raised their national flag on a recaptured Black Sea island on Thursday in a defiant act against Moscow, but Kyiv lost a main international supporter after British Prime ...

The transport ministry is working on legislative changes as part of efforts to improve road safety, minister Yiannis Karousos said on Thursday as he welcomed private initiatives to stem the ...

The attorney general must clarify whether he approved measures which will curtail the public’s access to their homes and fields, Akel MP Aristos Damianos said on Thursday after he ...

On-duty clinics across the island will start operating on Saturday, the health insurance organisation (HIO) and Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela announced on Thursday. The minister said the move would strengthen ...

One of the barbed-wire metal gates installed in Peristerona has been destroyed as the local authorities remain puzzled as to what exactly happened. A police source from the larger and ...

What had been expected to be a routine meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday to announce a final decision on the minimum wage ended in a major disagreement between ...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month ...

Prison director Anna Aristotelous sent a message that “people can change” during the official closing ceremony of the facility’s schools on Wednesday. Ten inmates were awarded their diplomas with ...

Nikos Christodoulides still has a considerable lead ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, according to a poll released by Alpha TV on Wednesday, which also showed a tight race between ...

The government on Wednesday announced the reimposition of a wide-ranging indoor mask mandate for those aged 12 and above which will be in force from Friday. It reiterated that the fine ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the leaders in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to encourage more direct contact and cooperation between the two ...

Potato farmers are seeking a meeting with President Anastasiades to set out the problems they are facing as a result of the continuous increase in the prices of fuel and ...

The regulation actually goes beyond halting biodiversity loss to push for ecosystem restoration, for ‘bringing nature back’ At first sight the positive tone of this column may seem rather out ...

People should forget about across-the-board cuts on energy-related taxes, brace for even higher electricity prices and turn to renewables, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday. In comments to daily ...

Cyprus is “flooded with migrants”, director general of the interior ministry Costas Constantinou told the House ad hoc committee on demographics on Tuesday. “Our country’s capacity to host migrants ...

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling ...

A minimum wage will be introduced “in the coming months”, the government said on Tuesday, after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades and relevant stakeholders ended in disagreement. Despite the ...