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Jailed South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday more than 10 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and will be released on Jan. 5, authorities said. Pistorius – ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday that rising violence by extremists in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had to stop. Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in ...

The mortgage to rent (MtR) scheme for vulnerable lenders will come into effect on December 4, finance ministry permanent secretary George Panteli said on Friday, presenting the scheme at a press ...

Human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Friday called on the education ministry to find permanent solutions to ensure the stable and uninterrupted provision of sign language interpretation services for deaf ...

The first of a series of tree-planting events by the students of The Island School took place on November 24, 2023 with great success. Our aim and objective through this tree-planting programme ...

Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war’s first truce, the Red Cross said, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers. In ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos Former president Nicos Anastasiades on Friday expressed his satisfaction with the announcement that the anti-corruption authority is looking into allegations made in the book ‘...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar hit back on Friday after teachers protested his presence at an event to mark the north’s Teachers’ Day on Friday. Tatar attended a customary ...

Manchester City are innocent until proven guilty of over 100 charges of breaking the Premier League’s financial rules, manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday. Everton were last week handed an ...

Charles Leclerc topped a shortened practice two at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday while Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz crashed and gave his mechanics plenty of work ...

A Greek Cypriot appeared in court in the north on Friday after having been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with 10 grammes of cocaine in ...

Five people appeared in court in the north on Friday after a motorcycle heist in Limassol in the early hours of the previous morning. The five, aged between 19 and 23, were ...

Cyprus has emerged as a thriving hub for video game developers and tech innovators, drawing in global gaming companies owing to its skilled workforce and creative environment. In this context, ...

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday it was safe to return to Dublin city centre after police made 34 arrests following overnight rioting that was triggered by the stabbing ...

A fire engine rolled over onto its side in Bogazi, near Dikomo, on Friday. It overturned at around 10:45am on the way back to the local fire station from a ...

The Cyprus Architects’ Association on Friday called for an immediate re-evaluation of the construction being carried out in the Akamas area. They added that the competent ministries and all parties ...

Where do you live? I live in Larnaca with my family. What did you have for breakfast? Bread with cottage cheese, avocado and poached eggs. Describe your perfect day The ...

The crypto market has been a tumultuous roller coaster ride in 2023. While Bulls have dominated the markets of top crypto coins like Bitcoin (BTC) since the start of Q4, investors ...

The audit office on Friday said it had received the updated bills from parliament regarding changes to regulations on public officials receiving multiple pensions. In their proposal submitted at the ...

Around 300 of the 700 children at the Bekirpasha high school in Trikomo “do not speak Turkish as their first language”, according to local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari. Hamzaogullari, who belongs to opposition ...

Cyprus will face a shortage of doctors and nurses in five years, a capacity planning study from the health ministry showed, as most registered doctors are over the age of 41. ...

China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has asked the government for disease data, said ...

In a groundbreaking development reflecting the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) commitment to gender equality, Despina Theodosiou, a notable figure in the Cypriot shipping industry, has been honoured with the ...

Reports on the cyber-attacks which hit the land registry, the University of Cyprus, and the Open University of Cyprus are expected to be completed within days, Data Protection Commissioner Irene ...