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Consumers are unlikely to benefit from a new ‘basket of goods’ law in time for Christmas as the island’s consumer protection service must proceed with a new round of ...

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake shook Cyprus early on Saturday. According to the department of geological survey, residents in Limassol and Paphos felt the earthquake at 9.17am. It had an epicentre 25 kilometres ...

Cyprus reached an agreement with Bangladesh on Saturday that will immediately expedite procedures for the return of Bangladeshi nationals from the island to their home country. The agreement was signed ...

Leaders of the 21-member APEC bloc pledged on Saturday to boost trade and do more to tackle other economic challenges, wrapping up the last of three summits in the region ...

A pioneer of drone photography has captured some unique images of the island. Alix Norman takes a look Manos Manoli sees Cyprus like nobody else. From soaring city skylines to ...

Halloween may have passed but there are still plenty of pumpkins around to put to use in the kitchen says ANDRY VOSKARIDOU There are more than 150 different varieties of pumpkins ...

A ten-year-old boy was slightly injured when he was run over by a car in Paphos on Friday night. Around 8pm on Friday night, he was crossing the Alexandrou Ypsilanti ...

A fire broke out on Friday night at the Ayios Chrysostomos high school in Lakatamia, Nicosia. Police said that around 9pm on Friday night police were called about a fire ...

A federal judge sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9 billion. In ...

By Maria Demertzis The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the main component of the European Union’s post-COVID-19 Next Generation EU programme, was adopted two and a half years ago. ...

For the first time in its 92-year history, the football World Cup, which opens today in Qatar, will kick off in November. It will be the first time the tournament ...

As a November 23 deadline approaches, the number of applications for 300 jobs policing the island’s 180-km long buffer zone against irregular migration has fallen short, with 147 people in total showing ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday night stressed that his government will not give into new demands that will affect the financial stability of the island for the sake of popularity ...

The health ministry on Friday called on the public to start using antibiotics with more prudence in order to avoid developing a resistance to their beneficial effects. According to a ...

A meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is a continuation of the government’s effort to create the conditions for the resumption of dialogue on the ...

Ukraine’s outspoken former ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, has been appointed to the post of deputy foreign minister, a senior official said on Friday. Taras Melnychuk, the government’s ...

Measures to overcome immigration issues, given the significant number of Indian nationals illegally residing in Cyprus, were discussed by the Interior Minister Nicos Nouris with India’s Deputy Interior Minister ...

Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have agreed on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from captured territories in east ...

France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost ...

Lebanon’s most senior judge on Friday said meddling by the political leadership in the work of the judiciary had led to a chaotic situation that required a “revolution in ...

Bilateral trade between China and Cyprus in the first nine months of 2022 was worth €651 million and has more than doubled compared with last year with a hike of 54.9 per cent. ...

Larnaca district court on Friday arrested and detained a 26-year-old suspect for conspiracy to commit a felony, conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour, unlawful assembly, rioting, malicious damage, illegal possession of ...

A Turkish quarry company started operations in the mountains of Kantara a few weeks ago, after being given the go-ahead by authorities in the north, according to the newspaper Ozgü...

Demonstrators will gather outside Ledra Palace at 9:30am on Saturday to protest against the difficulties faced by children of Turkish Cypriots from mixed marriages securing Republic of Cyprus citizenship, media ...