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Labour minister Yiannis Panayiotou has made the government’s position on early retirement adjustments clear following a meeting with the social insurance council on Friday. He said the position of ...

African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine war and to renew a deal on the export of ...

Top central banks continued with another round of interest rate hikes this week despite cooling inflation, but have now switched to a more cautious posture about further moves in a ...

Ceremonies have been held across the country to swear in the latest intake of conscripts into the National guard. In Nicosia, a large-scale swearing in ceremony was held at the ...

Private hospitals are threatening to close shop and walk out of Gesy, as disputes with the health insurance organisation (HIO) have reached new heights, it emerged on Friday. Mediterranean Hospital, ...

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) have requested to merge their individual bids into one joint bid to host Euro 2032, UEFA said on Friday. Italy ...

Delivery apps will not go offline during “heatwave outdoor work bans” as the option for take away remains available, but the delivery section will be temporarily restricted. Clarifications began to ...

Where do you live and with whom? Nicosia, with my girlfriend! What did you have for breakfast? Freddo Espresso and a sandwich Describe your perfect day A relaxing day up ...

A group of animal rights activists gathered near the Vatican on Friday dressed in red capes and fake horns to urge Pope Francis to denounce what they see as the ...

Cooperation between the relevant stakeholders will contribute to better regulation of public transport and upgrade the quality of life for locals, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis said on Friday, following the ...

A six-member team of mountaineers from Cyprus has hoisted the Cypriot flag above Mount Kazbek in Georgia. The team, led by Alex Larin and comprised of Anna Miroshnichenko, Andrei Novikov, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday assured to the community leaders of several villages in the Tylliria region that the government intends to set up an inter-ministerial committee to examine developments ...

The value of Cypriot government bonds held in the Eurosystem’s portfolio, through the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) and the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP), has reached €7.12 billion and ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday night in Paphos for possession of burglary tools and knives. At around 10.30pm on Thursday, police officers stopped a vehicle driven by a 42-year-old ...

Police on Paphos arrested a 30-year-old man for his alleged involvement in two forest fires that firefighters had to put out near the village of Fyti on July 21. The fires ...

The narrative about how terrible millennials are has been part of popular culture for the past decade or so, and I’ve always felt like HBO’s Girls, which ran ...

Oil prices were steady on Friday, but on track for a fifth straight week of gains with investors optimistic healthy demand and supply cuts will keep prices buoyant. Risk appetite ...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s unexplained freezeup while speaking in Congress this week is the latest reminder that America’s most powerful political leaders are much older than many ...

President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated Russia’s position that it was ready for negotiations with Ukraine, but that Kyiv was refusing to join them. Putin was responding to comments ...

Refuse collection service workers in Paphos have decided to suspend their 24-hour strike scheduled for next Monday. This decision came after receiving assurances from the mayor of Paphos Phaedonas Phaedonos ...

Lauren James scored a wonder strike in her first Women’s World Cup start to lead England to a 1-0 Group D victory over Denmark on Friday, all but guaranteeing ...

As August arrives it brings with it a new cultural agenda. The historical centre of Limassol will be all about documentaries and the moving image as the latest edition of ...

Euro bulls are set for an anxious summer ahead as doubts creep in over how far the ostensibly still-hawkish European Central Bank will go with interest rate rises. The euro ...

The Bank of England looks likely to raise rates by a quarter-point to 5.25 per cent on Aug. 3, though economists and markets see a risk of a repeat of June’s ...