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China’s commercial hub of Shanghai will lock down millions of people for mass COVID-19 testing this weekend – just 10 days after lifting its gruelling two-month lockdown – unsettling residents and raising ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus (FoECY) is taking part in an international effort to stop 30 EU-backed gas projects from moving forward. Protestors claim the EU Commission has given these climate-destructive ...

Turkey’s lira has lost nearly a quarter of its value this year as soaring inflation and the central bank’s reluctance to raise interest rates stoke fears of another ...

A Turkish Cypriot is appealing his case against the Republic at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the killing of his father in 1963. The case centres on claims ...

MVPS.net marks its 4th anniversary by launching cloud computing services in Cyprus. Located strategically in a data center in Larnaca, its services are designed to provide excellent connectivity to ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the second time on Thursday and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr took the women’s ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolu will visit the north his weekend with the occupied village of Lapithos reportedly the focus of his trip. According to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kıbrı...

The year 2022 began on a bright one for the global crypto industry, but there have been conflicting views following a series of unprecedented events, such as cryptocurrency’s nonpartisan role ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Local cultural centre and NGO Phaneromenis70 is organising a series of events this June titled Topophilia II for its participation in the first New European Bauhaus festival. Supported by the ...

There were no Covid deaths recorded during the past week, according to the health ministry’s weekly report, released on Friday, while 2,207 tests out of a total of 58,585 came back ...

The Pancyprian exams got underway on Friday morning with 5,200 students sitting the modern Greek paper, with upper secondary schools across the island hosting the examinations. Modern Greek is the only ...

In today’s episode, the Akamas development plan is gearing up to take centre stage amid allegations of backroom deals, electioneering and illegal procedures, while no one can agree anything: ...

Friday and Saturday are set to be sunny and warm, with temperatures slightly above the seasonal average, but a shift is expected by Sunday with rain and storms on the ...

The fashion industry has seen a tumultuous few years, and this has drastically changed the way that consumers interact and engage with fashion. The pandemic, and the rise of social ...

An emotional President Nicos Anastasiades called Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou “the best minister” and a “minister for the poor” during a eulogy he delivered at her funeral on Friday. Her ...

The congressional committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat presented testimony showing that close allies – even his ...

Construction companies and other industry stakeholders continue to be faced with the persisting challenges posed by rising domestic inflation, as well as the adverse effects of global supply chain disruption ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit increased by 22.79 per cent year-on-year in the period January-April 2022, according to preliminary data published on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The deficit amounted to €2.24 billion, ...

Singapore-based private securities platform ADDX said it has become the first financial firm in the city-state to recognise cryptocurrency in their assessment of assets of high-net worth clients. The move ...

Cyprus was rocked by a 4.9 earthquake in the early hours of Friday morning which was felt throughout the island, particularly in Larnaca and Famagusta. The seismological centre said the earthquake ...

The Russian government added 551.4 billion roubles ($9.5 billion) to its emergency reserve fund on Thursday as the Kremlin steps up its stimulus package in a bid to protect the economy from ...

The Akamas development plan is gearing up to take centre stage amid allegations of backroom deals, electioneering and illegal procedures, while no one can agree anything: not even when the ...

The opening of the competitive electricity market has turned into an ongoing joke. The first deadline missed was in July 2014 and it was followed by one in July 2016, July 2019 and ...