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Limassol General has been downgraded to a category 2 hospital, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Friday, an issue which in previous days drew the ire of the state health ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

Big banks in Britain are preparing for any future escalation of Western sanctions on China and have shared their “scenario planning” with the British and US governments, a senior banking ...

Russian investigators detained a lawyer who has worked for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and searched the homes of two others, allies of Navalny said on Friday. They said ...

Oil prices were up on Friday after the US tightened its sanctions programme against Russian crude exports, raising supply concerns in an already tight market, and global inventories are forecast ...

A teacher at a Limassol high school was accused of forcibly cutting a student’s hair, it emerged on Friday. According to reports, the incident happened at the start of ...

Britain’s antitrust regulator on Friday cleared Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) acquisition of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) after the restructured deal addressed its earlier concerns. Activision ...

As Israeli children listened to their teacher over Zoom, the image of a gun-toting man in fatigues appeared on the screen, according to a screenshot shared with Reuters. In another ...

The Animal Party expressed its “disgust and outrage” on Friday after images surfaced of kittens which had been “brutally tortured and killed” in a cemetery in Larnaca. “There can be ...

The island’s ports have been put on full alert on Friday under a plan to evacuate thousands of Israelis and foreign nationals by sea to Cyprus. Initial plans include ...

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The British government issued a rare rebuke on Thursday to the Football Association (FA) for its decision not to light up Wembley Stadium’s arch in blue and white in ...

Scotland coach Steve Clarke said there is no point prolonging the debate about the controversial VAR decision that denied his side a goal in Thursday’s 2-0 defeat by Spain ...

At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants, German police said on Friday. ...

Titled Seeing Through Melancholia: Transcultural Melancholias / Hüzün in the Eastern Mediterranean, a new exhibition will take over the House of Hadjigeorkakis Kornesios this autumn. From October 25 to November 19, ...

In today’s episode, the interior minister informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum. Elsewhere, the House plenum passed a ...

As coffee still reigns supreme as the most popular beverage in Cyprus, our coffee culture has evolved, with Cypriots embracing varieties from distant regions of the world, such as Brazil, ...

A hooded man in Limassol on Friday threatened employees with a gun and tried to set fire to a pizza restaurant. According to a police report, the incident occurred at 4.20...

In an inspiring move towards a brighter future for underprivileged children, LXM Media & Publishing Ltd – aviation media experts and publishing company, and “Hope for Children”, renowned non-profit organisation dedicated ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver There are now no commercial flights between Cyprus and Israel after Cypriot airline TUS Airways became the last to suspend its services between the ...

Cyprus-based Yotam Werzansky-Orland, Esq., CEO of KWO Strategy Ltd., has earned his place among the world’s top 300 innovation and intellectual property (IP) strategists, as recognised by the prestigious annual ...

U.S. law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected on Friday but urged members of the public to ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit for the period of January to August 2023 reached €5.8 billion, compared to €5.2 billion during the same period in 2022, according to a report released this week by the state’...

gazaHuman Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at risk ...