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President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday discussed developments on the Cyprus problem and the latest UN reports on Unficyp and the Good Offices mission in Cyprus with the UN’s special ...

From crabs to macaques, surgical face masks and rubber gloves used to safeguard health in the midst of the spread of Covid-19, are now posing a grave threat to wildlife ...

Syria said Israel bombed Iranian-backed militia bases near the Iraqi border in the early hours of Wednesday, in a raid which military defectors and Western intelligence sources said was one ...

The cabinet on Wednesday rubberstamped rent relief measures for businesses stricken by the Covid crisis, which include a 70 per cent temporary discount for two months if the landlords are private ...

Constructed in 1889, Athens’ National Archaeological Museum is one of the best of its kind, home to famous and unique artefacts and sculptures from various sites across the ancient Greek world. ...

As the U.S. House of Representatives neared a vote on Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, Republican leaders in the Senate weighed whether to launch a trial on Friday ...

Food is no more nor less than fuel for the body. Consume the wrong kind, and there is strain and stress in maintaining this physical ‘vehicle’; consume the right kind, ...

Trust in governments, business chiefs and media is crumbling amid a perceived mishandling by leaders of the coronavirus pandemic and a widespread feeling among ordinary citizens that they are being ...

Paphos has reacted with anger after original wall art painted by a world-renowned Italian street artist, which was part of the town’s Capital of Culture 2017 events, has been destroyed ...

Borgen is a political drama set in Denmark about the meteoric rise to power of the leader (Birgitte Nyborg) of a relatively small and unknown party (of which we have ...

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone made light of the freezing temperatures in his side’s 2-0 win over Sevilla on Tuesday, saying the joy of playing football made his side ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) and the Pancyprian Footballers Association (PASP) released a joint statement on Wednesday calling on the government to allow minor football leagues across the island to ...

The first batch of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 arrived on Tuesday evening in Cyprus, according to the Ministry of Health. It includes 1,200 doses of the Μoderna vaccine. In the ...

The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle by overturning a stay. ...

A drug-drone has stirred the public’s imagination and caught the drug squad Ykan off guard with concerns that new drug smuggling methods are being used. Speaking to CyBC TV ...

Premier League referees will warn captains “the eyes of the world are on us” in a bid to stamp out goal celebrations amid tighter coronavirus restrictions. Match officials will specifically ...

THE WAYS THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I met Dub in a store before Christmas, she on the high-price aisle, me poking through the discount bargains opposite. Her hyacinth ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said their recent upturn in form is down to his players grasping how they can dictate games without “running too much”. City struggled for consistency ...

The tourism strategy for Cyprus in 2021 will mainly focus on digital advertising, the Deputy Minister of Toursim Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, he said that ...

Cabinet on Wednesday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to launch a social dialogue on establishing a national minimum wage when conditions allow. According to deputy government spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas, cabinet ...

Limassol Bishop Athanasios on Wednesday attributed a mix-up over the funeral of a coronavirus-infected deceased person to a misunderstanding by a local priest. The issue arose after a priest at ...

A section of the Limassol to Nicosia motorway near Kornos closed to traffic for an hour at around noon due to a traffic accident involving the collision of two cars. ...

The euro zone economy is still set to rebound this year provided lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic are lifted by the end of March and vaccines distributed, European ...

Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has spent the past three decades battling Italy’s most powerful mob group, the ‘Ndrangheta, renouncing any semblance of a normal life as he seeks to break ...