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India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned ...

The Nicosia municipality on Friday released an online survey offering people the chance to have their say on the future of old Nicosia. The survey is a brainchild of the ...

Rich Russians who received Cypriot citizenship through the now defunct investment programme are facing an asset freeze under the EU and US sanctions push, as are many others with businesses ...

The rise in energy and grain price levels due to the war in Ukraine, but also the possibility of stagflation are his main concerns Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on ...

Nine unaccompanied minors who left the migrant reception centre earlier this week and were sleeping outdoors were on Friday transferred to 24/7 facilities of Hope for Children (HFC), while a solution ...

One week on from their mauling by arch-rivals Manchester City, Manchester United take on fellow top-four hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday looking to salvage what is left of their season. ...

President Tayyip Erdogan’s wager that Turkey could ride out an inflation and currency shock with low rates and reserves has all but collapsed, after the fallout from the war ...

Tajikistan is the smallest of Central Asia’s ‘stans’: just 142,550 kilometres square. Its roughly nine million residents are also the poorest in the region. Once, the region was prosperous – lying ...

Alix Norman talks to the founder of Cyprus’ longest-running modelling agency, and finds out what it takes to be a model in this ever-changing industry Cyprus’ modelling industry is hardly ...

The met office issued a yellow alert for Friday night, warning of extreme low temperature in the mountains. The warning is in force from 9.00 pm on Friday to 8.00 am on ...

Nicosia District court has fined a third division footballer for offences committed under the law combating the manipulation of sporting events for betting on matches in which he participated. The ...

Women comprise about 25 per cent of the police force, higher than the European average, while greater numbers are now in operational and executive roles, it was announced on Friday in ...

The British government was right to impose sanctions on Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich but the Premier League club’s employees should not have to suffer for it, Liverpool ...

A group of Russians living in Cyprus have called on their compatriots to participate in a meeting on Sunday to condemn the war in Ukraine and demand the withdrawal of ...

The Kremlin said on Friday that the conflict in Ukraine would end when the West took action over Russia’s repeatedly raised concerns about the killing of civilians in eastern ...

Confiscating the assets of companies that have fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine would shatter investor confidence for decades and take Russia back to the calamitous days of the 1917 ...

By Kristin Rodier, Athabasca University Political cartoons and memes have made it clear that if there’s something to agree about on all sides of the political spectrum, it’s ...

They are a staple at most traditional Cypriot coffee shops and these handmade wooden chairs carry a little piece of the island’s crafts history with them. Diodio Handmade artists, ...

Teachers are to be included in the test-to-stay programme as of Monday, with the health ministry on Friday outlining the relevant protocols, which cover teachers in kindergartens, primary and secondary ...

Although Cyprus recorded the largest annual increase in the ratio of government expenditure devoted to health to GDP among EU states in 2020, it still lags behind the EU27 average, according ...

By Sarah Marshall A blinding-white plateau marbled with rust-red rivers and fringed by volcanoes pointier than a newly sharpened pencil, Laguna Tebenquiche could easily pass for the beginning of time. ...

For the seventh consecutive year, Cyprus is taking part in the Worldwide Endomarch – an information campaign aiming to spread awareness about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis, Cyprus News ...

The Karaiskakio Foundation makes Cyprus proud, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said during a visit there speaking about its bone marrow donor record which is, per capita, the largest in the ...

A man’s two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for causing intentional bodily harm after he shot a woman twice with a hunting gun has been reviewed and raised to seven years, it ...