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Almost one thousand patients have received the anti-Covid pill Molnupiravir in Cyprus, of whom seven per cent required hospitalisation for the virus, a health official said Thursday. Speaking to the ...

Russia and Belarus are edging close to default given the massive sanctions imposed against their economies by the United States and its allies over the war in Ukraine, the World ...

On Friday, March 11, 31 testing units under the control programme of the Ministry of Health, will be operating District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Nicosia (15 units) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 ...

Amid an uptick in Covid infections, an expert advising the government on the pandemic has cautioned against further relaxations. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday and citing data ...

By Maria Demertzis The events that have unfolded since 24 February have solved one dispute: inflation is no longer temporary. There are four reasons to expect sustained inflationary pressures and one ...

Petrol prices are set to rise further and there’s not much else Cyprus can do, as its taxes on fuel are already near the EU-set minimum limit, an industry ...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia’s economy was experiencing a shock and that measures were being taken to soften the impact of what it described as an “absolutely ...

By Sarah Coyne Due to world events, we have all been eating out a lot less than usual. This, in turn, has meant that some world cuisines have been missing ...

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Thursday downgraded RCB Bank’s long-term issuer rating from BB- to B+ and placed the bank on negative watch, citing the lack of ...

After a Covid-related hiatus, British Film Days return this year in legendary fashion, honouring the late and great Sean Connery, for many, the ultimate Bond, with three of his most ...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said no progress was made on achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine in talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday, the first high-level talks ...

There will be tough talk with state health services organisation Okypy for delaying the order of 15 new blood dialysis machines at the Famagusta General hospital, said minister Michalis Hadjipantelas following ...

Poed, the primary school teachers’ union, will be writing to the health ministry asking for clarifications on the “test to stay” programme and suggesting changes to protocols at schools, union ...

The House watchdog committee erupted into a shouting match on Thursday as the rolling scandal over abuses within Gesy continued, with one person being expelled from the meeting as police ...

Lamb Korma is one of the most popular Indian take-out dishes. However, you can make a better Lamb Korma curry from the comfort of your own kitchen using easy to ...

Pupils and students across the island will come out with their well pressed uniforms and SafePass in pocket on March 25, as school parades make a comeback for the first time ...

The pain in Stefanos Tsitsipas’ elbow was so bad last year that he considered walking away from tennis altogether but after successful surgery, he said he is now ready to ...

The possibility of a serious accident following the power outage at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is extremely remote, according to the Risk Assessment Professor at the European ...

A US tribunal overseeing patent disputes ruled on Monday that patents on the breakthrough gene-editing technology known as CRISPR belong to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The ...

Police on Thursday urged drivers to be especially careful because of extreme weather conditions on the Limassol-Paphos (Avdimou area) and Nicosia-Limassol (Alambra area) highways. It said there were strong winds ...

Almost exactly five years to the day since Paris St Germain were hit for six and humiliated in Barcelona, it was more pain in Spain for the French champions, as ...

Britain said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska and Dmitri Lebedev after they were added to the country’...

Closer ties need to develop between Brussels and Riyadh, said Interior Minister Nikos Nouris, in the wake of financial repercussions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Strengthening relations between the ...

A 30-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of embezzling €22,820 from a bank account she controlled as the head of a parent’s association of a kindergarten. The treasurer of the ...