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Overcrowding is forcing Paphos schools to share facilities and new schools need to be built urgently, district president of the teacher’s union (Oelmek) Giorgos Yiallouris said on Saturday. He ...

Sixty-three free rapid testing sites will operating for eligible groups on Sunday District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lemesos (15 units) My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” ...

Paintings rescued from Famagusta’s old municipal gallery in the north at the initiative of the bicommunal committee on culture have found a new temporary home in Ayia Napa and ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will fly to Brussels on Sunday to participate in the EU’s foreign ministers meeting scheduled for Monday. It will be his first since being appointed ...

China’s capital Beijing urged all its local districts on Saturday to maintain “full emergency mode” as the city continued to report new local coronavirus cases, less than two weeks ...

Winds as strong as force 8 on the Beaufort scale are expected to hit parts of the coast on Sunday, the met office has warned as it issued a yellow wind ...

The time for a Fashion Revolution is long overdue. While big fashion brands are still thriving, the slow fashion movement is encouraging buyers to switch gears. Ditching big names, shopping ...

Brazilian soccer great Pele was discharged from hospital on Thursday after undergoing two days of treatment for cancer, the Sao Paulo clinic that treated him said. Pele, who had a ...

Cyprus police fined 28 individuals and 15 businesses over the 24 hours until Saturday morning for violating anti-Covid measures. A total of 2,124 checks were carried out island-wide. The highest fine, €4,000, was handed out ...

By Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon Tongans queued for limited money services that were restored in the Pacific island’s capital on Saturday, as the clean-up continued a week after ...

A British Conservative lawmaker said he would meet police to discuss his accusations that Boris Johnson’s government had attempted to “blackmail” parliamentarians who were suspected of trying to force ...

The Cyprus Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Friday slammed the managing companies at Limassol port, which, according to reports, are prepared to increase charges that will burden businesses ...

When Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte was asked what he was hoping for in the January transfer window he said his first priority was maximising the squad he inherited after ...

A Larnaca-based company is producing plant-based meat replacements currently available at a handful of restaurants although the range is about to spread. Alix Norman gets a taste for something a ...

The health minister Michalis Hadjipantelas will return to the House health committee in a couple of weeks with amendments and changes made to the bill on Dangerous and Infectious Diseases. ...

Property prices in Cyprus rose during the third quarter of 2021, a report by the Central Bank of Cyprus released on Friday revealed. According to the central bank’s quarterly report ...

The annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rate in December 2021 reached 4.8 per cent, primarily fueled by rising energy prices, equaling the respective level of October 2008. According to data released ...

The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a crisis that has ...

Highlights of the sixth day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday, all times local (GMT +11): 1605 SABALENKA SURVIVES VONDROUSOVA TEST World number two Aryna Sabalenka found her range ...

Stay-at-home market darling Netflix slumped on Friday, joining a broad decline in the market value of other pandemic favourites this week as investors priced in expectations for a return to ...

Russia’s central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability, citizens’ wellbeing and its monetary policy sovereignty. The ...

By Achilleas Demetriades Recent events have raised concerns as to the government’s ability to handle the serious issues the country is facing. Efforts to cover up the huge responsibilies ...

The tax department and the post office warned the public on Friday about fraudulent messages claiming to have been sent by the authorities. The tax department warned of a text ...

Limassol police reported nearly 500 traffic offences in just 12 hours on Friday as officers stepped up efforts to make the roads safer. According to an announcement, from 6.00 am to 6.00 pm on ...