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Milk producers and cheese makers signed a much-awaited agreement on PDO-certified halloumi, putting an official end to a longstanding row over Cyprus’ famous cheese. The mutually accepted framework, cobbled together ...

It is not very often that we get to hear vibrant Afro-Brazilian sounds live on the island. In fact, there is only one band in the country that plays the ...

Marathon talks on the introduction of a minimum wage ended without success on Friday, with social partners set to hold fresh meetings next week. Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos, who held ...

An overwhelming majority of people in the north of the island believe that corruption there has increased over the past year, while a staggering 90 per cent of those questioned do ...

President of the HIO board Thomas Antoniou said on Friday the first person he will inform of his resignation is President Nicos Anastasiades. On Thursday Antoniou said he would resign ...

Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion ...

A row over the state’s refusal to sponsor the Cyprus Rally at WRC and ERC level over the next four years escalated on Friday amid allegations of misuse of ...

Global stocks were marginally higher on Friday, eyeing a sixth day of gains as European markets rose, while weak euro zone business activity data hit the euro and weighed on ...

There are British, US and Spanish Virgin Islands. And yes, they’re all named for a virgin – actually, for 11,000 virgins! This little archipelago in the Lesser Antilles was named by ...

A local traditional pasta has been adopted by the EU Commission as a new protected geographical indication (PGI) from Cyprus. ‘Makaronia tis Smilas’ (literally ‘skewered pasta’) or ‘Macaroni tou Sklinitziou’ ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits the best way Darwin Nunez can dispel scrutiny about his price tag is by scoring goals. The Reds boss said the Uruguay international, who joined ...

Over the past few years, Cyprus has been celebrated as one of Europe’s most popular wedding destinations. Whether you permanently live in the country, or are jetting over to ...

Rising majestically, ONE, the tallest residential seafront tower in Europe, commands impressive views of the Limassol coastline, embracing the crystal-clear waters of the Mediterranean Sea. ONE is the ultimate definition ...

A tourist of Chinese origin who visited Ayia Napa last year claims to have been racially targeted and abused by local police, causing him mental health issues. But Famagusta police ...

The first vaccines for monkeypox are expected to arrive in Cyprus on Monday, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. Health authorities will receive some 1,400 jabs, which will help the ...

I hate the word snowflake, as used to describe an overly sensitive, and mostly young, part of society. But it is hard to disagree that the same demographic shares a ...

A 30-year-old Greek Cypriot man, who admitted to torching a patrol car outside Platres police station while drunk, was remanded in police custody for seven days on Friday. The man ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ two closest advisors in the Cyprus problem negotiations, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Nicos Christodoulides, turned on each other during the first televised debate of presidential candidates broadcast by ...

I am here. Can you hear me? is the name of an immersive installation by ONsite project created as part of theYard.Residency.22, which will soon take place in Limassol. ...

Patients on Friday threatened to take measures if the appointment of head of the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) to the board of the HIO, which oversees the running of Gesy, ...

Cyprus took part in the global Interpol operation that in the space of a week seized over three million illicit pharmaceuticals, including covid tests, worth about €10 million. The global trade ...

Throughout summer, enticing events are being planned in specially-designed spaces at the Lidl stores of Ayia Fylaxeos, Mouttayiakas and Roosevelt. The first of these will take place at Lidl’s ...

French oil major TotalEnergies TTEF.PA and shipping giant CMA CGM announced further measures to cut prices on Friday, following government pressure for companies to do more to help consumers ...

Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday its forces had destroyed four U.S.-supplied high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) between July 5-20. “Four launchers and one reloading vehicle ...