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The frame drum is the world’s oldest known instrument, say organisers of an upcoming workshops series, “extensively played by women throughout the Eastern Mediterranean for thousands of years. Archaeological ...

Only public transport, delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, and shop owners and residents will be able to drive down Makarios Avenue in Nicosia as of October 20, as had been the original ...

The year 2022 was an exciting year for the ministry of education of Cyprus. It ushered in concrete steps aimed at enhancing innovation in teaching methods. The educators and the students ...

President Vladimir Putin turned 70 on Friday amid fawning congratulations from subordinates and a plea from Orthodox Patriarch Kirill for all to pray for the health of the longest-serving paramount leader ...

Jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. “The Norwegian ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 29-year-old suspected of importing and dealing drugs, they announced on Friday. Members of the drug squad Ykan found the suspect after receiving testimony against him. ...

A genuine effort by the new British government to settle a long-running post-Brexit trade row over Northern Ireland has created a “flicker of optimism” as talks resume with the European ...

Crying and clutching toys, traumatised relatives gathered at a child day care centre in Thailand where a day earlier a former policeman had slain 34 people, most of them children, in ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Britain is not asking people to use less energy, climate minister Graham Stuart said on Friday, despite a warning from the National Grid that homes and businesses could face three-hour ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggesting NATO should launch preventive strikes on Russia confirmed the need for what it calls ...

The UN confirmed on Friday it has received a request from the Turkish Cypriot side for its peace keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to reach an agreement with the breakaway ...

By Maria Demertzis The aftermath of the announcement of an end-September tax-cutting plan in a bid to jump-start growth in the United Kingdom was reminiscent of the financial crisis in ...

Hot water should never be a luxury, and Sophia Foundation for Children has been taking action on this front in Kenya’s villages for many years, backed by Hellenic Bank’...

Failing to take basic security measures to prevent vehicle theft constitutes an offence, police said on Friday after a 34-year-old man reported his car was stolen while he left it ...

A frustrated Max Verstappen failed to clinch his second successive Formula One title in Singapore last weekend but the Red Bull driver has a much stronger chance of getting the ...

Five people died from coronavirus between September 30 and October 6 while another 2,789 new infections were detected, the health ministry announced on Friday. The deaths concerned three men and two women aged ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said striker Eddie Nketiah has made terrific progress over the last couple of years but there is still room for improvement. Nketiah put Arsenal ahead in ...

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday told Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan the Cyprus problem needs to be solved and efforts made to revive stalled peace talks. The ...

A high-level meeting titled Covid-19: The Way Forward after the Pandemic takes place in Limassol on Friday, aiming at the exchange of views and experiences among those in charge of ...

A documentary gala screening will take place at Goethe-Institut on October 14 as Asi Production presents its latest project. Olivia is an English-language film directed by Mine Balman that shares the ...

Famagusta district court on Friday approved a seven-day remand for a 26-year-old man arrested in connection with the illegal transportation of migrants. According to police, he is allegedly the operator ...

A 55-year-old man was arrested for arson on Friday morning. According to a police statement the car, which belonged to a 37-year-old man, was set on fire in the early ...

The alarming increase in the migratory flow into Europe will be the focus of the Med5 summit in Paphos on Friday, which brings together the interior ministers of Italy, Spain, ...