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Electricity production from natural gas can be expected during the first half of 2023, the chairman of the public natural gas company said Tuesday. Symeon Kassianides said no extra cost to ...

No deaths from Covid were recorded in the past 24 hours, as 266 new infections were detected after 57,173 tests, a positivity rate of 0.47 per cent, the health ministry said Tuesday. Seventy-one people ...

It’s been five years since the Pharos Arts Foundation collaborated with the Embassy of Austria to bring phenomenal young Viennese violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian to Cyprus. This November, the prize-winning ...

The responsibility to abide by CovScan rules should fall exclusively on the public, not businesses, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) ...

Police seized two kilos of cannabis and arrested a 36-year-old man on Tuesday after a car chase in rural Larnaca. According to drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos, the man, who ...

Russia said last week’s nationwide workplace shutdown had helped turn the tide of surging COVID-19 cases, even as officials on Tuesday reported the largest one-day death toll of the ...

China’s military said on Tuesday it conducted a combat readiness patrol in the direction of the Taiwan Strait, after its defence ministry condemned a visit to Taiwan by a ...

Cypriot women make 10.4 per cent less than men, meaning they need to work more days a year for the same salary, gender equality commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said on Tuesday. “For 2021, ...

The bicycle purchase portal reopens on Wednesday for conventional bikes, having on Tuesday pre-approved 25 applications for the purchase of bicycles for the disabled from 183 people who registered. The transport ministry ...

The Edek party has released information that it says raises serious questions about former health minister Giorgos Pamboridis, particularly how his personal financial interests influence his opinions on the national ...

A service to mark Remembrance Day will be held in Paphos on Sunday at Peyia municipality car park, and the public is invited to attend. The service, organised by Alan ...

Five Germany players have been asked to quarantine after one of them tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of this week’s World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein, the German Football Association (...

Antiquities department staff will hold a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest plans which could see the division of responsibility on cultural heritage to the two constituent states in ...

By Stefica Nicol Bikes Tuvalu is looking at legal ways to keep its ownership of its maritime zones and recognition as a state even if the Pacific island nation is ...

As the official importer and distributor of the legendary Porsche cars in Cyprus, A.I. Motokinisi Ltd recently presented the updated version of the popular Porsche Macan SUV. The presentation ...

By Alister Doyle An overarching goal for the COP26 UN summit of “keeping alive” a 1.5-degree Celsius limit on global warming is in jeopardy, with deep splits about what would ...

The Met service has issued a warning for gale force winds on Wednesday, which are expected to affect the eastern part of the island. The warning concerns the hours between 9...

Committed as it is to environmental sustainability, the Bank of Cyprus is contributing substantially to the reduction of energy consumption by providing consumers with an environmentally-friendly loan to renovate a ...

A 26-year-old woman who had initially reported an ambulance employee for pretending to be a doctor and issuing a fake coronavirus vaccination certificate for her will also appear in court, ...

By Katie Wright Movember is back, the month where guys (or gals) are encouraged to let their facial fuzz bloom to raise money and awareness of men’s health issues – ...

Georgia looks forward to Cyprus’ support for its European aspirations and recognises that it can learn from Cyprus, which followed the same path until it joined the bloc, President Salome ...

Neapolis University Paphos became a full member of the European University Association (EUA) from October. The collaboration “confirms the quality characteristics of operation and provision of the academic work of ...

Four astronauts safely returned on Monday from a record six-month NASA science mission aboard the International Space Station, splashing down with their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in the Gulf of ...

A total of 23 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...