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I don’t care what people call their national coffee so long as it tastes like Turkish coffee Apologies to Patroclos for encroaching on coffeeshop territory. I’ve been meaning ...

The health ministry announced there had been no deaths from Covid on Saturday and said there were 134 new positives from 46,046 PCR and rapid tests a positivity rate of 0.29 per cent. ...

Calling all rock music lovers! The unique Paphos venue with its famous Mongolian tents, The Yurts in Cyprus, is organising a rock festival this month. On Saturday four bands will ...

The health ministry announced 48 mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday for eligible groups. These include minors who do not currently have the option to be vaccinated against ...

Lebanon has no centrally generated electricity after fuel shortages forced its two largest power stations to shut down, a government official told Reuters on Saturday. “The Lebanese power network completely ...

To fully reap the benefits of casinos, Cyprus needs an effective mechanism that will ensure safe and responsible gambling, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said on Saturday. The minister’...

The world should urgently provide promised aid to Afghanistan, the U.N. refugee agency said on Saturday, warning that a lack of resources is hampering efforts to avert an economic ...

Lewis Hamilton qualified quickest for the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday but a 10-place grid penalty for the Formula One championship leader meant Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas took pole ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to achieve “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, and did not directly mention the use of force after a week of tensions with the Chinese-claimed ...

The greatest tool for cross-cultural relations, tales and human connections may well be music and that is exactly what a two-year Erasmus+ musical inheritance programme has focused on. Titled Mapping ...

Where do you live? I live in the centre of Nicosia with Christian and our two dogs, Zannax and Moo. What did you have for breakfast? Cold brew coffee and ...

Volunteers on Saturday collected over five kilos of cigarette ends, small plastics and fishing equipment from one kilometre of beach and seabed near Ayia Napa harbour as part of a ...

The neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios children’s hospital is at serious risk of overcrowding because of staff shortages, nurses’ union Pasyno warned on Saturday. In a statement, the ...

Britain’s most energy intensive manufacturers, including producers of steel, glass, ceramics and paper, have warned the government that unless something is done about soaring wholesale gas prices they could ...

Yoshio Kinoshita is living proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks. The 81-year-old rides the ramps at his local skate park in the city of Osaka almost ...

A fire that broke out around noon on Saturday between Tochni and Choirokitia was brought under control a few hours later after burning four hectares of dry brush, wild vegetation ...

Russian authorities said on Saturday that 26 people had died from alcohol poisoning this week after consuming locally-produced spirits in the Orenburg region bordering Kazakhstan. The death toll rose from nine ...

Cyprus on Saturday issued an anti-Navtex following Turkey`s latest announcement that the seismic ship Oruc Reis would be conducting research in the Eastern Mediterranean until December 16. The Cyprus News ...

How many tales and how much heritage can a city hold? A new walking tour organised by the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research and the Home for Cooperation explores ...

A 35-year-old will face Nicosia district court on Monday for speeding while under the influence of alcohol early on Saturday morning. Police stopped the man as he was doing 119 km ...

Jamie Oliver is an absolute machine. The celebrity chef – no longer ‘naked’, but very much clothed and still campaigning for us all to cook (stress-free) from scratch at home – is ...

The European Central Bank must think about the exit from monetary and fiscal support deployed during the coronavirus pandemic even if that displeases governments, three of its policymakers said on ...

Eight businesses were fined a total of €16,750 in the past 24 hours for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Saturday. Two businesses in Nicosia were fined €4,000 each, one ...

A pensioner based in Limassol has put technology through its paces to produce his first CD. Alix Norman meets him In May, David Pentecost turned 81. It’s an age when ...