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The council of ministers came in for strong criticism on Tuesday for not broadening the scope of a neonatal screening programme that checks for likely genetic defects. The Cyprus Alliance ...

Although the rise of crime and economic hardship post-apartheid forced many Greeks and Cypriots to leave South Africa, there are approximately 35,000 left says PAUL LAMBIS Ever since the early Greek ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Rome on Tuesday as part of a two-day visit – where the excellent ties between the two nations was ...

Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) raised its full-year sales guidance after beating forecasts with an 8.1 per cent increase in first-half underlying sales as the maker of Dove soap and Knorr stock ...

An open letter was sent to President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday demanding the revocation of Dr Petros Agathengelou’s controversial appointment to the HIO board, saying the decision could alter ...

The Premier League will be chaired by a woman for the first time when Alison Brittain takes over the role next year, the league said on Tuesday after the clubs ...

A fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon near the village of Mosfiloti was brought under control within two hours, by 4pm, and there were no immediate reports of injuries ...

It’s not all doom and gloom. Even as the crypto sector shivers in the bleak winter, venture capitalists are pouring money into digital currency and blockchain startups at a ...

A Turkish Cypriot journalist on Tuesday said she had been banned from entering Turkey on the basis that she is a threat to the country’s national security. Aysu Basri ...

MPs were on Tuesday shown a presentation on non-visible disabilities, where they heard that many people are not receiving the support needed and many fall through the cracks. Marina Andreou, ...

With a debut Greek single, PAUL LAMBIS meets an English Cypriot musician with her eyes on Eurovision I first met Eleni C during a lunch in Limassol where her flourishing ...

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), established as part of a landmark deal to resume grain exports from Ukraine, has started work in Istanbul, Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday ...

Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as “justice for the people”, brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neighbours. ...

A 31-year-old was on Tuesday imprisoned for three months for illegally working and staying in Cyprus, while two others were found working illegally in Ayia Napa, police said. The prison ...

European Union countries bracing for further cuts in Russian gas supply on Tuesday approved a weakened emergency plan to curb demand, after striking compromise deals to limit reductions for some ...

Eighteen undeclared workers were found and five fines issued by the labour ministry’s inspection department during its June campaign. In the context of combating undeclared work and ensuring compliance ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) improperly let Americans trade digital assets that should have been registered as securities, Bloomberg News ...

Following speculation over the impending resignation of ‘finance minister’ Sunan Atun in the north, it was announced that he officially submitted his resignation at 10am on Tuesday. “We thank him ...

An unprecedented demand for photovoltaic (PV) installations for residences is in evidence, chairman of the Cyprus Association of Renewable Energy Enterprises, Fanos Karantonis said on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, ...

Firefighters reinforced by units from neighbouring Germany battled a wildfire in a Czech national park on Tuesday which has destroyed houses and forced authorities to evacuate villages. The blaze covering ...

The arrival of irregular migrants in Kato Pyrgos is a frequent phenomenon, said the community leader Nikos Kleanthous on Tuesday after 29 migrants arrived in the village. The group of irregular ...

Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key oil and natural gas supplier to the region, cut gas ...

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s highest alert level, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared on Saturday. First identified in monkeys, ...

Spain expects European Union member countries to reach an agreement later Tuesday to cut natural gas use during the winter by less than 15% and on a voluntary basis, Energy Minister ...