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Malta will introduce tighter COVID-19 rules on Wednesday, banning British visitors who are not fully vaccinated in an effort to prevent the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, ...

Overall asylum applications across the EU fell in 2020, but Cyprus is among the member states that received the most applications relative to their population size, the European Asylum Defence Office’...

The Netherlands’ defence minister said on Tuesday that Russian fighter jets armed with air-to-surface missiles had harassed a Dutch navy frigate in the Black Sea earlier this month, conducting mock ...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis said on Tuesday he was very concerned about developments in Varosha and called for immediate action before it is too late. Referring to the issue ...

1605 KERBER STAVES OFF STOJANOVIC CHALLENGE Former champion Angelique Kerber started slowly but drew on her vast experience to beat Wimbledon debutant Nina Stojanovic 6-4 6-3 under the roof on Court ...

Sixth seed Roger Federer survived a massive scare against Adrian Mannarino before advancing to the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday when the Frenchman retired with a knee injury after slipping ...

England reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship with a 2-0 win over rivals Germany after Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane scored second-half goals at Wembley on Tuesday. England took ...

The health ministry announced 332 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday after 49,741 tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent. At the same time, 59 people were being treated in hospital, 20 in serious or ...

Schools across the island will become more digitally advanced, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday announcing that a tender has already been launched to upgrade the technological capabilities of ...

A refrigerator failure in Estonia destroyed more than 68,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines last week after the temperature rose to 15 degrees Celsius, the Health Board said on Tuesday. The alarm ...

The youngest patient in the Famagusta Covid ward is currently aged 20, its scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Tuesday. “The average patient age has fallen to 49 with the youngest being ...

Elam on Tuesday took a swipe at Edek over the socialist party leader’s refusal to convene the House defence committee he is chairing in protest over the far-right party’...

Ready for some jaw-dropping feats of slacklining? Because if you’re inspired by impossible acrobatics off wires slung across yawning drops, then this is the video for you. Slacklining refers ...

Beloved in both Greece and Cyprus, singers Alkistis Protopsalti and Michalis Hadjiyiannis are coming together this summer for a series of concerts in Cyprus. Touring Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos, ...

The best marketing for tourism would be the vaccination of all people working in the industry, showing that Cyprus is a safe country to visit, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said ...

Cabinet will convene on Friday evening to discuss proposals on expediting the vaccination programme and other suggestions on tackling the pandemic, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Tuesday. Both President ...

Authorities on Tuesday evacuated the small community of Akoursos in Paphos after a large fire broke out in the area. The fire, between Akoursos and Peyia, started in rugged terrain ...

In addition to exotic locales, extravagant action sequences and ingenious gadgetry, Bond films are memorable for the unique scoring of their opening credits. In this video, music essayist Barnaby Martin ...

Thin and frail, the two big cats scarcely moved as they lay on the concrete floor of their cage while, nearby, an emaciated Syrian brown bear anxiously paced his enclosure. ...

US oil major Exxon Mobil will resume offshore drilling for natural gas later this year, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides revealed on Tuesday. She said the drilling would take place around ...

The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions of employees made to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect ...

Britain has published a list of the number of free UK carbon permits each aircraft operator will receive from 2021-2025 under the country’s domestic emissions trading system (ETS), the ...

A new initiative will see Larnaca’s beekeepers offer interactive programmes and tours to visitors, the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday. The Honey Road initiative is “a sustainable ...

Lebanon’s government raised fuel prices by more than a third on Tuesday, a move aimed at alleviating crippling shortages but which will mount pressure on impoverished consumers. The government ...