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Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki in the 2022 summer season. Flights will be via Airbus A320/A321, twice a week, every Tuesday and Sunday, running April 10-October 23, 2022. “...

The transport ministry reminded the public on Friday that it will on Monday start accepting applications for subsidies for the car scrappage scheme and purchase of vehicles with lower emissions. ...

Parliament on Friday approved an opposition proposal to cut VAT on electricity bills from 19 per cent to 9 per cent across the board for an indefinite period. The proposal was passed ...

Barcelona’s Champions League group match away at Bayern Munich next week will be played without fans due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the German state of Bavaria, the ...

Cyprus could be a ‘workshop of fraternity’, Pope says By Jean Christou and Jonathan Shkurko Pope Francis on Friday wished that Cyprus, an island “marked by a painful division” become ...

Which is the most beautiful island in the world? Well, not Cyprus, according to Travel + Leisure magazine! Instead, readers have plumped for Palawan – a little-known isle in the Philippines, which ...

An Italian man turned up at a vaccination centre wearing a fake silicone arm, hoping to fool a nurse into giving him a jab in order to obtain a COVID-19 ...

The health ministry on Friday issued more clarifications, this time specifically about Christmas events, following its decree tightening some measures to limit the spread of coronavirus. From Monday December 6 to ...

Among the 50 migrants that Pope Francis is taking back to Italy with him, are two Cameroonian students stuck in the buffer zone for the past six months as neither the ...

One out of 10 Italians think astronauts never set foot on the moon while 5.8% believe the earth is flat, according to a poll published on Friday, which said conspiracy theories had ...

Simple, quick, and easy recipe for a delicious Spicy Chicken Pasta for the whole family. Delicious spicy chicken pasta is quick and simple to make at home with pantry-friendly ingredients. ...

The cabinet has approved a €5m scheme to subsidise the replacement of energy consuming home appliances by vulnerable groups. The starting date for the submission of applications will be announced ...

Oil prices climbed on Friday after the producer group OPEC+ said it could review its production hike policy at short notice if oil demand collapsed due to a rising number ...

Customs said Friday they have seized 240 cartons of cigarettes wrapped as presents during a routine check at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point. A statement said officers found 48,000 Parliament cigarettes in ...

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Thursday it had scrapped plans to develop the Cambo oilfield in the British North Sea, which became a lightning rod for climate activists ...

It was twenty-two years ago when a Hollywood superstar stood before a shy, floppy-haired bookshop owner and delivered the most romantic film lines: “I’m also just a girl, standing ...

A total of 49 free rapid test sites will operate nationwide for eligible groups on Saturday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been scrapped, while ...

In between the season’s Christmas events, crafty workshops and markets, comes a new exhibition to showcase works by 12 contemporary Cypriot women artists against the backdrop of the Centre for ...

There are no changes at the check points concerning crossings for Greek and Turkish Cypriots, said the Head of the bi-communal Technical Committee for Health, Leonidas Phylaktou. Asked by CNA ...

An England win in the Euro 2020 final could have led to 6,000 ticketless individuals storming Wembley with “horrific” consequences, an independent review has found. The review of the chaos that unfolded ...

Sterling edged lower on Friday as the potential for earlier Federal Reserve interest rate hikes strengthened the dollar overnight, although pandemic uncertainties continued to weigh on the broader forex market. ...

Germany’s BioNTech should be able to adapt its coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant, its CEO Ugur Sahin told the Reuters Next ...

Chinese tech group Baidu Inc and self-driving startup Pony.ai have won approval to launch paid driverless robotaxi services that will see the firms deploy not more than 100 vehicles in ...

Turkey’s annual inflation jumped more than expected to a three-year high of 21.31 per cent in November, data showed on Friday, further exposing the risks of recent aggressive rate cuts ...