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The government on Friday welcomed the House of Representatives’ approval of local government reform legislation that will see the number of municipalities slimmed down to 20, calling it an “imperative necessity” ...

Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed a security arrangement that will allow Israeli airlines to resume a full schedule of flights to Dubai, the Shin Bet security agency said ...

Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey urged Ukrainian travel agencies on Thursday not to work with an association of Turkish agencies over what he called its ‘two-faced’ stance amid Russia’s ...

Leeds United’s newly appointed manager Jesse Marsch said the sports comedy-drama series ‘Ted Lasso’ has not helped shed the stigma around American coaches working in England but the 48-year-old ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison led tributes as Australia mourned the death on Friday of much-loved cricketer Rod Marsh at the age of 74, with messages pouring in from around the world ...

The first weekend of March arrives with plenty of events, fiestas and workshops ready to entertain old and young. On Saturday morning at Ayia Marina Chrysochous in Paphos a unique ...

One in three new coronavirus cases in the last two weeks of February were asymptomatic, the health ministry said on Friday in the latest national report on the Covid outbreak. ...

In today’s episode, the problems Cyprus is facing from the EU ban on Russian flights and the wider implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the island’s ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Three additional deaths from Covid were reported on Friday that relate to deaths from 2021, the ministry of health said. They were found as government scientists reviewed the data, meaning the ...

Australia on Friday listed the entire Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, calling the move a deterrent to political and religious violence and bringing Australia in line with ...

A betting shop owner has been fined €1,500 for allowing a customer into the shop without a SafePass. The fine came as police charged 11 people in the 24 hours leading up to 6...

A 25-year-old has been arrested after he was found in Nicosia with bags of heroin in his possession, police said on Friday. Following reports of suspicious behaviour in the area ...

Russia’s communications watchdog has restricted access to the Russian-language websites of the BBC and Radio Liberty for spreading what it cast as false information about the conflict in Ukraine. ...

A responsible-investing group representing $10 trillion of assets under management and advisement said companies could be right to cut Russian business ties to protest Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but urged ...

Two of Hong Kong’s largest consumer retail chains started rationing some food and drug items on Friday to curb panic buying that has plagued the city over the past ...

Ukrainians working at Western tech companies are banding together to help their besieged homeland, aiming to knock down disinformation websites, encourage Russians to turn against their government, and speed delivery ...

Rising fuel costs, electricity, fruit and vegetables have caused inflation to go up by 6.6 per cent in February, according to data published on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

Unemployment fell to 6.3 per cent of the workforce in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to 8 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2020. According to a labour force survey conducted by ...

By George Pirishis In an effort to contain costs from the rising fuel prices, the government has decided to temporarily reduce the excise tax on petrol and diesel by 7 cents ...

Nicosia has topped the Financial Times supplement FDI Intelligence’s rankings for human capital and lifestyle in small European cities for the fourth consecutive year, the Nicosia Chamber of Commerce ...

The council of ministers decided on Thursday to reduce the consumption tax on fuel and forwarded the relevant bill to the legislature for immediate approval. Consumption tax on petrol and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would run for a second term in April’s elections, seeking a mandate to steer the euro zone’s second-largest economy through ...

Sneaker maker Nike and home furnishings firm IKEA shut down stores in Russia on Thursday, as trade restrictions and supply shutdowns added to political pressure for companies to stop business ...