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Ten semi-government organisations, including Cyta and the Electricity Authority, have new board members after cabinet approved their appointment on Thursday. The names, and the new board members of five other ...

Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 12- to 17-year olds, paving the way for it to become the second shot ...

Time to quit your job? Portugal’s Algarve region repeatedly tops the list of best places to retire, thanks to its sunny climes, coastal scenery and developed standard of living. ...

Israeli politicians members of the country’s coronavirus cabinet, a high-level ministerial forum tasked with leading the government’s pandemic response, has voted during a parliamentary session to add Cyprus, ...

EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner European Commission’s Stella Kyriakides will pay a visit to Cyprus on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to support national vaccination campaigns to ...

South Africa will have to dust off the cobwebs and put aside disrupted preparations if they are to underline their status as world champions in Saturday’s first test against ...

Eleven residents of a Larnaca care home who tested positive for coronavirus are contacts of a member of the staff there, the health ministry said on Friday. The clarification follows ...

The owner of the discount chains Pepco, Poundland and Dealz, Pepco Group , plans to create about 13,000 net new jobs across Europe over the next three years as it aggressively opens ...

British retail sales resumed their post-lockdown recovery in June after a surprise fall in May, as soccer fans watching the Euro 2020 tournament loaded up on food and drink to enjoy ...

Mixed-race Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a ...

As the Olympics in Tokyo get underway (albeit with no spectators and reduced pomp), 23-year-old hopeful Marios Georgiou is Cyprus’ best hope for a medal in the artistic gymnastic events. ...

Eurozone business activity expanded at its fastest monthly pace in over two decades in July as the loosening of more COVID-19 restrictions gave a boost to services but fears of ...

By Alexia Saleem I don’t normally watch football games, and nor does my husband, but when it comes to really big tournaments, we do enjoy keeping tabs on what ...

Whether you live in Limassol or not, chances are you are familiar with Sousami bar in the old town. The venue is a hot spot for youngsters and young adults, ...

Epic subscribers can now enjoy the unlimited possibilities of Epic 5G with the popular Samsung Galaxy S21 devices which have now been certified on the Epic 5G network. Users of ...

Employees can now file their income tax returns for 2020 through the TaxisNet portal on https://taxisnet.mof.gov.cy, the tax service announced on Friday. The deadline for filing the ...

Most people have heard about bitcoin and even know how to get it, thanks to the relentless campaigns and endorsements by a section of industry leaders. Bitcoin is a digital ...

Cyprus has set a national goal for electric vehicles to account for 25 per cent of new registrations by 2030 as it steps up efforts to reduce emissions. There are currently 201 registered ...

The Embassy of Japan on the island has issued a statement regarding the recently-reported deeply offensive remarks by an individual associated with the Tokyo 2020 Games about the Holocaust. Statement by ...

The Tokyo Olympics opens on Friday with a ceremony reflecting a Games like no other, walking a fine line between celebrating the feats of the world’s best athletes while ...

The majority of elderly patients with coronavirus who are currently hospitalised at Larnaca general hospital are unvaccinated, the facility’s director Dr Adamos Hadjipanayis told the Cyprus News Agency on ...

Cyprus has a lower share of overweight people than the EU average which suggests more than half adult Europeans were considered overweight in 2019, a recent report by Eurostat showed. A ...

Police on Friday said they are looking for two persons suspected of stealing more than €3,000 worth of furniture from a Paphos-based maisonette they had rented. The theft was reported to ...

Eurobank on Friday announced the acquisition of a 9.9 per cent holding (40,800,000 shares) in Hellenic Bank, according to a statement released on Friday. It also announced entering into a share purchase ...