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In today’s episode, we hear that the WHO is gravely concerned over rising Covid-19 infections in Europe, as Cyprus is also undergoing a noticeable increase. The government has announced ...

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 ...

Paphos police arrested a 28-year-old man late on Thursday for carrying an imitation firearm and causing a public disturbance while inebriated. The arrest took place after police received complaints that ...

Three Nicosia businesses received €16,000 in fines for failing to abide by coronavirus protocols following 1,682 checks in the capital, police said on Friday. The first establishment, which was booked for €8,000, concerned ...

A teenager driver was arrested late on Thursday in Limassol after hitting a pedestrian who is intubated in serious condition at the hospital. The accident occurred around 9pm when the ...

The United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres announced the appointment of Colin Stewart of Canada as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in ...

Royal Caribbean International is expected to continue using Limassol as a home port for some of its cruises in 2022, port management company DP World Limassol said on Thursday. DP World ...

Two suspected drug gang members were shot dead on a beachfront near the Mexican resort of Cancun on Thursday, authorities said, in an apparent gangland slaying a couple of weeks ...

Electricity prices in Cyprus are at an all-time high impacting industry and business. Cyprus Employers and Industries Federation (OEB) has been grappling with the challenges these pose. George Petrou, former ...

The Ministry of Finance said that the recently released data on unemployment ‘confirms that the Cypriot economy has entered a growth phase’. The total number of unemployed people fell sharply ...

A Colombian exporter of long-horned beetles, a popular pet for Japanese children, has created its own cryptocurrency to avoid high commissions on international sales. “It’s an alternative to be ...

Opposition on Thursday called for caution over updating the 1923 law on infectious diseases to avoid restricting basic freedoms, with Akel arguing that lack of proper definitions of some words makes ...

The Council of Ministers on Thursday decided to cut the VAT charged on the electricity bills of ‘vulnerable households’ from 19 to 5 per cent. It was a measure deemed necessary to ...

Antonio Conte got a crash course in what he can expect as Tottenham Hotspur’s new manager after the Italian’s first game in charge ended in a 3-2 home ...

MPs next Thursday will start discussing the thorny issues of the proposed local authority reform after more or less agreeing on the rest of the provisions of three bills. House ...

The U.S. State Department approved its first major arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under U.S. President Joe Biden with the sale of 280 air-to-air missiles valued ...

West Ham United dropped points for the first time in this season’s Europa League as a late own goal by Tomas Soucek in a 2-2 draw at Genk denied ...

Paphos police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man wanted in connection with the theft of a massive consignment of ammunition. Police said the man also had pending against him arrest ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law extending the duration of maternity leave for mothers with two children or more. For the second child, maternity leave has been ...

President Joe Biden will enforce a mandate that workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly starting Jan. 4, spurring legal challenges ...

Coronavirus infections are hitting record levels in many countries across Europe as winter takes hold, prompting a call for action from the World Health Organisation which described the new wave ...

Authorities are investigating the precise circumstances surrounding the death of a 61-year-old construction worker on Thursday. Turkish Cypriot Ahmet Tuncer, 61, was working on the scaffolding on the second floor of ...

Health authorities reported no new fatalities and 252 positives from tests for the coronavirus, while the number of patients in hospital continued to tick up. The death toll remains 575, with the ...

Cyprus signed an agreement Thursday procuring from Israel a modern system to be used for the surveillance of the buffer zone. A defence ministry statement said the agreement was signed ...