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Larnaca is a step closer to getting the island’s biggest development project as an environmental impact study greenlighted the proposed €1.2bn port and marina. Planned to host cruise ships ...

Pafilia, a major developer, was on Tuesday fined €13,000 by the labour inspection office after a fatal work-place injury was blamed on a lack of measures being in place. Details of ...

Cyprus plans to spend €461.9m on the agricultural sector over the five-year period of 2023-2027, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday after cabinet approved the country’s strategic plan ...

Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement on Tuesday while U.S. President Joe Biden called on military medics to support hospitals and fight the Omicron variant sweeping the ...

The interior ministry on Tuesday defended government authorisation for a 10-storey building on Nicosia’s Kinyras avenue as Akel and the Greens scolded the government, citing objections from experts. The ...

Portugal on Tuesday ordered nightclubs and bars to close and told people to work from home for at least two weeks starting on Saturday to control the spread of COVID-19 ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were recorded on Tuesday but 806 new infections were reported, the health ministry said as 176 people are in hospital receiving treatment for the virus. Of those in ...

Police have finalised their case against two men, brothers aged 33 and 44, involved in the murder of two Russian women and will face court on Wednesday. The case stems from a ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response ...

Appraisal drilling has begun at the Glaucus-2 site in offshore block 10 of the island’s exclusive economic zone, the ministry of energy said Tuesday. The exploration licence is held by ...

Over the past five weeks, the highest number of coronavirus positives by age group belonged to the 6-17 bracket, the majority of all positives were tracked in the Nicosia district, ...

Chelsea must “find solutions” on the pitch despite not having a full-strength squad, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Tuesday, as the London side face the busy year-end fixture period short ...

Condolences poured in from both sides of the divide for the death on Tuesday of the co-conductor of the Bicommunal Choir for Peace Lena Melanidou. “We lost our conductor Lena ...

A new wing will operate at the Eden Resort rehabilitation centre in Tersephanou for post-Covid patients, making Cyprus only the second EU country after Germany where such services are offered ...

Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders said on Tuesday that it was “absurd” that Liverpool have to play two games in four days given the number of COVID-19 cases and injuries ...

Turkish Cypriots announced on Tuesday they have detected two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the north. The two individuals did not have any travel history. They were ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference on Jan. 6, one year after the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol which the Republican ex-president ...

Authorities will implement a 90-day rule for British nationals living in the north of the island as of January 1, 2022, the British High Commission said on Tuesday. In a statement released ...

Britain announced on Tuesday 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) of extra support for businesses hit hardest by the wave of Omicron variant coronavirus cases, which is hammering the country’s hospitality sector ...

By Katie Wright To quote Phoebe Waller-Bridge in season two of the incomparable Fleabag: “Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t so we could actually think about something else ...

Weekly tests, delayed reopening of schools and halving of the period for the recovery certificate are among measures announced on Tuesday afternoon by the health ministry to slow the spread ...

Turkey’s lira rocketed back from record lows in volatile trading on Tuesday after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan proposed measures to protect local currency savings against such swings. Erdogan introduced ...

Qatar Airways said on Monday it had started proceedings in a UK court against planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) in a bid to resolve a dispute over skin flaws on A350 ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites, 23 in total, for eligible groups for Wednesday. Eligible for a free rapid test are minors (5-17) who do not have consent from ...