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By Maria Demertzis The world’s priority is to end the war. However, when a permanent member of the UN Security Council invades a country, there is more at stake ...

Smart traffic lights are to be installed at 125 locations in Nicosia and Limassol as part of a smart traffic management system, Transport Minister Yiannos Karousos said on Friday. He told ...

For what seems like the umpteenth time, the European Commission has called on Cyprus yet again to take measures to protect its Natura 2000 sites and to respect its obligations under ...

Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russian forces’ siege of Mariupol, with fighting raging around the city’s Illich steel works and port, as the capital Kyiv ...

Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the group of Islamist militants that killed 130 people in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris in 2015, apologised ...

Work on a new Limassol-Saittas highway and the construction of a new Limassol football stadium are proceeding on schedule, Transport Minister Yiannos Karousos said on Friday after a visit to ...

Yemenis welcomed a nationwide UN-brokered ceasefire due to come into effect on Saturday evening as a glimmer of hope in a country ravaged by a seven-year conflict that has forced ...

The ministry of health has urgently appealed for blood donors stating that the large number of cases and contacts has reduced blood donations, with the result that blood banks are ...

South Africans were searching for survivors on Friday of floods that killed almost 400 people, according to the latest tally, washing away homes and roads and leaving thousands without shelter, water ...

Cyprus and Lebanon are ready to cooperate and exploit undersea gas fields between the two countries, according to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, who was on an official visit ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela and his Greek counterpart Thanos Plevris on Friday signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at further deepening the cooperation between the two ministries and ...

The 20th Cyprus Film Days concludes on Saturday at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol with a dazzling ceremony befitting of the celebratory occasion. The festival culminates with the screening of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades instructed the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Friday to introduce effective mechanisms to prevent abuses of the general health system that pushes up costs and undermine the ...

The situation in Shanghai is extreme, local epidemiologist and state Covid-19 adviser Michalis Voniatis said on Friday, referring to shocking scenes emerging from China’s strict ‘zero-Covid’ lockdowns. The draconian ...

We always talk of the tango. Yes, it’s the world’s sexiest dance, born in the brothels of Buenos Aires, and once banned by the church. But did you ...

The Big Potato in Xylophagou has been decorated for Easter and the village’s community leader has vowed that a competition will decide the theme for the controversial monument for ...

Saturday’s free rapid testing sites for eligible individuals are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lefkosia (23 units) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 94056785 Agios Georgios Church, Latsia 9 ...

The threat of Russia potentially using tactical or low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine cannot be taken lightly, but the CIA has not seen a lot of practical evidence reinforcing that ...

A consortium led by Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family has pulled out of the running to buy Premier League club Chelsea, the family said on Friday, leaving three bidders ...

By Jodi McAlister and and Kate Cuthbert, The first season of steamy romance series, Bridgerton achieved immense popularity – it is Netflix’s second-most watched television series of all time, beaten ...

Russia has warned the United States that there will be “unpredictable consequences” if Washington keeps arming Ukraine, The Washington Post reported on Friday. “We call on the United States and ...

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is an acronym that stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. Non-economic elements are increasingly being used by investors in their research to uncover major dangers ...

Police on Friday warned of an online pyramid scheme luring in victims who are then pushed to draw in more people. Authorities cautioned that members of the public are being ...

Soaring world energy costs are piling pressure on Turkey’s state energy importer BOTAS to further hike prices as it falls deeper into the red, even as manufacturers complain that ...