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Fifteen people and three establishment owners were fined after 3,669 checks in the 24 hours until Saturday morning for violations of the Covid-19 measures. In Nicosia 1,777 checks were conducted and two people ...

With mud, slime and challenging obstacles, The Legion Run attracts teams of people who want to push themselves to the limits. This year it is back. Alix Norman finds out ...

By Adria Malcolm and Alexandra Ulmer Alec Baldwin was handed what was described as a safe “cold gun” on the set of his movie “Rust”, but the prop gun contained ...

The European Day of Justice, celebrated every year on October 25, has been chosen by law firm Harris Kyriakides as the starting point for celebrations to mark 45 years of successful operation. ...

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may have breathed a sigh of relief following their chaotic midweek Champions League victory over Atalanta, but his job does not get any easier ...

Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world’s longest string of Covid-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed pubs, bars and ...

By Michael Erman Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giving the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to 5 to 11 year olds ...

Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel (INTC.O) to invest billions of euros in an advanced chipmaking plant in Italy, as Germany emerges as frontrunner ...

Attracting the who’s who of Cyprus’ business, financial and political landscapes, the 12th Limassol Economic Forum brought together renowned speakers from the global scene to explore the impact of ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday that the green transition will not be a painless process, highlighting the financial burdens it will likely incur on some sections of the ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Herodotou said that financial literacy is a key element for a well-functioning economic system and thus a minimum requirement for sustainable ...

South Korea’s BTS has signed a new distribution and marketing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), the world’s biggest music label, dropping Sony Music’s (6758.T) Columbia ...

A ‘pay-as-you-throw’ system, designed to promote recycling and reduce waste, will make Cyprus greener and save people money, Green party MP Charalambos Theopemptou told the Cyprus Mail on Friday. But ...

It should not have come as too much of a surprise that 500 traffic violations were recorded in only two hours during the rollout of the pilot scheme for traffic cameras, ...

Arsenal turned on the style with a confident 3-1 home win over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Friday to extend their unbeaten run to six games. The win ...

MPs on Friday highlighted the standing problems plaguing refugee estates, especially in Limassol, due to lack of proper maintenance. The members of the House committee on refugees visited several refugee ...

Parliaments are crucial in upholding the European values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, House President Annita Demetriou said on Friday while speaking at the European Conference ...

Cyprus has the second lowest hike in electricity costs in the EU and was among the first member states to adopt the 10 per cent reduction measure, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides ...

A European Parliament (EP) resolution specifically naming President Nicos Anastasiades in connection with the Pandora Papers, negative media articles, and the opposition calling for his resignation, all only serve to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday queried whether the EU should continue to pursue its ‘positive agenda’ with Turkey, posing the question to his EU counterparts at the European Council summit ...

British police investigating the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bombing attack arrested a man on Friday on suspicion of a terror offence, Greater Manchester Police said. The 24 year-old man was arrested as ...

Democrats are closing in on a deal on President Joe Biden’s social and climate-change agenda by narrowing their differences over healthcare and other issues, U.S. House of Representatives ...

Health authorities on Friday announced one death and 175 new positives from testing for Covid-19, while the number of hospitalised people amounts to a total of 57. The new death toll now ...

A woman and two men were arrested in the north in connection with the compromising video featuring Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersan Saner, while a new one, involving another politician, ...