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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will begin initial talks to form a new government on Thursday, after a national election dominated by the coronavirus pandemic in which his conservative VVD ...

A driver was arrested on Wednesday evening speeding on the highway at almost twice the limit. The 26-year-old man was stopped on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway a little after 8pm as ...

As part of the academic cooperation between the two countries, the Embassy of Israel in Cyprus is offering scholarships to Cypriot citizens to study in Israel for the academic year 2021...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) is ready to move into a new energy era with the use of natural gas and renewable energy sources (RES), chairman of the board Michalis Komodromos ...

Four people were killed and nine wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday, while nine Afghan security force members died in ...

Police booked 145 individuals, among them two business owners, for violating restrictive measures on Wednesday. One of the business owners will be prosecuted for opening a restaurant without an open space ...

With many high-earning employees not expected back in the office full-time, the ‘home nesting’ that became a feature of the pandemic is set to continue – leading to sustained higher spending ...

The majority of people who have had COVID-19 are protected from getting it again for at least six months, a study published on Wednesday showed, but older people are more ...

A top Turkish prosecutor filed a case with the constitutional court on Wednesday demanding the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in the culmination of a years-long clampdown ...

The euro eased to $1.19655, but was hovering close to its one-week high of $1.19900 after rallying 0.6% on Wednesday. The British pound traded at $1.3946, having gained about 0.5 per cent overnight against the ...

Britain proposed weakening the market grip of “Big Four” auditors on Thursday and making company directors responsible for spotting fraud after the collapses of retailer BHS and builder Carillion. Directors ...

Britons are planning on using a portion of savings accumulated over the last year to go on a £50 billion spending spree when lockdown is lifted, according to a collaborative report ...

Budget airlines Ryanair and EasyJet are both predicting a boom in summer travel this year. But the “jury is still out,” say travel industry analysts at ING. Full recovery for ...

In a decision that could have a bearing on Cyprus, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday that the fact that limesticks were supposedly a traditional ...

Ever since the Makarios presidency, the construction of roads has always been considered a big vote-winner. We cannot say whether it is as effective today as it was in the ‘70...

Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014 as Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri were on target to give coach ...

Holders Bayern Munich cruised through to the Champions League quarter-finals for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons after beating Lazio 2-1 at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday to secure ...

The past year has been a difficult one for all sections of our community. In the business sector, the challenge of dealing with the pandemic has fallen heavily on Human ...

Police fined two women aged 40 and 25, €300 each for participating in the carnival party last Sunday in Limassol. The 40-year-old was identified through a photo posted on social media while the 25...

Interest in cybersex is soaring as the pandemic has left people subject to lockdowns and travel bans and unable to seek intimacy in the usual ways, according to experience designer ...

Larnaca municipality will install a special bin for plastic bottle caps at its temporary green spot so that these can be recycled. Net proceeds will go to support the municipal ...

The collapse of Lebanon’s currency has forced many grocery shops to temporarily shut within the last 24 hours, raising fears that a country reliant on imports could soon face shortages ...

Results from the Cyprus Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday: Second Leg: Olympiakos 1 Ethnikos Achnas 0 Aggregate: 2-1 Nea Salamina 1 AEL 0 Aggregate: 1-2

The health ministry announced 382 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday out of 38,685 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.99 per cent. No deaths were reported, but there are now 218 ...