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71 community councils have been exempted from contributing to the construction cost of various small-scale projects amounting to €5.2 million in total. The councils’ contributions will instead be sourced from savings made ...

Lured by the promise of yields approaching 12 per cent, gifts such as Dyson air purifiers and Gucci bags, and the guarantee of China’s top-selling developer, tens of thousands of ...

The ancient art of falconry has a part to play in modern conservation By Constantinos Antoniou Who can imagine our island as a Mediterranean wildlife oasis where nobles, knights and ...

The Consumers Association felt duty-bound to embrace the fashionable cause of the last few weeks – protesting about high electricity rates and demanding the state subsidise household bills. The 10 per cent ...

Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez scored twice as the holders moved into the League Cup fourth round with a 6-1 home win over League One (third tier) Wycombe Wanderers on ...

A small aircraft that has been in Cyprus since 2019 and is currently parked at Paphos airport is being guarded until UN experts arrive to inspect a possible connection with arms ...

A passenger took two people hostage on a bus on a southern German motorway on Tuesday, a police spokesperson said, adding that it was unclear whether the person was armed. ...

Covid-19 antibody tests provide “useful information” but cannot be solely relied upon to show a person has built immunity against the virus, experts reiterated on Tuesday as their use is ...

People on remand and defendants receiving custodial sentences will be temporarily held at police stations after several coronavirus infections were detected in the central prisons, police there confirmed on Tuesday. ...

By Yannis Floulis Greece on Tuesday tested a drone to deliver medicines to isolated places in an environmentally friendly way, sending the unmanned vehicle to a 200-person village. The red ...

President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States would commit $10 billion toward ending hunger in his country and around the world. Nearly one ...

The government has finished examining all pending applications filed under the – now defunct – citizenship-by-investment programme, and has duly briefed the European Union, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. The ...

No deaths from coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday, while 117 new cases were found. The total death toll remains at 548. Meanwhile, 94 patients are in hospital being treated for Covid, of which 39 ...

By Borja Suarez and Marco Trujillo Families rushed to retrieve belongings from their homes and escape the advancing lava on Tuesday, as sirens sounded and helicopters flew overhead in air ...

Around 300 protesters stormed Namibia’s parliament on Tuesday, as the National Assembly was due to vote on a $1 billion compensation offer from Germany to atone for its 1904-1908 genocide against ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will take a revenue hit of around €24 million following a decision to offer a 10 per discount on utility bills over the next four months, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday waved off demands made a day earlier for a Syrian asylum seeker to be reunited with her family, saying it might open the floodgates ...

Small shops bemoaning the limited money to be made from cigarettes indicates there is a fixed price, but a spokesman for the industry said on Tuesday this is not true. “...

By Michelle Nichols and Valerie Volcovici UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged leaders of the world’s major economies including the United States to deliver on their commitments toward a $100 ...

In this video, Grand Luxury Hotels co-founders and brothers, Ivan and Rouslan Lartisien, head to the One&Only Palmilla, a resort anchoring Mexico firmly in the world of premium ...

By Kiriaki Demetriou The private sector is set to lead the roll out of green hydrogen by investing in its production so that it can be used in the sectors ...

As part of the World Clean-up day on September 18, six volunteers from Freedom Divers Cyprus in Anarita Paphos spent two hours on Sunday trying to contribute by organising a beach ...

Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94% in the United States against moderate to ...

Cryptocurrency investment products and funds saw inflows for a fifth consecutive week as market sentiment on the sector continued to improve, data from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on Monday. ...