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Efforts to draw international students to state universities in Cyprus attending English language undergraduate courses received the thumbs up from MPs on Wednesday, but tuition fees and ensuring quality controls ...

The United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first ever global plastic pollution treaty on Wednesday, describing it as the most significant environmental deal since the 2015 ...

Greece will lift its requirement of mask-wearing outdoors from Saturday, its health minister said on Wednesday, as COVID-19 infections are trending lower. The advisory committee of infectious disease experts recommended ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced two deaths from coronavirus and another 2,109 infections from 86,525 tests, resulting in a positivity rate of 2.44 per cent. The deaths of two women aged 71 and 85 ...

A proposal to scrap the SafePass for supermarkets, pharmacies, and other low risk outlets is expected to go before cabinet on Thursday as Cyprus moves to ease restrictions amid an ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s comments that Moscow’s nuclear deterrent is on high alert have unleashed a wave of anxiety in Central Europe, with people ...

“It’s been a long winter without our favourite creative nights,” says the Pe Ta: Write it, Bring it, Say it team, “but it’s time for us to be ...

Novak Djokovic split with his long-time coach Marian Vajda at the end of the 2021 season, ending one of tennis’s most enduring and successful partnerships, the Serbian former world number ...

A couple of weeks ago, while we, at Answear, were preparing to present our new collection, we were certain the ‘No Shame’ collection would be about women’s strength and ...

Israel’s president Isaac Herzog took a break from his official programme on Wednesday to visit the home of Disy leader Averof Neophytou, where he received a warm welcome from ...

The chief goal of local government reform should be a better and more efficient functioning of municipal authorities in addressing the needs and expectations of its residents at low cost, ...

The first batch of humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine from Cyprus will be sent on Tuesday, March 8, following arrangements made in consultation with the EU’s civil protection ...

Fully vaccinated individuals will no longer need a negative PCR or rapid test to cross the green line following a review of the epidemiological situation by the bicommunal technical committee ...

The U.N. refugee agency has urged authorities in countries neighbouring Ukraine to open their borders to African citizens fleeing the conflict there amid reports that some were being denied ...

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has called on Russians to stage daily protests against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, depicting President Vladimir Putin as an “obviously insane tsar.” Navalny called ...

MPs discussing regulations on building waste aim to find a formula that will protect the environment and jobs, House environment committee president Charalambos Theopemptou said on Wednesday. He was speaking ...

A flamingo nursed back to health will be released at Akrotiri salt lake on Thursday on the occasion of World Wildlife Day, celebrated annually on March 3 to mark the signing ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the decision to close Cyprus’ airspace to Russian planes after Turkey said it would not impose similar sanctions will have to be carefully evaluated by ...

Orange is the new Black (OITNB) was not just a great show- it was a turning point for mainstream television series. The narrative is based on the experiences of American ...

Thirty-seven free testing sites for eligible groups islandwide District Location Hours Telephone Nicosia (19 sites) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 77774400 Ayios Dometios Municipality (event hall) 9 am – 6 pm 94041843 Ayios Georgios Church, Latsia 9 am – 6 ...

Memes which deliberately cause offence or insult a person may become illegal under a House legal affairs committee proposal, which seeks to change the law and criminalise “offensive or harmful” ...

Paphos police have secured a court order suspending the operation of a business establishment in Polis pending the trial of its owner for gambling, the operation of a casino and ...

Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete as neutrals at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Wednesday, despite calls to ban them following Russia’s ...

LIVE: Russia – Ukraine invasion latest news 15.30: EU bans RT, Sputnik over Ukraine disinformation – Russian state-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik will be banned in the European Union with immediate effect ...