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The breakaway regime in the north has inked a deal for economic and fiscal cooperation with Turkey, the latter pledging to the former some 4.25 billion Turkish lira (€270 million) for this ...

Does President Anastasiades ever tire of repeating the same platitudes about the Cyprus problem whenever he meets a foreign dignitary? For whose benefit are these platitudes uttered? His visitors who ...

If Turkey is genuine about talks to reunify the island, it must first recognise the Republic Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. He was responding to earlier remarks by ...

The late former Nicosia mayor Lellos Demetriades was laid to rest on Thursday, with the political leadership paying their respects to a man who left his mark on the Cypriot ...

The government and Larnaca municipal authorities signed a deal on Thursday by which the latter will lease the premises of the old hospital in the town. Under the lease agreement, ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has pledged to hold fast amid mounting calls for an increase in government handouts, warning that otherwise the public debt may spiral out of control. Appearing ...

Russia said the crew of its Moskva warship were evacuated on Thursday after an explosion of ammunition aboard that Ukraine said was caused by a missile strike, and a US ...

Authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing came up with 1,421 new positives to the virus. The latest fatalities were: a man aged 58 who passed away ...

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned Nato on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the US-led military alliance then Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and ...

Fengaros Music Village welcomes its ninth edition this summer, taking place between July 21 and 26 in the village of Kato Drys in the Larnaca district. Providing arts education through a series ...

By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko Members of the House transport committee on Thursday called on the government to work on regulating the use of personal mobility vehicles in Cyprus, ...

Two days of masterclasses, cocktail trends, street food and trade secrets are set to take over the Cyprus Expo in Nicosia as the first Mediterranean Bar Show arrives. From April 30 ...

A ‘therapy dog’ is providing some sorely needed comfort and entertainment for traumatised Ukrainian children displaced by the war raging in their country. At the Dr. Doc therapy centre in ...

Agriculture Minister Kostas Kadis on Thursday presented the Operational Programme for marine, fisheries and aquaculture for 2021-2027, a paper indicating projects that will be co-financed by the European maritime, fisheries ...

Holder Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals with a 7-5 7-6(1) victory over Laslo Djere on Thursday while fourth seed Casper Ruud was knocked out in straight ...

Scotland’s World Cup play-off semi-final at home to Ukraine has been rescheduled for June 1. The match had been due to take place in March but was postponed due to ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) on Thursday the body should be represented on the board of directors of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), after its president Petros Agathangelou was named ...

Eleven underage, unaccompanied minors are missing, some for up to three years, MPs heard on Thursday as elected officials decried double standards. The report was made available by the deputy ...

With a powerful intervention in the health sector, OPAP Cyprus has renewed and strengthened the fleet of vehicles of the Blood Centre, to cover needs arising from the island-wide management ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow will work to re-direct its energy eastward as European countries try to reduce reliance on Russian exports, adding that Europe will not ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) received a donation of €150,000 from Greece, taking the country’s contribution to a total of €345,000 since 2006. The CMP said that in 2022, these funds would ...

Moldova on Thursday accused Russia’s army of trying to recruit Moldovan citizens, days after British military intelligence said that Moscow was trying to replenish its forces in Ukraine by ...

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (BOCCF), as major coordinator of the research programme Horizon 2020 ‘Redefining the future of cultural heritage, through a disruptive model of sustainability’ (ReInHerit), held the ...

The status of Cyprus’ Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations have improved, the health minister said on Thursday amid reports that the last remaining restrictions could be scrapped from May 1. Asked about ...