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The health ministry on Thursday announced two more fatalities attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 145 new positives, with an overall positivity rate of 0.25 per cent. The two deaths were a ...

The Greek Orthodox Archbishopric of America is to try το arrange an appointment with President Nicos Anastasiades after the latter called off a meeting with Archbishop Elpidoforos because he attended an ...

Rocking music and a comedy show are arriving at the popular Larnaca venue Savino Live in the next few days. First on Friday, Cyprus band Rust-X will bring their metal/...

Former world number one Andy Murray said he is seeing signs of improvement in his game after reaching his first ATP quarter-final in two years on Wednesday with a comfortable ...

The health ministry on Thursday said it did not have data specifically on deaths considered to be ‘sudden’ – following several media reports of such incidents in recent months. In a ...

After years of start-stop discussions in committee, the House on Thursday passed the legal framework for opening up the electricity market – with the energy minister hailing it as the single ...

Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on ...

Opposition parties appeared unconvinced Thursday that construction of a new museum in Nicosia will go as scheduled, starting in the middle of 2022. House transport committee chairman, Dipa MP Marinos Moushiouttas, ...

Eschewing the laid-back Cali girl style of her earlier years, star songstress Selena Gomez has evolved her look over recent years toward a more high-contrast, all-grown-up vibe. And in this ...

Booster shots will be available for people above 83 at walk-in vaccination centres starting Monday, the health ministry said on Friday. Only mRNA vaccines Pfizer and Moderna will be used for ...

Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze – the third during the day – in the area of Polis Chrysochous, near the village of Prodromi, after the flames at one point ...

Some €130,000 raised by the church to help the communities in Larnaca and Limassol districts stricken by the devastating fire of July 3 will be used for fire prevention projects, Agriculture Minister ...

ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets are organizing for the sixth consecutive year their annual race RUN AS ONE, a series of races forming part of the Hypermarkets’ Corporate Social Responsibility program “Child, Nutrition, ...

The government will pay for the treatment of a Turkish Cypriot baby girl suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday. Following reports that the ...

Central European leaders signed a joint declaration on Thursday saying immigration should not be the answer to the European Union’s declining birth rate, while calling on the bloc to ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

European Central Bank policymakers are bracing for inflation to exceed the bank’s already raised estimates, paving the way for it to end its emergency bond purchases in March, sources ...

The European Commission said on Thursday it was taking legal action against Cyprus and 18 other member states for failing to deliver the benefits of EU digital legislation in the area ...

Russia on Thursday reported 820 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, matching an all-time high set on Aug. 26, and authorities warned that cases were again rising rapidly. Moscow recorded 3,445 new infections ...

The health minister has called for an investigation after an HIV-positive patient said she was refused treatment at a private clinic in Limassol for a head injury last weekend. The ...

Consumers should not panic buy products as Britain is not heading back into a 1970s-style “winter of discontent” of strikes and power shortages, a junior minister said on Thursday. Soaring ...

It might have seemed a long shot a year ago when a company built a digital platform for basketball fans to buy and trade video highlights of NBA games that ...

Paphos district court has issued a final ‘ultimatum’ to ERA Department Store (formerly “Korivos”) in Paphos, to obtain the necessary special permits and licences from Paphos municipality and the relevant ...

By Sarah Coyne Sometimes as a diner our heads can be turned with the opening of a new restaurant. We abandon our old favourites and go running to the latest ...