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Calling all Paphos photographers, an exhibition coming up in April is for you! The Paphos branch of the Cyprus Photographic Society has launched an open call for submissions as it ...

Cypriot citizens who are still in Ukraine were advised to stay at home or in safe shelters until the situation is reassessed to allow their movement, the foreign ministry announced ...

The European Union is planning a third package of sanctions against Moscow, EU officials said on Friday, as Ukraine’s president pleaded with the bloc for faster and more forceful ...

Russia is facing more resistance than Moscow anticipated in its invasion of Ukraine, including in its advance on the capital, Kyiv, and appears to have lost some of its momentum, ...

A total of 65 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus will operate on Saturday for eligible groups, according to the health ministry. Eligible for a free rapid test are people fully ...

The impact of the war in Ukraine on an economy already struggling with rising prices was at the focus of a meeting on Friday between the leaderships of left-wing Akel ...

Russian missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday, families cowered in shelters and authorities told residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend Ukraine’s capital from an assault that the mayor said ...

By Liz Truss Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine exposes Vladimir Putin’s regime for what it is: mendacious, bellicose and calculating. His Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, told ...

Ukrainians of all ages protested in Limassol and Paphos on Friday, as part of a series of anti-war demonstrations in solidarity with Ukraine after Russian troops invaded and attacked the ...

The inaugural educational, environmental mind REset scheme has been completed with great success. Lidl Cyprus’ mind REset programme, implemented in collaboration with Junior Achievement Cyprus and the Ministry of Education, ...

Ukraine’s honorary consul in Paphos Yiannakis Aristodemou is in contact with the embassy in Nicosia to help Ukrainian tourists stranded in countries in the region following Russia’s invasion, ...

Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine is a black page for the democratic world and Cyprus stands by the people of Ukraine, commissioner for the citizen Panayiotis Sentonas said on ...

The booster jab against coronavirus will start being administered to children aged 12 and over who are severely immunosuppressed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The decision to extend the lower ...

Honduras is the original Banana Republic. Coined in 1904 by writer O. Henry, the term initially referred to Honduras’ dependency on its banana exports. Even today, agriculture accounts for close to 20 ...

Barcelona will face Turkish side Galatasaray in the last 16 of the second-tier Europa League, while six-times champions Sevilla will play English Premier League club West Ham United after the draw ...

People in Kyiv were told to make Molotov cocktail petrol bombs on Friday as they hid in makeshift shelters and basements, awaiting a Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital. Missiles ...

Formula One on Friday said it will not race in Russia this season, saying it was “impossible” to do so after the country launched an invasion on neighbouring Ukraine. The ...

Fuel, cash and medical supplies are running low in parts of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, which could drive up to 5 million people to flee abroad, U.N. aid agencies ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that reaction from NATO and Western countries to Russia’s assault on Ukraine had not been decisive, adding he hoped a NATO summit ...

By Roger Crow Game of Thrones went from a cult drama during its launch in 2011 to one of the most talked about shows on the planet, so it’s no ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least seven people and injured dozens more when it struck inland near the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, with tremors also ...

Ukraine, which is locked in a security crisis with Russia, has seen growing investment from China in recent years. China has a strategic interest in Ukraine because of its location, ...

The health ministry on Friday updated its coronavirus statistics to include another seven deaths attributed to Covid-19, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 841. In an announcement, ...

Local NGO City Friends Club has created an Eco Hub for environmentally-oriented teams to join forces. This Saturday, the Club is organising a beach clean up which will act as ...