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Admissions at the Famagusta referral hospital for Covid patients has dropped to 36 per cent of bed capacity, Amalia Hadjiyianni, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday. Speaking to the ...

The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total ...

Music is not only the word, but almost a magical force for one musician on the island. THEO PANAYIDES meets a restless soul who finds solidarity in jamming We open ...

Cyprus Post said on Wednesday it had suspended all post to Nigeria. “Due to the impossibility of finding air carrier for the transport of mail, the acceptance of mail of ...

Crowds seeking to flee Afghanistan gathered on its borders while long queues formed at banks on Wednesday, as an administrative vacuum after the Taliban’s takeover left foreign donors unsure ...

Two more men aged 21 were arrested at Paphos airport for attempting to fly out of Cyprus using forged or stolen travel documents, police said on Wednesday. One of the two ...

A total of 78.6 per cent of the adult population has received the first dose of an anti-coronavirus jab, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, falling short of its target of ...

The National Council was meeting Wednesday morning discuss the latest developments on the Cyprus problem, ahead of the president’s trip to New York later this month where he will ...

Bank of Cyprus announced on Wednesday delivery of a robust performance in the first half of 2021: Revenue and profit is up, new lending has jumped to €894 million, and 96 per cent ...

A Chinese-made face mask circulating in the European market does not comply with the personal protection measures regulation and could increase risk of infection, the labour inspection department said on ...

Three businesses were fined a total of €2,000 for violating coronavirus measures after 3,028 nationwide checks in the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday. The businesses concerned a cafeteria in Nicosia that ...

Convertible mutual funds play an important role in financial markets having the total number of open-end funds worldwide increase by 40% from 2011 to 2020. Almost half of these funds are located in ...

Police on Wednesday morning closed a section of the Nicosia to Limassol motorway after a truck breakdown. The highway closed at 9am and re-opened an hour later.

The positive impact of an eminent silent auction on a nonprofit organization is beyond doubt. Silent auctions provide a tremendous revenue boom to your fundraising as well as act as ...

Australian authorities on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne for another three weeks, as they shift their focus to rapid vaccination drives and move away from a suppression strategy ...

A 24-year-old man has died, while a 30-year-old woman has been hospitalised in serious condition after they were involved in a motorcycle accident in Famagusta, police said early on Wednesday. ...

Liability of company directors for VAT debts turned upside down By Nicolas Tsardellis and Angelos Antonellos Under article 46(12) of the VAT Act 2000 (95(I)/2000), where a Criminal Court finds that a ...

Facing sharp criticism over the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said it was the best available option to end both the United States’ longest war and ...

South Louisiana braced for a month without electricity and reliable water supplies in the wake of Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. ...

Experts fear that Lebanon’s social stability will further deteriorate and violence increase in the near future in light of the shortage of basic commodities in the country and the ...

Novak Djokovic took a first unsteady step toward completing the calendar-year Grand Slam on Tuesday as the Serb laboured into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6...

Latest news and highlights from Europe’s top football leagues on transfer deadline day (times GMT): 0130 BARCELONA SIGN DE JONG ON LOAN FROM SEVILLA Dutch forward Luuk de Jong has ...

By Pavlos Loizou, Managing Director, WiRE-FS Demographic and social changes are impacting the international housing market, and of course that of Cyprus. In the US, large companies and high-net-worth individuals ...

A study by the European statistical service (Eurostat) has shown that 71 per cent of Cypriots have a generally favourable view of the quality of life in Cyprus. The study takes ...