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Free testing of the public for coronavirus continue on Monday with 61 sites around the island. Fifty per cent of those going in to work need to be tested each week, ...

After Akel’s dismal showing in last week’s elections, the consensus is that the party must adapt or die. But it’s by no means certain the party can ...

By Ioanna Achilleos Zavitsanaki The population has once again elected its parliamentary representatives. Democracy has spoken. But does democracy and the role of the citizen end here? The answer is ...

By Zainah El-Haroun Israeli police detained two prominent Palestinian activists on Sunday who have become the face of a campaign to halt Palestinian evictions from a flashpoint East Jerusalem neighbourhood. ...

The quicker the EU is fully involved in negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem the better, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said, it emerged ...

Thirteen Syrian migrants were found on Sunday morning inside a truck from Turkey that had docked at Famagusta port in the north. According to the Kibris Postasi newspaper, the Syrians ...

Areas of Latsia and Yeri were left without power on Sunday afternoon when high winds caused trees to be blown onto power lines. The high winds occurred at lunchtime and ...

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rolled back the years as she reached the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time since 2011 by beating former world number one Victoria Azarenka 5-7 6...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Sunday that Turkey’s provocative actions and aggressive behaviour against Cyprus and Greece create a dangerous climate. Addressing the unveiling ceremony of the bust ...

Virtual Reality’s immersive technologies are allowing those stuck at home to experience the world, in spite of the widespread travel restrictions imposed by Covid-19. But could such VR experiences ...

People must continue to be careful despite the improving epidemiological picture, head of the government’ advisory team Constantinos Tsiooutis reiterated on Sunday. Speaking to CyBC television, Tsioutis said the pandemic ...

A woman killed on Saturday night when she was walking along the highway was identified on Sunday afternoon as a Bulgarian woman, 52, who lives and works on the island, police ...

Hourly pay for managers is over five times more than for elementary workers – the highest ratio in the EU. The much-heralded Cyprus Tomorrow plan must narrow that gap It is ...

Two large events for children were organised by the central prison recently, it announced on Sunday, to mark International Children’s Day and to boost its policy of helping prisoners ...

You may have had the experience of heading out for the night, feeling good, snapping a few selfies of yourself with friends to memorialise how great your hair was looking. ...

By Garba Muhammad Attackers killed 88 people in Nigeria’s Kebbi state on Thursday, spurring its governor to pledge a bigger deployment of security forces on Sunday as insecurity spreads largely ...

An Israeli zoo proudly announced the birth of a new baby rhino on Sunday. The baby male, who has not yet been named, was spotted trotting alongside his mother, 11-year-old ...

Roger Federer said he will assess his further participation in the French Open after Saturday’s gruelling 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 7-5 win over Germany’s Dominik Koepfer on an empty ...

A new part of the Golden Coast beach in Varosha, stretching to the Venus hotel, is almost ready, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. The beach is where Turkish ...

Last year, Victoria, British Columbia resident Gillian bought a 30-foot sailboat to live on, and as a project to work on while Canada’s lockdowns were in place. Her craft, ‘...

Archbishop Chrysostomos visited his birth place of Tala on Sunday, taking part in the service at the church there. He was warmly greeted by members of the church and the ...

Volunteers and donations have dried up while the cats are multiplying The cat lady of Paphos says she is overwhelmed with dozens of stray cats and kittens that are being ...

The Communist party is hopelessly out of touch and has proved itself untrustworthy The fall in the share of votes secured by Akel in last Sunday’s parliamentary elections has ...

Chief of the National Guard Lieutenant General Dimokritos Zervakis was on Sunday in Egypt after an invitation from his counterpart there Lieutenant General, Mohammed Farid Hegazy. In addition to a ...