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About this time every year, government ministers go before the House finance committee to discuss their ministry’s respective budget for the following year. They are always at pains to ...

It’s time to make some decisions that will take educational reform a step further, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday during a press conference on the ministry’s ...

A faithful copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa dating from more than 400 years ago will go under the hammer at a Paris auction on Tuesday, months after another ...

Police on Friday arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a container in Limassol as a 27-year-old suspect was remanded for ...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Friday said one of its members was violently attacked the previous night by bird trappers in Avgorou and left needing urgent medical assistance. ...

The health ministry announced 227 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday. As there were no deaths, the death toll remains 575, of whom 367 were men and 208 women. There are 73 ...

This autumn has seen a thrilling rise and comeback of festivals and though plenty more annual events remain to return to their full scale, the cultural scene has been busy ...

Government, parties, unions and professionals on Friday attacked a proposal by socialist Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos that they said would fundamentally change the philosophy of the health system Gesy and ...

Authorities will not appeal an administrative court decision nullifying the hiring of 75 police officers and 25 firemen but will reassess and correct flaws in the procedure followed, attorney general Giorgos Savvides ...

A group of climate activists convicted for a protest against Swiss bank Credit Suisse applied on Friday for a review by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in a ...

A Chelsea supporter has been sentenced to eight weeks in jail by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court for posting racist and anti-Semitic tweets. Nathan Blagg, 21, pleaded guilty to seven counts of ...

After enduring panic buying at the fuel pumps and soaring heating prices, the British must now brave a new shortage: crisps, or potato chips, one of the country’s favourite ...

An Azeri national and five other men suspected of planning attacks against Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus were on Friday referred to trial before a criminal court. The six suspects ...

The Nicosia criminal court acquitted two defendants of attempted murder on Friday, after finding the main prosecution witness unreliable. Alexis Mavromichalis, aka Alexoui, 42, and Slovakian national Miroslav Balazovjech, aka Dydi ...

BMW will cut working hours at its east German plant from 38 to 35, in line with its west German factories, it said on Friday, in a move welcomed by the works ...

Britain can revive production of high-powered magnets vital for the ramp up of electric vehicles, but it should copy China’s centralised strategy to make it viable, according to a ...

A tiny Caribbean island, Anguilla is consistently ranked as the Number 1 Caribbean island, ahead of better known destinations such as Bermuda and the Bahamas. Consisting of one main island (named ...

Liverpool’s Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino sustained a serious hamstring injury in Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League win over Atletico Madrid and there is no timeline for the 30-year-old’s ...

The north’s new ‘prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Friday announced the new ‘cabinet’ after given the mandate to form a new ‘government’ following his election last week as head ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) is “very optimistic” about the reopening of transatlantic travel and planning to ramp up capacity on those routes next year, fuelling recovery hopes despite ...

Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company ...

The interior ministry on Friday announced that the Ledra Street crossing will suspend operations for 48 hours due to construction work. According to the ministry, the crossing point will close between 11 ...

The next natural gas exploration round as well as the hydrocarbon quantities located will determine the speed and the exploitation of the hydrocarbon reserves in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), ...

Most businesses said they saw a rise in prices of up to 30 per cent in the past six months, according to the results of a survey published on Friday. The ...