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The health ministry on Sunday announced there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 and that 112 people had tested positive for the virus, a positivity rate of 0.29 per cent from 38,554 ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The European Parliament, with 578 votes in favour, 28 against and 79 abstentions, adopted a resolution, on October 21, in which it: “…13. Deplores the fact that a number of politicians, including ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling coalition will stay in power but his party suffered steep losses in an election on Sunday, exit polls showed, weakening him just weeks ...

A concentration camp in Polemi once housed 400 Eoka suspects in the final days of their campaign As one of Europe’s foremost tourist destinations, Cyprus prefers to focus on its ...

By Aid to the Church in Need Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) helps Christians who are persecuted by violence, oppressed by terror, or are suffering outright discrimination and ...

Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies agreed on a final statement on Sunday that urges “meaningful and effective” action to limit global warming but offers few concrete commitments. The ...

The interior ministry denied on Sunday a damning report published by daily Politis which pointed directly at Interior Minister Nicos Nouris for overstepping boundaries in practises described as akin to ...

Britain and France clashed again over a post-Brexit fishing row on Sunday, with London calling on Paris to withdraw its threats and rejecting assertions there had been any agreement to ...

When the gas discoveries were first made, the prevailing economic and political conditions were substantially different I assume that you have all heard about the EU’s plans to create ...

The routine extension of Covid restrictions until November 9 by the cabinet this week suggests the government is currently in somewhat of a holding pattern when it comes to where and ...

Two men aged 27 and 44 were remanded at Limassol district court for five days on Sunday for robbing and attacking a 32-year-old man in Limassol. The incident took place late on ...

U.S. President Joe Biden told Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan his request for F-16 fighter jets had to go through a process in the United States and expressed a ...

Paphos district court on Sunday remanded an 18-year-old man for five days, for his suspected involvement in stealing from a hotel. According to police, the hotel manager reported to police ...

Against a backdrop of spiralling energy costs, our buildings remain woefully energy inefficient The 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) which starts today has been dubbed humanity’s last chance to ...

President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, arrived on Sunday in Glasgow, where he will participate in the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP26), hosted by the United Kingdom. ...

A number of vehicles were towed by the fire services who responded to multiple calls for help from the Lymbia community, after it was struck by heavy rain, it emerged ...

Japan‘s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, is running in a tightrope general election https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-votes-test-new-pm-kishida-political-stability-2021-10-30 on Sunday that could see his ruling ...

Cyprus police booked 19 citizens and five establishment owners in the last 24 hours, for violating the measures aiming to curb the spread of COVID-19. A police spokesperson told CNA on Sunday, ...

“The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7°C of heating,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “There is a high risk of failure of COP26.” That’s the global ...

Paphos district court has remanded two people aged 23 and 24 for five days in connection with a stabbing incident over the weekend. According to police, at around 6pm on Friday, a 26...

The car of Marios Koyionis, a 35-year-old man missing from his home since Wednesday, was found in Akamas on Sunday, police said, but traces of the man continue to be ...

Where is Cyprus’ haunted hotel? Why are orange and black the colours of Halloween? Who still walks the halls of the White House? And what makes black cats an adoption ...

Two flights set to land at Larnaca airport on Saturday night were diverted as heavy rain led to poor visibility, while the downpour caused a leak at the airport’s ...

The government budget for 2022 presented to the House of Representatives on October 7 calls for the overall deficit to be reduced substantially from an estimated 5 per cent of GDP in 2021 to 1.1 ...