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State revenues from gambling jumped to 3.44 per cent of GDP in 2019, while in 2020, despite the contraction due to the pandemic, the percentage of revenues amounted to 2.98 per cent. The figures ...

The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of a well-known Indian conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on Monday after the leak of what major ...

The health ministry on Monday announced one death and 117 new Covid-19 cases out of 63,823 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent. There are 65 patients with Covid-19 ...

Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such ...

France and Spain called on Monday for a coordinated European response to the surge in global energy prices to protect the poorest citizens and the competitiveness of companies, and to ...

William Shatner, the “Star Trek” actor who found fame by pretending a Hollywood soundstage was a spaceship exploring the galaxy, will be launched to the edge of space for real ...

An experimental antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19, according to data ...

Hundreds of people, including President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended the funeral of prominent lawyer, businessman and owner of the Cyprus Mail newspaper Andreas Neocleous, at a service at the ...

Israel accused Iran on Monday of orchestrating an attempted attack against Israelis in Cyprus after police on the Mediterranean island said an armed individual had been arrested. Iran swiftly denied ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of the Covid-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) may be given to ...

Denying criticism that his ministry was trying to stifle free expression, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday sought to draw a distinction between the twin roles of Yiorgos Gavriel as ...

On the occasion of World Animal Day on Monday, the agriculture ministry announced the establishment an annual award for of Animal Welfare Action. The purpose of these awards is the ...

By Katie Wright Autumn is officially here, meaning it’s time to pack away our strappy dresses, shorts and sandals, and get ready to bundle up in cosy knitwear and ...

The president and the government expect the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy who will assist in efforts for the resumption of the negotiations process, spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...

Road victim Elena Kyriakou was burned to death after she was trapped in her car following a traffic collision, police said on Monday after a post-mortem was carried out on ...

The testing locations for eligible categories of people for Tuesday are as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (5 points) University Square (behind TEPAK Rector’s Office) 9 a.m.-6 p....

The health ministry on Monday issued new country rankings for travel, upgrading Malta from Orange to Green, and Liechtenstein, Norway and Japan from Red to Orange. On the other hand, ...

Airport operator Hermes has redesigned with its partners the commercial space at the departure area in Larnaca airport with projects worth €20m, it said on Monday. Hermes Airports, the operator ...

A secondary school teacher was remanded in custody for eight days by Larnaca district court on Monday as police investigate a complaint he sexually abused an underage female pupil. The ...

The Pandora Papers do not attribute anything objectionable President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said on Monday concerning a massive leak of financial documents published by several major news organisations ...

Illegal actions by Turkey off Crete and southwest of Cyprus in recent days prove that positive statements coming out of Ankara “are unfortunately not transformed into deeds”, Foreign Minister Nikos ...

International creative Yiorgos Bellapasiotis is bringing the real New York into homes across Cyprus with a new segment on a CyBC show. ALIX NORMAN speaks to the man who seemingly ...

Cyprus has moved from the recovery to the growth phase as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides has said, highlighting the need for the implementation of reforms ...

Investigations into the roles of now-IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and former World Bank president Jim Yong Kim in altering World Bank data to favour China are the latest in ...