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A second high dependency unit has been in operation at Famagusta Hospital to meet increased needs for Covid-19 patients since last week, its scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni told the Cyprus ...

One of Malta’s wealthiest businessmen, Yorgen Fenech, has been indicted for the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, prosecutors said in court documents filed on Wednesday. No date ...

A 48-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday on suspicion of taking part in fan clashes last week in Limassol. The suspect was detained on Tuesday. ...

The Interior Ministry cautioned the public on Wednesday that scammers have been carrying out illegal fundraisers mainly on social media, pretending to represent various charity organisations. “We call on citizens ...

Dherynia’s skatepark, which opened in 2012, has just been revamped, Mayor Andros Karayiannis said on Wednesday. The skatepark was originally created following a suggestion by a group of local teenagers, ...

Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides visits Israel on Sunday for a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel. Their agenda includes ways to enhance regional cooperation, ...

The 2021 Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus situation in the country. The Suzuka race was set for October 10, following the successful staging of the Olympic ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has slammed a Dutch MP for visiting the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state and holding meetings with its authorities. “Informally speaking, you are a disgrace for the ...

Fast-food chain Nando’s has been forced to temporarily close more than 40 outlets in Britain, around 10% of its restaurants, after staff shortages hit its chicken supply chain in the latest ...

A 43-year-old woman was remanded in custody for six days by Limassol district court on Wednesday in connection with the theft of €40,000 in cash from a Limassol home on Monday. ...

Two 27-year-olds were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 35-year-old man in Paphos and will appear in court on a later date, police said on Wednesday. Police said the alleged ...

Morphou Bishop Neophytos has tested positive for the coronavirus but is so far experiencing mild symptoms and is being treated by doctors he “trusts” it was announced on Wednesday. In ...

THEO PANAYIDES meets an ordinary-looking couple in their 30s living their lives by 2,000-year-old precepts It doesn’t even look like a church. One hundred metres from Eleftheria Square in ...

What’s on this week at Nicosia’s Constantia summer cinema Summer film screenings at Constantia Cinema continue all throughout August in Nicosia and for those of us in the ...

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has put to rest rumours that he is returning to Real Madrid, insisting that his story at the Spanish club “has been written”. In an Instagram ...

Having opened its doors in 2018, located on a small street, between the Amavi hotel and Paphos Gardens, Maharaja is a restaurant that brings the authentic flavours of Asian cultural heritage ...

Α hotel in Paphos was fined €3000 after an employee was found to be working without wearing a mask and was not in possession of a SafePass, police said on Wednesday. Moreover, ...

French firefighters battled throughout the night to contain a wildfire in the hills behind the coastal town of Saint-Tropez, said local government official for the region on Wednesday. A local ...

A drunk driver drove against traffic and caused a collision late on Tuesday in Larnaca while two other drivers were booked for driving under the influence of alcohol in Nicosia ...

Learning to tame the waves is a powerful thing yet perhaps water sports isn’t so much about taming the sea but about understanding it and going with its flow. ...

Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamored for food, shelter and medical care as search and rescue efforts resumed after a tropical storm lashed the ...

New Zealand‘s city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in six months in a bid to halt ...

Huawei Technologies’ chairman said while US sanctions have choked its smartphone business, it will not give up and plans to eventually return to the industry’s “throne”. In 2019 former US ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham announced on Tuesday that they have developed a new Covid-19 test capable of providing reliable results in less than 10 minutes,. The test was first ...