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By Katie Wright Vietnam has reopened its borders to travellers, three months ahead of schedule. The country imposed strict rules when the coronavirus pandemic began and reported very few Covid ...

A British tourist died after losing consciousness while swimming in Paphos, police said on Friday. The 63-year-old man lost consciousness while swimming at the Blue Lagoon beach in Paphos, assistant ...

Kai Riemer, University of Sydney and Sandra Peter, University of Sydney We need to talk about Bruno. The theme song from Disney’s hit movie Encanto (We don’t talk ...

Dozens of valuable churches, historical sites and museums have been damaged by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations’ cultural agency said on Friday, adding that it was particularly worried ...

Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic ...

– Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered the most distant individual star on record, a bright behemoth they nicknamed Earendel – Old English for “morning star” – because it existed ...

April 1 is an occasion to “remember with gratitude the freedom fighters, the ordinary peasants, workers, the church and the two great leaders of the struggle” who fought an unequal but ...

Banks in Britain have warned the government that a plan to ban all Russians from holding more than 50,000 pounds ($65,430) in their accounts is illegal and unworkable, five sources said. When ...

Cyprus’ oil dependency seems to favour the country over gas-dependent countries under current circumstances, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, after Russia threatened to stop the gas supply to European ...

Turkish state-owned energy importer BOTAS said late on Thursday it had raised natural gas prices for industrial facilities by 50 per cent and those for households by 35 per cent, raising the ...

Forty years ago, on March 31, 1982, the Lufthansa story in Cyprus commenced. On that very day, the first Lufthansa flight took off from Frankfurt, with a Boeing 727 heading for Larnaca Airport, ...

Russia’s central bank said on Friday it was softening restrictions on foreign fund transfers for individuals for a six-month period. The bank said the measures, which raise an earlier ...

The ‘presidential palace’ in the north was left without electricity because electricity bills had not been paid, the Kibris Postasi website said on Friday. According to Kibris Postasi, the president ...

Italian graffiti artist Millo is expected to return to Paphos in the coming days to create a large-scale mural in Yeroskipou after a piece of his street art in the ...

The International Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting on Friday among consuming nations to discuss a new release of strategic reserves alongside a plan by the United States to ...

A Nicosia-based bar was fined €8,000 on Friday for serving more people than the permitted number based on the current coronavirus restrictions. The fine was made after 603 checks in the district, ...

A total of €380,000 was awarded by Famagusta district court to property owners of Paralimni Lake on Friday as compensation for the seizure of their property instead of the €1,900 initially given. “...

England manager Gareth Southgate said they can win the World Cup in Qatar but will have to be “close to perfect” to do so. England were semi-finalists at the 2018 World ...

Police on Friday warned of a rise in thefts from construction sites and other open spaces. The thefts involve cables, pipes, and other valuable materials. The public is advised to ...

The total number of coronavirus infections recorded by the health ministry was on Friday reduced by 162 cases as part of the scientific experts’ review of the epidemiological data. The review ...

The rapid test sampling units for eligible groups on Friday will operate at the following locations: Nicosia (14 points) ——— Nicosia Mall, 8 pm – 6 pm, 99742888 Church of Agios Georgios, Latsia, 8 pm – 6 pm, 94041843 Idali ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus faces a serious problem coping with the number of migrants arriving here daily, while the current Ukraine refugee crisis means less attention and resources diverted ...

China’s commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city’s 26 million residents to stop the spread of COVID-19, even ...

Daniil Medvedev’s bid to reclaim the world number one ranking fell short on Thursday as the Russian lost 7-6(7) 6-3 to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in the Miami Open ...