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Sex education is critical to protecting children from sexual abuse and must be offered at all levels of the education system, the Hope for Children Policy Centre said on Friday. ...

The education ministry is more than willing to invest in more summer school programmes, Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday while visiting two Nicosia schools participating in the programme. Prodromou ...

Four people, three men and one woman, died from Covid-19 and 525 people tested positive for coronavirus after 59,287 tests, a positivity rate of 0.89 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. ...

Opposition parties on Friday called on the government to act against Turkish plans on a two-state solution in Cyprus amid news that the further opening of the fenced area of ...

Famagusta district court on Friday sentenced a 48-year-old man to 20 days in jail after finding him guilty of driving seven times over the legal limit. It also suspended his driving ...

A woman who accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of groping her in the Executive Mansion in Albany has filed a criminal complaint with the Albany County sheriff’s department, ...

Police on Friday arrested a 53-year-old man, believed to be a doctor, who is suspected of issuing fake vaccination certificates to three people now seriously or critically ill with Covid-19. ...

Cypriot firefighters helping battle fires in Greece are currently operating in the Afidnes community of Attica, spokesman Andreas Kettis said late on Friday afternoon. In a message on Twitter, Kettis ...

Booster shots for the anti-coronavirus vaccine are highly likely as Cyprus is considering following in the footsteps of other EU countries, with members of the advisory committee on coronavirus saying ...

A key theme for entrepreneurs globally, where to incorporate their business. Cyprus has a longstanding tradition of serving as one of the most reliable business hubs around the world – and ...

As part of Technopolis 20’s summer jazz series, the Beats’n’Pieces ensemble will perform at the Paphos venue on August 13. Their repertoire is songs that share a mutual love ...

A total of 48 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Since Sunday, free rapid testing for the ...

After a week of sweltering heat that has seen the thermometer hit 44C and prompted a flurry of extreme hot weather warnings from the met office, temperatures will drop below 40...

A 25-year-old man admitted of setting fire to his 52-year-old mother’s apartment after getting into an argument with her, police said. Residents of the apartment building in Limassol were ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (CMA) on Friday denied delays in investigating complaints that some doctors were encouraging their patients not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, insisting that it was ...

The Astronomical Society (Astrek) is inviting people to an event on Wednesday evening in Kyperounda for the observation of the Perseids meteor shower and a lecture on the annual phenomenon. ...

In this video for ‘Vogue’, queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige examines her life in looks. From a rough upbringing in the Bronx to hard-earned fame, Blige is a ...

Never heard of the Sundarbans? Not surprising! This vast mangrove forest is hardly the Bangladeshi Brighton. In fact, it’s a place even the locals fear to live… Almost 10,000 square ...

Animal police are investigating the killing of a cat in Ergates on Thursday, police said on Twitter on Friday following complaints from the Green Party that law enforcement was dragging ...

There’s not enough data to recommend using COVID-19 vaccine boosters, the European Union’s drugs regulator said on Friday, after major EU states said they would roll out a ...

Famagusta District Court issued a three-day remand order against two suspects aged 48 and 39, in a case involving grievous bodily harm to a man and a woman, aged 39 and 36, in Ayia ...

Seven residents of a nursing home in Belgium have died after being infected with the Colombian variant of the coronavirus, despite being fully vaccinated, the virology team that conducted tests ...

A forest fire was coming closer to a power station in southwest Turkey on Friday, local officials said, a day after firefighters brought a blaze under control around another nearby ...

By Gina Agapiou and Evie Andreou The first day of walk-in Covid vaccinations for non-Gesy users met with enthusiastic take-up on Friday as hundreds, mostly third country nationals, braved the ...