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Landmark case highlighted rampant discrimination against female officers in the National Guard By Elena Riga, Maria Kozakou and Christina Anastasiou On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianidou Lottides, ...

By Alexandra Ulmer and Brad Brooks For Teri Leiker, 51, the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, was a happy place. She worked there for some 30 years and was dating ...

By Mark Hosenball Two accused leaders of the far-right Proud Boys militia group on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to multiple criminal charges related to their alleged role in the deadly ...

About 700 war-disabled lost free access to health care following the introduction of the national health scheme (Gesy), MPs heard on Tuesday. Speaking at the House refugee committee, the head of ...

By Francesco Guarascio The European Commission will on Wednesday extend EU powers to potentially block COVID-19 vaccine exports to Britain and other areas with much higher vaccination rates, and to ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday wrapped up discussion of a government bill introducing a new scheme for settling arrears in social insurance contributions, with a view to taking the item to the ...

A new food delivery service has launched on the island, with couriers bearing orange Rocket backpacks already fulfilling orders in Nicosia. Cyprus has become the first stop in the international ...

Nicosia police said on Tuesday they were investigating premeditated murder following the discovery of the body of a woman in the buffer zone near Athienou. The body, believed to be ...

One death and 365 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday by the health ministry. The death concerns a 90-year-old man with underlying conditions. He was being treated at the Limassol ...

Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) announced that it had been operating its routes Covid-free over the last two months. None of its drivers nor any of members of management in the ...

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CySO) is essentially operating unregulated despite being almost 100 per cent funded by the state, the Audit Office said on Tuesday. In a special report on the ...

The hefty price-tag of a luxury timepiece is, to some extent, determined by its brand. Yet that isn’t the end of the story when it comes to premium watches, ...

Even if agreement was reached on political equality it would not mean the Cyprus problem would be solved since other aspects needed to also be agreed on, Foreign Minister Nikos ...

A week has passed since cafés, bars and restaurants re-opened, or at least those with an outdoor seating area, and crowds have already rushed to get a table. And ...

Limassol Bishop Athanasios tested on Tuesday positive for coronavirus during the weekly rapid tests given at the bishopric. The bishop’s PCR test results confirmed he was positive to the ...

NGO Laona Foundation is organising a bicommunal eco-journalism workshop for young journalists in early April. The NGO’s efforts are focused on the conservation and regeneration of the Cypriot countryside, ...

Fewer than three months after it was agreed, progress to pass an EU-China deal giving European companies better access to Chinese markets has sharply reversed after tit-for-tat sanctions. China blacklisted ...

Despite the global travel crisis brought about by Covid restrictions, the Ayia Napa marina welcomed more than 100 vessels last summer, its operators said on Tuesday during a tour of the ...

In this video, we travel to Canada’s eastern-most, rugged province of Newfoundland and Labrador, with Newfoundland island situated at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, creating the Gulf ...

Two Limassol-based Green MP candidates have withdrawn from the upcoming parliamentary elections after another party candidate verbally assaulted a female minister. Actress Melanie Steliou Nicolaou announced her withdrawal in a ...

By Will Dunham Spaceships zipping at the speed of light or faster are a staple of science fiction. Think of the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars movies and the ...

The first virtual dog adoption platform in Cyprus has been created by Dogo- the Junior & Senior School team taking part in this year’s Junior Achievement Entrepreneurial Competition. (www....

A total of 42 free rapid testing sites will operate nationwide on Wednesday according to the health ministry. The sites target the testing of the public including the mandatory weekly testing ...

Beijing is committed to respecting the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Cyprus, Chinese Ambassador Liu Yantao assured House President Adamos Adamou during a meeting on Tuesday. Adamou and Liu ...