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In a fiery session in parliament on Thursday, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris conceded that the five foreign nationals linked to the Ayia Napa marina project and granted Cypriot passports, strictly ...

The United States is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine to 12 months after people are initially vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official ...

Turkey believes it futile to discuss a bizonal bicommunal federation as the template for a Cyprus settlement, and will make this clear at the upcoming conference in Geneva, the country’...

The health ministry announced six deaths and 690 cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from 50,902 PCR and repaid tests with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent. The deaths concerned three men and ...

Almost half of households saw their income decrease in Cyprus during the last six months of 2020, according to a survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people’s ...

In this video, we pay a pre-Covid visit to Helsinki, Finland’s capital on the Baltic coast, situated 80km north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400km east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300km ...

Mid-December 2020 marked Frank Sinatra’s 105th birthday and this April one local musician is putting together a show to celebrate the life, music and legacy of this legendary American singer ...

The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year’s U....

An opportunity to explore the world of haiku poetry is on on Friday afternoon as Blend.the space in Limassol is organising a workshop. This ancient Japanese poetry style follows ...

Cyprus winemakers are to benefit from an incentives scheme to encourage investments as well as a promotional campaign here and abroad to boost sales. The schemes, unveiled on Thursday, come ...

Dan Evans produced the best victory of his career to stun Novak Djokovic in the third round of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. The British number one, whose first-round win was ...

In a clear warning to the supermarket sector, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Thursday that the law explicitly prohibits shops to open on May 1 and the government would make ...

In a sometimes heated press conference, the producers behind Jiu Jitsu – the Nicolas Cage sci-fi/action film that was shot here in 2019 – announced their decision to pull out of Cyprus, ...

By Lisa Salmon Feeling over-tired, no energy? Some experts believe a lack of energy is often directly related to our diet and lifestyle – and two new books have just been ...

A space hotel is hardly a new idea: the thought of leaving the atmosphere and combining it with a vacation, seems like a match made in, well, heaven. But soon, ...

Georgia Polyviou, president of Alkionides charity organisation, known for her generosity and dedication to service to others, died on Thursday, aged 64. Her funeral will be held on Saturday, at the ...

Merck & Co Inc on Thursday said it plans a large study of what could become the first pill to target the coronavirus in people at risk of severe COVID-19, ...

A total of 55 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The economy has solid ground on which to recover, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre. The report notes, however, that this is contingent on ...

In this video, Dr. Bertalan Mesko, host of The Medical Futurist YouTube channel discusses new ways of thinking about healthcare, and how hospitals should be redesigned for the 21st century. ...

The Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2021 starts its 19th edition on Friday. The festival will open at Rialto Theatre in Limassol and for the first time this year, due to ...

Merseyside Police said they have launched an investigation after the bus carrying Real Madrid players was damaged as it arrived at Anfield for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg ...

Although a small country, Cyprus is well-known for the diversity of its landscape and the significant number of places worth visiting in every corner of the island. Locals and residents ...

The Turkish central bank has held its key interest rate at its current level of 19 per cent, the bank announced on Thursday in a statement. The central bank has been ...