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The cabinet has decided to rescind the Cypriot citizenship granted to 45 foreign nationals as part of the island’s controversial citizenship by investment programme that was terminated late last year ...

A two-week exhibition comprising of a time-based performance and installation by Emiddio Vasquez is coming to Limassol’s The Island Club and will present a sonic and conceptual experience. Hardcore ...

The cabinet on Friday approved a bill extending maternity leave period for second and third children. The bill provides for four additional weeks for a second child, including adoption or ...

By Alexia Saleem Starting school was always going to be a big a change for Team Saleem. It wasn’t just a new chapter in the children’s lives, but ...

A man suspected of killing five people with a bow and arrow and other weapons in Norway was in the care of health professionals on Friday, police said. Investigators have ...

A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killing at least 35 people, the second week in a row that militants bombed Friday ...

The call centre handling Covid-19 issues (1474) is back in operation, after a technical problem led it to suspend operation for a couple of hours earlier on Friday. The deputy ministry ...

The cabinet announced Friday a two-year €570,000 subsidy scheme to promote bicycle use, as part of the €4m national scheme Energy and Climate and sustainable mobility. The scheme provides for subsidies ...

One in five of the 1,345 coronavirus cases detected in the last 14 days were imported, the health ministry’s epidemiological report showed on Friday. The report, covering the time period from ...

The attorney-general has green-lighted the appointment of investigators to look into complaints against police officers who are members of Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos’ security detail in connection with verbal abuse, ...

Allyson Felix said surpassing Carl Lewis as the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete was “never a goal” but that it was “amazing” to have achieved the feat ...

Some people are interested in making bitcoin investments, but they hesitate to do so because they think they don’t know how to do it. If you also belong to ...

Cyprus is “forced” to adopt drastic measures to curb illegal migration through the Green Line, from where some 800 irregular migrants crossed to the government-controlled areas in the last 10 days alone, ...

Cabinet on Friday approved the administration of Covid booster shots to people aged 60 and over and to additional vulnerable groups of the population. The decision preceded a proposal by Health ...

European Union lawmakers may lower a threshold that determines which companies will be subject to new tech rules, a top EU lawmaker said on Wednesday. The proposal could mean some ...

A police officer has been jailed for two years after he was found guilty of masturbating at a public beach in Protaras before the eyes of an underage boy. The ...

By Laura Harding Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have discussed reuniting to write their first screenplay together since Good Will Hunting, with Affleck saying they wanted to “point out the ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the EIT Climate-KIC Hub in Cyprus are organising an event on the rise of the new urbanism next month. Cyprus Talks Green: The ...

COVID-19 health passes became mandatory for all workers in Italy from Friday, with the measure being applied mostly peacefully across the country despite some scattered protests. At the major port ...

Deontay Wilder has finally paid tribute to Tyson Fury in his first public statement since losing their WBC heavyweight title showdown in Las Vegas. Fury came through a bruising third ...

Police on Friday warned the public about a door-to-door sales fraud, following several complaints of theft by saleswomen allowed entry in houses. Three residents in Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol reported ...

The Vaccination Portal reopened on Friday with officials urging beneficiaries to go ahead with the first and third dose of the Covid-19 jab, as the fully vaccinated in Cyprus have ...

The events just keep rolling in as October is proving to be one of the busiest months so far! Three small-scale festivals are coming up, entertaining antique car lovers, beer ...

Police on Friday said they have arrested a second suspect in connection with a jewellery theft in the Nicosia district earlier this week, while two more suspects are being sought. ...