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Lawyers on both sides of the Channel have been left in limbo by the Brexit accord. Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that “solicitors and barristers got a good ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has assessed that the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be unable to cover its budget deficit by 2024, the date when the state support is due to ...

Police warned on Wednesday that increased internet use by minors during the pandemic has given sex offenders easier access to their victims. “During the Covid-19 crisis we are going through, ...

One of the concepts that used to be taught to first-time students of economics was the Latin phrase ‘ceteris paribus’, which translated into English means ‘all other things being equal’. ...

German carmaker Daimler said on Wednesday it plans to spin off Daimler Truck, the world’s largest truck and bus maker, as it seeks to increase its investor appeal as ...

Japan’s Sony Corp raised its full-year profit outlook by one-third, helped by pandemic-fuelled demand for games, movies and other content, but said it was struggling to build enough PlayStation 5 ...

By Apostolis Zoupaniotis, New York The United States supports a Cypriot-led comprehensive settlement to reunify the island as a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF), which would benefit all Cypriots as well ...

The British examination board Pearson Edexcel International announced on Wednesday that its international exams would not go ahead as planned this summer. This will affect hundreds of students at private ...

The United States and Russia said on Wednesday they had extended the New START arms control treaty for five years, preserving the last treaty limiting deployments of the world’s ...

The mayor of Paphos has hit back at MPs and other attendees at Tuesday’s session of the House refugee committee, calling them out for ‘political cannibalism’ and ‘personal insults’ ...

By Conor Humphries and William James The European Union on Wednesday rebuffed a British demand to extend a grace period for checks on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland, ...

One death and 139 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Wednesday. The health ministry said 126 people were in hospital. Thirty-nine are in serious condition with 23 intubated. The death was of 79...

More positive cases have been found for the Covid-19 variant first detected in the UK, but none for the variants from South Africa and Brazil, the health ministry said on ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Wednesday said the government ought to allow locals stay in hotels and other tourist accommodation facilities if they have negative rapid ...

AEL have climbed to second place after defeating Apoel 2-0 in Limassol on Wednesday night. The Limassol club are now just two points off leaders and fierce rivals Apollon. The ...

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization visited a virus research laboratory in China’s central city of Wuhan and met with a prominent virologist there in ...

Education minister Prodromos Prodromou announced on Wednesday a new support package of €4 million for the creative sector approved by the cabinet. As part of the new support package, the one-off ...

The annual event that celebrates short films will return as the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC) is getting ready for its 11th edition in October. Organisers, the ministry ...

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane could be available for next Wednesday’s FA Cup clash with Everton after making a quick recovery from the ankle injury sustained last week. Manager ...

The relocation of the civil registry and migration department in Nicosia to 90 Makarios Avenue has begun, it announced Due to the relocation public service points will remain closed from February 10 ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Thursday. The sites will be serving people who will return to their workplaces on February 8 and the general population. Since ...

Mark Wahlberg is one of the richest actors in Hollywood, with a net worth of about $300 million. Wahlberg owns a sprawling $100-million property in Beverly Park that includes a full-sized ...

People at risk of serious illness if infected with the coronavirus should not be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine because of its lower efficacy, according to a pharmacology expert. Assistant ...

President Sergio Mattarella asked former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Wednesday to form a government tasked with tackling the coronavirus crisis and deep economic recession that are battering ...