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Limassol’s Carnival King will be touring the streets of Limassol later this week on his chariot, starting from stinky Thursday in a bid to spread some festive cheer around ...

Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Wednesday The health ministry announced that 55 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and ...

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has described the internationally accepted model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation as “a starting point” for a settlement to the Cyprus issue, urging “flexibility ...

The European Commission said on Tuesday that it was considering emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines as a faster alternative to more rigorous conditional marketing authorisations which have been used so ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Tuesday urged people who have been sexually abused or harassed to find the courage to report their cases to the authorities. Yiolitis met the assistant ...

In this video, we tour the elegant environment of Vienna’s famous Hotel Sacher. The Sacher has been a part of Viennese history since 1832, when Prince Metternich, then an Austrian ...

By Steve Holland and Arshad Mohammed The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions to punish Russia for what it described as Moscow’s attempt to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said authorities were worried by the sudden spike in coronavirus infections despite expecting an uptick as restrictions were eased. Ioannou was speaking after a meeting with ...

In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to Lima, where local resident Maria Clara shows us the sights of the Peruvian capital, from the Old Town – a UNESCO World ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was set to throw a Zoom party in quarantine to celebrate his 90th birthday on Tuesday, as President Vladimir Putin hailed him as an “...

Airport traffic in February fell to a paltry six per cent of that of the same month two years ago, although an uptick in air travel is expected – or hoped ...

By Katie Wright Whether you’ve stripped back your beauty regime recently, or taken time to indulge in some pandemic pampering, it’s easy to make mistakes when it comes ...

Drawing on their own lockdown realities, art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art department co-chairman Giovanna Bertazzoni discuss interior spaces in works by French Impressionist artists É...

Limassol police arrested a 23-year-old on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing a watch worth €120,000 from a gym locker at a hotel in the town’s centre. Police said the theft ...

A film called Nobody is to be released on Friday – it tells the story of an innocent person who inadvertently becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord. Know who’...

Cyprus’ management of the coronavirus pandemic relies on a two-pronged strategy of testing and vaccination, the health ministry said Tuesday, answering criticism in the media and by various scientists that ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has told the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres he is ready and determined to engage with true political will in the talks during an informal meeting on ...

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Tuvan Gumrukcu President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday his government would strengthen rights to a fair trial and freedom of expression in Turkey under an “action ...

Turkish Airlines posted a net loss of $836 million for 2020, according to a report on financial results released on Monday. The Turkish national airline, which is 49.12 per cent owned by the ...

Conservative Christians, most notably the bishop of Morphou, continue to voice their concerns over Cyprus’ El Diablo Eurovision song-contest entry, while a demonstration is planned for Saturday. The demonstration organised ...

They ran the underground world in Birmingham in the late 1800s, dressed in tailored jackets, button waistcoats and peaked flat caps. The Shelby family and its gang became known as ...

With the gradual easing of restrictions, some form of cultural life re-appears yet theatres are still struggling and artists still need support. This is what the organisers of an upcoming ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday unveiled a €4m, 17-point plan of action aiming to encourage cycling as an alternative form of transport. He told a press conference that the ...

Germany plans to extend its coronavirus lockdown until March 28 while easing some restrictions from next week, a draft document to be discussed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and federal state leaders ...