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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday requiring the use of face masks on nearly all forms of public transportation Monday ...

The delay in reopening secondary schools is worrying and could be putting a strain on the school system, the head of the confederation of secondary school parents say. Charalambos Dionysiou ...

It has become rather tiresome highlighting the lack of consistency and reason in the measures imposed, to restrict the spread of Covid-19, but it needs to be done if only ...

The European Union on Friday abruptly reversed a plan to use emergency Brexit measures to restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines from crossing the Irish border into the United Kingdom after ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘health minister’ Ali Pilli announced that 47 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, after a total 3,308 tests were carried out in the north. He said 45 of the ...

Bulgarian authorities have busted a counterfeit gang that promoted the quality of its illegal documents and banknotes by showing a fake Bulgarian passport bearing the picture of US actor Sylvester ...

The health ministry said there were no new Covid deaths on Friday but announced 119 new cases through PCR and rapid testing. There are 145 people in hospitals, of whom 51 are in ...

Britain on Friday said China had contributed to an erosion of trust in the global trade system, offering to work with the European Union, Japan the United States and others ...

Cyprus energy minister Natasa Pilides was one of six energy ministers that expressed support for the EastMed pipeline project that would take natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean to Greece, ...

Executives in Hyundai Motor Co Group are divided over a potential tie-up with Apple Inc, with some raising concerns about becoming a contract manufacturer for the US tech giant, dimming ...

The Georghadji list containing details of the non-performing loans of politically exposed persons (PEP) was published on parliament’s website on Friday with threats of lawsuits already being issued. The ...

Cyprus expects to take delivery of 69,403 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine in February, the health ministry said on Friday, the same day the jab was approved by the European ...

The health ministry on Friday issued clarifications regarding the partial easing of coronavirus-related restrictions governing home visits that will come into effect on Monday. Earlier this week, the cabinet decided ...

Italy has halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, citing Rome’s commitment to ...

Omonia have stumbled at home after drawing 1-1 with Olympiakos at GSP Stadium. Despite the two dropped points, Omonia have caught up with Apollon at the top of the table, ...

Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, the third vaccine to be cleared for use in ...

The past year has been hard for the cultural world and the artists, with cancelled or postponed events and artists left jobless for months. In many ways, the arts scene ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said there was no question of him consenting to a change to the terms of the mandate regarding the solution of the Cyprus problem after ...

The health ministry’s bi-weekly national report was published on Friday, which reiterated that the pandemic still has a strong grip on Cyprus. The report, which covers data from the ...

It will be around minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40 Fahrenheit) on Sunday as some Russians in Yakutsk, one of the world’s coldest cities, join nationwide protests against the jailing of ...

Manchester City’s record goalscorer Sergio Aguero remains in self-isolation, manager Pep Guardiola has said. The Argentinian is now feeling better after a bout of coronavirus but has not yet ...

Italian luxury brand Bulgari has its sights set on a 2022 opening for a new Rome hotel. The Hotel will be located in the heart of the Campo Marzio neighbourhood, minutes ...

Not a single bid was submitted for the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus which expired on Friday, Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said. The ...

No specific safety concern has been identified for use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in frail elderly individuals, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday, days after reports ...