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Ayia Napa’s tourism industry is cautiously optimistic about extending the season to mid-November, mayor Christos Zannetou said on Thursday. The tourist season has been relatively good this year, considering ...

The government has made many lofty promises over the years to make the lives of its citizens easier, among them the e-government project, which seems to be a bit hit ...

The Rolling Stones get back on the road this weekend without drummer Charlie Watts, whom frontman Mick Jagger called the rock that held the band together. In interviews with Rolling ...

Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a $50 million lawsuit over cosmetic procedures that she says left her “brutally disfigured” and turned her into a recluse. The Canadian model, one of ...

Understaffed accident and emergency departments are struggling to cope, with one patient having to wait for 49 hours in Nicosia General Hospital’s casualty ward before he was examined and treated, ...

Several areas in Nicosia briefly went without electricity on Thursday after powerful gusts swept tree branches onto power cables. A spokesperson for the Electricity Authority said 17 different areas were affected, ...

The window is still open to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but won’t be forever, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, saying Iran has yet to name ...

No coronavirus test will be required for fully vaccinated persons who wish to visit the north from Monday, it was announced on Thursday night. A statement from the United Nations ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced two more fatalities attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 145 new positives, with an overall positivity rate of 0.25 per cent. The two deaths were a ...

The Greek Orthodox Archbishopric of America is to try το arrange an appointment with President Nicos Anastasiades after the latter called off a meeting with Archbishop Elpidoforos because he attended an ...

Rocking music and a comedy show are arriving at the popular Larnaca venue Savino Live in the next few days. First on Friday, Cyprus band Rust-X will bring their metal/...

Former world number one Andy Murray said he is seeing signs of improvement in his game after reaching his first ATP quarter-final in two years on Wednesday with a comfortable ...

The health ministry on Thursday said it did not have data specifically on deaths considered to be ‘sudden’ – following several media reports of such incidents in recent months. In a ...

After years of start-stop discussions in committee, the House on Thursday passed the legal framework for opening up the electricity market – with the energy minister hailing it as the single ...

Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on ...

Opposition parties appeared unconvinced Thursday that construction of a new museum in Nicosia will go as scheduled, starting in the middle of 2022. House transport committee chairman, Dipa MP Marinos Moushiouttas, ...

Eschewing the laid-back Cali girl style of her earlier years, star songstress Selena Gomez has evolved her look over recent years toward a more high-contrast, all-grown-up vibe. And in this ...

Booster shots will be available for people above 83 at walk-in vaccination centres starting Monday, the health ministry said on Friday. Only mRNA vaccines Pfizer and Moderna will be used for ...

Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze – the third during the day – in the area of Polis Chrysochous, near the village of Prodromi, after the flames at one point ...

Some €130,000 raised by the church to help the communities in Larnaca and Limassol districts stricken by the devastating fire of July 3 will be used for fire prevention projects, Agriculture Minister ...

ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets are organizing for the sixth consecutive year their annual race RUN AS ONE, a series of races forming part of the Hypermarkets’ Corporate Social Responsibility program “Child, Nutrition, ...

The government will pay for the treatment of a Turkish Cypriot baby girl suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday. Following reports that the ...

Central European leaders signed a joint declaration on Thursday saying immigration should not be the answer to the European Union’s declining birth rate, while calling on the bloc to ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...