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The government rejected opposition criticism on Tuesday that privatisation of the port of Limassol had been a failure and unfavourable for the country, forcing companies and ships to leave. The ...

In the uncertain conditions that have prevailed Rialto Theatre’s cultural agenda will see performances either online via live stream or in the physical presence of audiences at theatre or ...

Migrant support NGO Kisa on Tuesday slammed a new bill with tougher criteria for citizenship as racist. “The ministry has prepared and submitted the bill without any consultation with stakeholders ...

Free rapid testing for employees and the public will operate in 51 sites nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Following a decree obliging companies to test a certain number of ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to keep restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus in place until the end of February, participants in a meeting of her own conservative ...

Friends and relatives of a young mother held a demonstration outside the family court in Paphos on Tuesday, demanding the suspension of a decision to return her underage son to ...

Apple Inc’s iPhone 12 mini U.S. sales were just 5 per cent of overall sales of its new phones during the first half of January, industry data provider Counterpoint said ...

The Turkish Cypriot community will receive 75,000 rapid test kits from the EU, it was reported on Tuesday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi, 75,000 the rapid test kits will be ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is known to rack up plenty of miles on jets, and recently he’s added another to his arsenal. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO now has ...

Serena Williams will hope to move a step closer to a record-equalling 24th major when she meets Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic, while Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open title defence faces ...

By Lisa Salmon We all know fruit and veg are good for us – but GP Gemma Newman believes most people have no idea how transformative a plant-based diet can really ...

Britain said it would bring in tighter border controls next week against new variants of the coronavirus, requiring hotel quarantine for arrivals and threatening rule-breakers with up to 10 years in ...

There is no indication as to when secondary school pupils excluded from Monday’s reopening will be able to return to the classroom, the secondary school teachers’ unions Oelmek and ...

The Camino de Santiago, or Pilgrim Route, is the longest-established “tourist” route in Europe, and its final section through Galicia provides echoes of the medieval pilgrimage to the thousands who ...

The closure of the Cyprus grains commission after 67 years is inevitable because it is unviable, its chairman Kyriacos Kakouris told the House finance committee. With the exception of the 2010-2011 ...

The head of the World Health Organization-led team in the central Chinese city of Wuhan probing the origins of COVID-19 said on Tuesday that cold chain transmission of the virus ...

American artist and illustrator Norman Rockwell’s cover illustrations for the ‘Saturday Evening Post’ magazine were often of seasonal or topical subjects. His oil on canvas painting, ‘Going and Coming’, ...

A Turkish-made TV drama called ‘Once Upon a Time in Cyprus’ is set to focus on the events of 1963, a period when intercommunal strife intensified. The TV series – Bir Zamanlar ...

By Katie Wright Ahead of the launch of new series Your Garden Made Perfect on BBC Two, Irish presenter Angela Scanlon has spoken about how “wildly comforting” gardening can be ...

Geroskipou municipality on Tuesday harangued Interior Minister Nicos Nouris for singling them out in his drive to implement local government reform willy-nilly, saying their own ideas about merging with neighbouring ...

Britain is demanding the European Union agree to rework the post-Brexit trade rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, seeking more time, better solutions and, in some cases, a renegotiation of ...

Always exercise responsibly and safely. Ideally under the guidance of a trained fitness and/or medical professional, who can match the exercise or sports regimen to your present level of ...

Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas served up a tennis masterclass to veteran Frenchman Gilles Simon during a 6-1 6-2 6-1 thrashing to open his Australian Open campaign on Tuesday. The 2019 ...

The department of electromechanical services on Tuesday warned the public it had identified a dangerous cable extension set in the market. According to the announcement, the WePLUG Model 66002, made in ...