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The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a meeting on April 14 to consider major bipartisan legislation to boost the country’s ability to push back against China’s ...

Civil servants in the north went on strike on Thursday over a freeze on the cost-of-living increment for four months. Hundreds of civil servants marched to ‘parliament’ to protest over ...

The US Commerce Department said Thursday it was adding seven Chinese supercomputing entities to a US economic blacklist for assisting Chinese military efforts. The department is adding Tianjin Phytium Information ...

Ramp, a fintech startup that offers corporate cards and software for managing employee expenses, raised $115 million in a funding round led by digital payments giant Stripe and D1 Capital Partners, ...

What elevates a look beyond the clothes, shoes, hair and make-up? If your answer was: a dash of top-quality perfume, then it’s safe to say you have a definite ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Thursday visited Swedish power metal band Sabaton’s merchandise warehouse in Limassol from where the band ships goods to fans all over the world. Karousos, ...

Romanian assistant referee Octavian Sovre’s decision to ask Borussia Dormund striker Erling Haaland to autograph his yellow and red cards raised some eyebrows but the charity that is set ...

Famous for the comparatively genteel cycling featured in its Tour, France also offers those with a head for heights and supreme skills of balance, an alternative way of enjoying their ...

The economic slowdown as a result of the pandemic is smaller than initially anticipated raising hopes of brighter days ahead, Sek trade union confederation general secretary said on Thursday. Addressing ...

By Liz Connor Keeping to the right pace is one of the most important running skills to master. Yet many beginners head out of their front door and start pounding ...

Are you the first-born, youngest, or middle sibling in your family? Perhaps you’re an only child? Whichever spot you occupy, chances are you share personality traits with others in ...

A total of 56 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Former minister Socratis Hasikos, who died on Monday at the age of 64, was a straightshooter and staunch supporter of the island’s reunification. Respected by friend and foe alike, Hasikos ...

FIFA will be ready to implement an automated system for offside calls at next year’s World Cup in Qatar, Arsene Wenger said. The game’s rulemaker, IFAB, said last ...

For some time now, Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been helping humans make new kinds of art. But is this synergy a longer-term threat, or a worthy new form of ...

Germany’s vaccine task force will hold talks with the developers of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 shot, including the possibility of setting up more production sites in Germany, a ...

Venturing back out into civilization was like a breath of fresh air… literally! Being able to stroll around Larnaca city centre again felt like a treat. Walking along the pedestrianised ...

Limassol and Paphos have been included in Mediterranean routes to be carried out this summer by Seabourn Cruise Line, the shipping deputy ministry announced on Thursday. The deputy ministry said ...

Around 4,000 AstraZeneca slots had been booked by early Thursday morning following the reopening of the vaccination portal for those aged 61 and over, amid hesitancy over the specific vaccine despite assurances ...

House prices and rents dropped around 3 per cent to 4 per cent in Cyprus between 2010 and the fourth quarter of 2020, unlike the majority of other EU member states, the European statistical ...

Six people, three staff and three residents, have tested positive for coronavirus in a care home in Polis, in the district of Paphos, reports said Thursday. The cases were detected ...

Clean public spaces and a greener city are priority issues for Limassolians, according to a survey prepared by Yia ti Lemeso (For Limassol) initiative in cooperation with the University of ...

A total of 94 development projects costing €123 million have been carried out in Paphos in the last eight years, with another 46 worth €217 million underway, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday ...

How does tender, slow-cooked shredded lamb in a spicy Mexican-style barbacoa sauce, piled onto soft tacos and loaded with toppings, sound to you? If you said ‘fabulous’, then you’re ...