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A man who fell five metres while working on a construction site in Paphos on Tuesday is said to be in serious condition but out of danger. According to police, ...

A ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week in March is being held in the waterway as canal authorities pursue a $916 million compensation claim against the ship’...

Gold futures ended higher Tuesday, with data showing US consumer prices in March rose for the fourth month in a row and the pace of inflation hit the highest level ...

China described its military exercises near Taiwan as “combat drills” on Wednesday, hours before the arrival of senior former U.S. officials in Taipei on a trip to signal President ...

Global shipments of personal computers rose at their fastest pace in two decades in the first quarter as people bought computers to help them work and study remotely during the ...

Paphos police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with a burglary committed last month in a home in Achelia village in the Paphos district. According to police, several items ...

Police fined 166 individuals and eight businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols over the past 24 hours. In Nicosia police carried out 2,343 checks, reporting 50 individuals and one business owner, while in Limassol 67 individuals ...

Despite initially being encouraged by the February lifting of lockdown measures on retail stores, the sector is still reeling from months of inactivity and lingering trepidation from consumers. “Cyprus retail ...

Paphos environmentalists are pushing for the creation of green spots to serve village communities, as illegal dumping is way out of hand. “Making green spots where people can take their ...

The announcement that the bicommunal committee on health had been instructed to create a roadmap to reopen the crossing points was welcome news on Tuesday but people on both sides ...

Save Your Hood is seeking to overcome years of neglect and clean up Cyprus By Melina Alexandrou The shift towards greater awareness about environmental change, the overfishing of our oceans ...

At least 135 million birds are currently at risk of lead poisoning throughout the EU Consultations are underway in view of EU moves to restrict the use of lead in ammunition ...

But it comes with both risk and opportunities for business By Antigoni Pafitis In the past few years there has been a great deal of interest in the concept of ‘...

Mehdi Taremi scored a stunning overhead kick to hand Porto a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg but it was not enough to prevent ...

By Julien Pretot Paris St Germain reached the Champions League semi-finals despite a 1-0 home defeat by Bayern Munich as the title holders bowed out on away goals after a 3...

Alpina organic farm on Tuesday defended its practices and blamed the recording of dead animals on its premises to an “unfortunate moment”, while a report is expected from the state’...

Where other festivals have been put on hold, Cyprus Film Days is pushing ahead next week, and not just online either. PRESTON WILDER looks at what we can expect to ...

By Humeyra Pamuk and Andrew Osborn U.S. President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to reduce tensions stirred by a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’...

The foreign ministry urgently needs more diplomatic as well as desk personnel, MPs said on Tuesday. The House foreign affairs committee heard from ministry officials complaining about the lack of ...

The chair of the House refugees committee on Tuesday harangued the interior ministry for giving Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos a mere slap on the wrist in a report apparently censuring ...

The situation in state hospitals is critical, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday after record numbers in admissions of patients with Covid-19 were recorded in the last few ...

A two-month-old baby that died early on Tuesday in Limassol was found positive to coronavirus. The infant, that had presented serious respiratory problems at birth, was found unconscious in its ...

Venus Minerals Ltd, a Cyprus-based exploration company, has started exploratory drilling for copper in Kokkinoyia, one of its licence areas, it announced on Tuesday. The company said drilling at the ...

Russia will restrict flights to and from Turkey from April 15 to June 1 due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Turkey, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Monday, ...