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The report on the Good Offices Mission of the UN Secretary-General was circulated at the UN in New York on Friday, giving a run-down of the current situation since the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday gave instructions to state services to proceed immediately with implementing measures to improve the tackling of fires after a meeting with all competent authorities. According ...

By Michael Holden and Mitch Phillips Black players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse after their defeat in the final of ...

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said on Monday he hoped the bloc would not be forced to hold any extraordinary meetings in response to statements Turkish President ...

British police have so far arrested a total of 86 people during and following Sunday’s Euro 2020 soccer final between Italy and England, they said on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said ...

Letter to the president Dear Mr President of the Republic, I am writing to offer you some of my experiences of the fire on Saturday, July 3. I’m sure you ...

By Gabriela Baczynska The European Union’s executive missed its own deadline to sign off on billions of euros in economic recovery aid to Hungary, delaying its decision in an ...

The health ministry announced 832 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday out of 59,764 PCR and rapid tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.39 per cent. No deaths were reported, but 153 are ...

By Ingrid Melander and Geert De Clercq COVID-19 jabs will be mandatory for France’s health workers and anyone wanting to get into a cinema or board a train will ...

Jamaica plans to ask Britain for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the former British colony, a senior government official said, under a petition that could seek billions of ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the issue of victims of crime and how the state can better come to their aid given that – while Cyprus does have ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides departed for Brussels on Monday to take part in the Eurogroup meeting taking place on the same day and the Ecofin (Economic and Financial Affairs Council) ...

Greece has made vaccinations against COVID-19 mandatory for certain workers and announced restrictions to contain the spread of the virus as infections have kept rising during the vital summer tourism ...

A WHO epidemiologist said she had been devastated to watch unmasked crowds singing and shouting at the Euro 2020 soccer final in London on Sunday, expressing concerns that it would spur ...

In Paphos, one cultural venue is making sure that jazz music keeps on sounding with a lengthy series of jazz evenings by acclaimed local musicians. Performing for the first time ...

The latest expanded control measures taken relating to the coronavirus situation are both “legitimate and proportional”, the data protection commissioner said in a statement on Monday. In a statement, Data ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Tuesday, 59 in total. People need to present identification to get tested. District Testing Sites Operating Hours Limassol (16 sites) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 ...

By Costas Pitas and Alistair Smout British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people on Monday to show caution when nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in England next week, ...

With money no object, Qatar is powering though the construction of Lusail, a $45-billion megacity just north of Doha. Shelling out $220 billion to host World Cup 2022, it’s no surprise ...

Hungary has offered to buy Budapest Airport from its foreign shareholders, part of an effort to take it back into state hands and protect what the government says are national ...

By Katie Wright Summer has arrived and it’s time to adjust your wardrobe accordingly. Not only so you can handle the heat, but so you’re up to date ...

Back to edify and inspire with its living showcase of island-based or island-associated talent, arts and culture, episode 3 of CULTURESCOPE’s second season arrives packed with new goodies! As ever, ...

The European Commission will delay its plan to put forward a new levy on digital services later in July, a spokesman said on Monday, following intense pressure from the US ...

Egypt’s Suez Canal revenue rose to a record $5.84 billion in its 2020-21 financial year (July-June), up from $5.72 bln in the previous year, the Suez Canal Authority said on Sunday. ...