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“Cyprus is changing, and we are moving in the right direction, with increasing recognition of the role of technology in our economy. But there is still not sufficient support for ...

The long-standing fly-tipping problem in Paralimni lake underlines the need for the creation of a green point in Famagusta, said the mayors of the municipalities responsible for the lake on ...

The legislature’s initiative to tighten and rationalise the laughably ineffective law governing the publication of the asset statements by politicians is commendable. We do not know whether the initiative ...

Manchester United suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat by the Premier League’s bottom club Sheffield United on Wednesday to leave Manchester City alone at the top of the table. ...

Lawyer Andreas Pittadjis, who stars along with the former House president and an Akel MP in the controversial video released last year by Al Jazeera in which they all appear ...

European regulators on Wednesday lifted a 22-month ban on flights of the Boeing 737 MAX after a design and pilot training overhaul in the wake of crashes that killed 346 people. The ...

Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates says he has been taken aback by the volume of “crazy” and “evil” conspiracy theories about him spreading on social media during the COVID-19 ...

Thomas Tuchel’s first match in charge of Chelsea ended in a drab 0-0 draw at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Wednesday. A day after replacing ...

Chris Wood grabbed a 79th-minute winner as Burnley came from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Wednesday. Ollie Watkins put Villa ahead ...

By Apostolis Zoupaniotis, New York The UN Security Council (UNSC) members agreed on the text of the draft resolution for the renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), ...

The United States faces a heightened threat of domestic terrorism from people disgruntled with the outcome of the November presidential election, the Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday. The ...

Employers and parents’ groups on Wednesday lambasted the government over the gradual relaxations of Covid-19 measures, saying they did not go far enough. The employers and industrialists’ federation (OEV) said ...

President Joe Biden was set on Wednesday to sign executive actions to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies ...

The health ministry announced 51 rapid testing sites for Thursday, aimed at facilitating the testing also of people who will return to their workplaces on February 1. According to the relaxations of ...

Russian police raided the Moscow offices of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s group on Wednesday and came to search several other properties, including a flat where his wife was, ...

Insurers are facing a $2-3 billion loss if the Tokyo Olympics are cancelled this year, amounting to the largest ever claim in the global event cancellation market, brokers say. With ...

A US voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his ‘big lie’ campaign ...

Three deaths and 128 new cases of the coronavirus were announced on Wednesday. Hospitalisations dropped to 155 with 52 patients in serious condition. Thirty-three patients are intubated. The three deaths were one woman, ...

Sexual harassment and abuse are one of the least reported crimes, said the prevention coordinator of RISE Counselling and Prevention Centre, Dimitra Sakelli on Wednesday. Survivors of sexual abuse report ...

A global annual Polish charity event is being held in Cyprus for the fourth time to raise funds for good causes. The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP) is ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday hit back at the newly established European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) which said that 10 per cent of the 3,000 fraud investigations it estimates it will ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday called for action by the EU to make sure AstraZeneca treats the bloc the same way as its other customers after the company said ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos has once more caused a stir after he appeared to refer to himself and President Nicos Anastasiades as thieves while testifying in an inquiry into the citizenship by ...

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he expects Dele Alli to still be at the club at the end of the January transfer window. Paris St Germain, now managed by former ...