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By Jonathan Shkurko and Nick Theodoulou The health ministry rolled back controversial requirements imposed on restaurants, bars and cafés on Tuesday after business owners expressed dismay and some measures ...

Greece and Turkey held more exploratory talks in Athens on Tuesday, agreeing to talk again after more than 60 rounds as they seek common ground on a long-standing maritime boundaries dispute ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides visited a listed building, which is being renovated in accordance with a new energy efficiency programme, to promote the Economising – Upgrading Households plan on Tuesday. “The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday night criticised groups of people in Limassol for not complying with the Covid-19 health decrees, in an address to the nation. “It is with great ...

The health ministry announced one death and 475 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 0.99 per cent, taking Cyprus past the 40,000 cases mark. The death concerns a 73-year-old ...

A 30-year-old man on Tuesday confessed that he attended a party at a house in Paphos despite coronavirus restrictions, while a woman is due in court on Wednesday for attending ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is seeking to buy armed unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey, after years of tension between the two regional powers. Ties ...

Downtown Nicosia was in a cheerful mood on Tuesday morning as bars, cafés and restaurants welcomed customers for the first time in months. As staff carried out the finishing ...

The rapid test locations for Wednesday have been announced by the health ministry, the first day after restaurants, cafes and bars reopening to the public after months of being closed. ...

Margaritas, tequila shots and Mexican bites are coming up at Vinylio Wine Etc this week as the Limassol bar hosts an outdoor Mexican fiesta. It almost sounds too good to ...

The creation of a deputy ministry for culture was described as an “historic moment” by Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday. A bill for the creation of a deputy ministry ...

By Andrea Shalal The International Monetary Fund should adopt ambitious goals for assessing the physical and policy-related risks of climate change facing its members after years of paying minimal and ...

A Greens candidate MP has been referred to the party’s disciplinary council after hurling insults on social media at Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, it emerged on Tuesday. Party head ...

By Deborah Kyvrikosaios Tucked between rows of apartment blocks on an Athens street, a strip of green with a few trees, some plants and a bench offers a breathing space ...

Almost exactly a year before George Floyd was killed in a deadly arrest by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020, he found himself in another encounter with police in which he ...

In this video, we pay a pre-Covid visit to Sofia, Bulgaria’s laidback and youthful capital, to be found at the centre of the Balkans, midway between the Black and ...

The British government is to invest significantly in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, and other Overseas Territories (OT) according to a 100-page strategy, Global Britain in a Competitive Age, ...

The stakes rose on Tuesday in a courtroom battle between the wives of former England football stars Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy as new vitriol emerged and a judge described ...

With Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard having become the new ‘face’ of Chanel No. 5 perfume, in this video we go behind the scenes to learn more about her special relationship ...

The European Commission has set a date to vote on the PDO status of halloumi, spokeswoman Miriam Garcia Ferrer said on Tuesday with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar saying an ...

Multi-asset investment platform eToro, which has an important presence in Cyprus, said on Tuesday it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by banking entrepreneur Betsy ...

Arsene Wenger says FIFA should consider holding the World Cup and Euros every two years and that a review of the international match calendar will consider compressed qualifiers and enforced ...

The European Union will on Wednesday unveil a COVID-19 pass to allow free travel this summer and support the struggling tourism sector despite the bloc’s sluggish vaccination campaign and ...

The families of dozens of people killed in demonstrations against military rule in Myanmar attended their funerals on Tuesday as more protesters defied the security forces and at least one ...