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Sheffield United will hope to maintain their city’s stranglehold over Arsenal when they host the Gunners at Bramall Lane on Sunday evening. Arsenal fans have to go back into ...

The euro is in a comeback phase against the pound, due to vaccination rollout improvements and some good economic data. “The British pound is on course to record its sharpest ...

Harry Maguire is “ready for battle” with England team-mate Harry Kane as Manchester United look to exact revenge on Tottenham. While Manchester City’s eye-watering lead means the Premier League ...

Venus Minerals has started diamond drilling in the Troodos, and this means that Cyprus will soon be able to take advantage of the rising demand for copper. “Cyprus can play ...

Pre-Brexit, permanent residents could vote in local elections and hold office More than three months after Brexit was finalised, British permanent residents are pressing for answers from the Cyprus government ...

Promotions and appointments in the broader public sector have become something of a tradition ahead of elections, ever since the late president Spyros Kyprianou introduced the practice in the early ...

A WEEK rarely goes by without the auditor-general Odysseas, Kyproulla’s self-proclaimed Elliot Ness, featuring in the news. He is second only to Prez Nik in the publicity race, in ...

Not since the 1930s and World War II have states arrogated to themselves such wide powers impinging on human rights and fundamental freedoms as they did in 2020-21. Governments contemplating ...

With outright surprise we took notice of the historical overview of Russian-Cypriot relations “Russia is not the horse to bet on” (Sunday Mail, April 4). The underlying message of the article ...

I write in response to the article in last week’s Sunday Mail by George Koumoullis, entitled “Accepting a mandatory lockdown but not a vaccine makes no sense”. How a ...

In his excellent profile of the animal loving Andreas Tsavellas and his DVD emporium (Sunday Mail, April 4) Theo Panayides is right to point out that “Netflix and its rivals only ...

An estimated 10,000 people marched in Nicosia on February 20 – yet there was no spike in coronavirus cases two weeks later. We were told this was because they were wearing masks and (...

Real Madrid beat rivals Barcelona 2-1 at home in an entertaining, rain-soaked ‘Clasico’ on Saturday to go top of La Liga. Karim Benzema put the champions in charge at a ...

Rachael Blackmore made Grand National history by becoming the first female jockey to win the race as she steered Minella Times across the finishing line at Aintree on Saturday. The ...

The health ministry announced four deaths and 446 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday from 49,314 PCR and rapid tests with a a positivity rate of 0.9 per cent. The deaths concerned three ...

A lawyer is challenging the constitutionality of the coronavirus restrictions – specifically the banning of demonstrations, rallies, parades and so on – while his client faces a fine of up to €50,000. Savvas ...

For a limited time, Altamira Real Estate is launching a new campaign, offering over 180 selected residential plots and fields in mountainous, buffer zone and disadvantaged areas across Cyprus. Having launched ...

Britain’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband who died on Friday aged 99, will have a ceremonial funeral on Saturday April 17 without any public access or public procession, Buckingham Palace ...

Trent Alexander-Arnold scored a stoppage-time winner as Liverpool fought back to snatch a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa and move provisionally into the Premier League’s top four on Saturday. ...

The auditor-general needs to realise that Cyprus is governed by a legally elected president, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Saturday after the audit office doubled down on its probe ...

The health ministry announced that 69 free rapid test sites for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday. Weekly rapid tests are mandatory for a certain percentage of company employees, as well ...

More than 110 people dining at a clandestine restaurant were fined late on Friday for violating a COVID-19 lockdown, Paris police said, days after the government denied allegations that ministers had ...

Choir festival Choral Crossroads typically takes place every few years on the island. This year, however, it’s going to be yet another festival to happen in virtual form, bringing ...

A dramatic last-gasp winner from Stuart Dallas earned 10-man Leeds United a shock 2-1 victory against runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. A much-changed ...