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The UNHCR is ready to provide further help to Cyprus to handle the influx of irregular migrants, its assistant high commissioner for protection Gillian Triggs said on Wednesday. According to ...

A bill for €1 billion in state-backed loans to Covid stricken businesses is expected to be approved by parliament on Thursday, including a controversial provision to have the auditor-general monitor the ...

Cyprus’ best known and most photographed bird, ‘Kokos’ the pelican, has died at the ripe old age of 25. Found at the Pelican restaurant in Kato Paphos alongside his friend, a ...

Cyprus faces the grim prospect of another lost year for tourism, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) warned on Wednesday. The dire warning was delivered by ACTA spokesman Haris ...

A vaccination programme for enclaved Greek Cypriots has been nearly completed, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou whose portfolio includes humanitarian issues, told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. He said that ...

A total of 60 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The general court of the EU said on Wednesday that the EU’s Intellectual Property Office should not have registered the name ‘Grilloumi’ by Swedish company Fontana Food AB. The ...

The commerce ministry’s consumer protection service said on Wednesday it had fined the House Finance Corporation €20,000 over some of its advertisements. The service found that a number of them ...

Tourist business owners in the Famagusta district staged a protest on Wednesday morning to complain about insufficient government support during the pandemic. The protest was attended by various unions and ...

Should the number of positive Covid-19 cases increase even more in the next weeks, the government will have no choice but to revert to stricter measures, according to Maria Koliou, ...

Personal doctors trying to book appointments for patients were frozen out of the vaccination portal on Wednesday, family doctors association president Andreas Polinikis said. The portal opened on Wednesday morning ...

Strovolos municipality has been clamping down on Easter lambradjia – bonfire celebrations — with seven truckloads of stockpiled wood confiscated in recent days. Strovolos Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous spoke to the media about ...

In a relationship psychotherapist, THEO PANAYIDES finds a serene woman who believes in togetherness, resilience and flexibility There’s a framed photo on the wall of the office – a film ...

In order to speed up the vaccination of the population the government has announced a new schedule for the Covid-19 vaccinations, meaning the portal for the age group from 49 to 50 ...

“Life without art would be unbearable so if not now, when is the time to support the artists?” ask the team of Artistic Exploits, a brand-new platform that wishes to ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that any move by U.S. President Joe Biden to recognise the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide will ...

English football’s so-called ‘big six’ have confirmed their intention to pull out of the proposed European Super League.Manchester City became the first team to quit the controversial project ...

Annual event on April 22 is celebrated by a billion people in more than 190 countries By Annette Chrysostomou The theme of this year’s Earth Day, marked on Thursday, April 22, is ...

Courts provide clarity amid confusion: a look at the role of the ministry in public transport legal wrangle By Elena Riga and Maria Kozakou On February 16, the Administrative Court annulled ...

By Jonathan Allen and Nathan Layne Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of all three charges of murder and manslaughter in the deadly arrest of George Floyd, ...

The Cyprus passport has been ranked 13th in the world in terms of the number of destinations its holders can access without a prior visa, according to the latest Henley ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday sought parents’ backing for frequent coronavirus testing among younger school children to help contain an upsurge in positive cases. Prodromou held a teleconference with ...

By Kate Holton and Elizabeth Piper Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would cut carbon emissions by 78 per cent by 2035 in what he hailed as the world’s most ambitious ...

Europe’s drug regulator has found a possible link between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who received doses in the United States, ...