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Two deaths from coronavirus and 665 new cases of the disease were announced on Monday. The health ministry said the two deaths were of an 88-year-old man and another man aged 73. ...

By William Schomberg and Elizabeth Piper British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to ...

Michalakis Leptos, the founder and executive chairman of the Leptos Group of Companies, who died at the age of 83 on Sunday, was a pioneering developer, the first to recognise the ...

The health ministry has announced the updated list of sites where rapid tests will be available on Tuesday. District Testing Sites Time Limassol Grigoris Afxentiou Square (outside Dioikitirio) 8.30am-5pm ...

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Monday discussed the Cyprus issue and bilateral ties with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, during a short meeting at the Larnaca airport. The two ministers ...

The new variant of Covid-19, first detected in the UK, has now been found among the community in Cyprus, it emerged on Monday. According to the health ministry, the new ...

Flights to and from Cyprus decreased by 48,000 last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a Eurocontrol report said on Monday. According to the pan-European organisation for aviation safety, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has called a meeting with party leaders on Thursday to discuss a new 2021 state budget, as Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Monday continued efforts to secure enough ...

The number of undocumented migrants arriving in Spain’s Canary Islands on rickety boats was more than eight times higher in 2020 from the previous year, the Spanish Interior Ministry said ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out further measures later on Monday to try to control the rising spread in cases from the new variant of COVID-19, a spokesman ...

Watford captain Troy Deeney has criticised players who broke coronavirus restrictions over Christmas and New Year. A number of players from several Premier League clubs were pictured at gatherings that ...

Vaccinations in the north will start on January 15, with Sinovac, the Chinese vaccine to be delivered to the Turkish Cypriot community by Turkey, it was reported on Monday. In the ...

A 24-year-old foreign national was remanded in custody for eight days in Limassol on Monday in connection with terrorism related offences. The man was arrested in the district of Limassol ...

Nicosia residents have been flocking to Eleftheria square after it was partially opened for the public on New Year’s Day following years of delays. Hearing that the moat section ...

By Prudence Wade Knitwear is no longer the reserve of itchy jumpers and gaudy prints. Over the last few years, style icons like Katie Holmes have helped knitwear shed its ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has not been able to reach a decision on the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, the Dutch national medicines authority said. The ...

The Prague Astronomical Clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval timekeeping device located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. First installed in 1410, it is the third-oldest astronomical clock ...

Acting Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on Monday joined Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides at a ground-breaking ceremony for the CYCLOPS training facility in Larnaca, seen ...

Police are looking for 34-year-old Simoni Bejitashvili from Georgia, in relation to a case of burglary and theft. The crimes were committed between September 24 and November 19, 2020 in Nicosia. Whoever has ...

Egypt’s tourism sector is eying a gradual recovery after revenues plunged by nearly 70% to $4 billion in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism minister and travel companies said. The ...

Main opposition Akel sought to keep up pressure on the government on Monday over an apparently wrong police raid at a private citizen’s home after Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis ...

With 21 goals scored across seven games, the first round of the Cyprus first division in 2021 has set a benchmark for the remainder of the season. The end of round 17 finds ...

Petrolina Holdings on Monday released a regulatory announcement stating its acquisition of the oil trading firm Silk oil. Petrolina will pay a redemption consideration at a maximum amount of €9 million, ...

Which word sums up 2020? ALIX NORMAN discovers how Covid-19 has impacted how we speak and reveals the words that typify the year just passed At the end of each year, ...