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Lidl Cyprus is offering €40,000 in scholarships to eligible students for summer programmes on Greek and English courses from humanities to science and engineering. Children will have the opportunity to familiarise ...

Belarusian soldiers threatened to open fire on Polish troops just across the border, the Polish Defence Ministry said on Thursday, while Belarus summoned Poland’s charge d’affaires amid a ...

As of Monday, it will be mandatory for all businesses to carry out SafePass checks through the CovScan application, the health ministry announced on Thursday. As per a cabinet decision, ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus, a Limassol-based environmental, non-governmental and non-profit organisation, has produced a documentary titled Food for Thought and this month will present it for the first time. ...

European countries must work harder to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further as deaths and new cases surge, the World Health Organization’s Europe head said on Thursday. Current transmission ...

The government paid more than €21m in the past 10 months for the services of private mobile units offering rapid tests free of charge to members of the public on behalf ...

Yet another relatively new addition to the ever expanding bar and restaurant scene in Larnaca is Legends bar and grill, located on a side street a stone’s throw away ...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a reduction of VAT from 19 per cent to 5 per cent on electricity bills for vulnerable groups for six months. The decision is in line with ...

By Davide Bruno, The potential long-term neurological effects of concussions and other knocks to the head in professional sport have attracted significant attention and research interest over recent years. Confirmation ...

Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the ...

Protesters on Thursday decried what they say is an unconstitutional and ‘monstrous’ bill which seeks to update the near century old infectious disease law by which the government has ruled ...

Police on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a 35-year-old man who earlier in the day escaped from lawful detention while being driven in a vehicle in Nicosia. Authorities identified ...

The Cabinet approved on Thursday the establishment of a Cyprus Studies chair at the University of Thessaloniki, a move expected to promote knowledge of the island’s history and civilisation. ...

Australian police charged a 36-year-old man on Thursday with abducting a four-year-old girl from an outback campsite 18 days before she was found safe in a locked house. The man was ...

The new administration chief officer of the British bases (SBA), Clare Simpson, has said she is looking forward to working closely over development projects with community leaders in the villages ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan overcame an awful start to his clash with Michael Georgiou as an unanswered blitz of 461 points saw him storm to a 4-1 win at the BetVictor English ...

Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture that ...

A thrift store is not only a good place to purchase items at a fraction of the price you’d pay at a retail store, it brings the thrill of ...

The head of the government’s Covid-19 advisory team has issued a strong call for a revision of the current measures – perhaps most notably that the vaccinated should be subject ...

Cabinet on Thursday approved the administration of booster jabs against Covid-19 to people 50 and over and to everyone with severe obesity, regardless of age. It also approved the proposal by ...

By Prudence Wade Whether it’s dousing everything in habanero hot sauce or eating a punchy curry, some people live for spicy food – while others can’t quite stomach it. ‘...

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has revealed a sickness bug has left doubts over Harvey Barnes and James Maddison ahead of Thursday’s “very important” Europa League clash with Spartak Moscow. ...

David Moyes prepares to clock up his 1,000th match as a manager on Thursday evening admitting that at one point he was not sure if he would even make it ...

Nicosia municipality on Thursday announced the closure of the old GSP stadium as revamp works are set to start next Wednesday. The stadium, which provided free parking for hundreds of ...