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Manchester City face Chelsea and Leicester take on Southampton in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley this weekend. Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the main talking ...

Sheffield United’s fate will be sealed on Saturday if they lose at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United avoid defeat against West Ham United, although in reality relegation looked a ...

A travel addict and former tour guide describes her experiences in a fascinating new podcast. Alix Norman tags along on her Most Memorable Journeys, and is transported to a wealth ...

Helen McCrory, the English stage and screen star who appeared in three ‘Harry Potter’ films, alongside ‘The Queen’, ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘Skyfall’ has died. She was 52. Her husband, the actor ...

George Gavriel, the public school headmaster who published artworks critical of the archbishop and other key Cypriot figures, claims he is being investigated for his ‘national spirit’. The row initially ...

It was extremely disappointing to read that the ministry of education and culture is now pursuing disciplinary action against the secondary school head teacher Giorgos Gavriel, after its investigation into ...

The time to make a difference is now By Elisa Fereira They say that greatness is forged in crisis. If so, today the forge is working overtime: the worst pandemic ...

Helen McCrory, the “beautiful and mighty” British actress known for playing steely female characters on stage and screen, has died of cancer at the age of 52, her husband, Damian Lewis, ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane moved clear at the top of this season’s Premier League scoring charts but his two goals were only good enough for a 2-2 draw ...

Moderna Inc said on Friday a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses from its European suppliers will delay deliveries to countries including Canada and Britain, but shipments to the European Union ...

The first joint meeting between Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which started on Friday in Paphos, signifies a new era for the Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides ...

The health ministry announced one death and 677 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. An 87-year-old man with underlying conditions who had received the first dose of the vaccine died at ...

Greece said on Friday it wanted a “positive agenda” with Turkey despite differences, a day after their foreign ministers clashed during a news conference, while President Tayyip Erdogan defended Ankara’...

The education ministry on Friday announced that teaching with the physical presence of pupils in schools will continue, but a special committee will be monitoring the epidemiological situation in in ...

Two separate states and sovereign equality have no place in a Cyprus settlement, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday in response to Turkey’s views on the issue, which were ...

Ten Syrian men arrived on Friday afternoon by boat to Protaras, police said. The group was first spotted off Cape Greco at around 10.30am by a police patrol vessel that ...

AS Roma defender Chris Smalling was robbed at gunpoint by burglars who broke into his home in Rome in the early hours of Friday, a source close to the matter ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan threatened Turkish Cypriots with repercussions after a court in the breakaway state terminated the teaching of the Quran in schools. According to the Turkish Cypriot news ...

Peering over precipices, enduring lung-burning ascents, crossing forests and lakes, valleys and rivers, dunes and ancient citadels… hiking can be an amazing way to discover the world. And one that’...

Ruling Disy on Friday expressed its support to one of its MP candidates, Mina Sampson, who said she has been receiving threats from people in the north and Turkey over ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Saturday, 70 in total. People need to present proof of identity such as ID card, driver’s license or passport, for identification ...

The majority of possible side effects reported by people who received an Covid-19 vaccine in Cyprus concern those who received the Pfizer jab, a health ministry’s press conference revealed ...

Australia on Friday reported its first fatality from blood clots in a recipient of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot, and its regulator said there was a likely link between the 48-year-old ...

Ponies, crofters, fair isle. This is the Shetland Islands and, up here in the wilds of the north Atlantic, everything’s shorter, hardier, and built to last! The 100-plus islands ...