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The decision by opposition parties to shelve a bill for state-backed lending to stricken businesses is a hard blow for workers who are deprived of important support, Labour Minister Zeta ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis unveiled a long-awaited €97 million support plan for the agricultural sector in Cyprus on Wednesday. The plan, which concerns the years 2021 and 2022, contains ...

Within the next few days, a decree is expected to be issued which will release all those who have been vaccinated from the obligation to conduct a weekly rapid test ...

Thought of as gastronomy’s ‘black gold’ for its indulgence, the delicacy that is caviar, is roe traditionally extracted from wild sturgeon, originating from the Caspian and the Black Sea. ...

A total of 59 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 ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by the labour minister for paying an Easter allowance to low-income pensioners. Eligible are pensioners already receiving a low-income allowance and whose income is ...

Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou on Wednesday visited Polemi in Paphos to check out this year’s tulip blooms. Vassiliou was given a tour of the tulip fields by the community ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved an €8 million Cypriot scheme to support tour operators affected by the pandemic. The measure was approved under the state aid temporary ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday sunk yet another reform after they decided by majority to shelve three bills overhauling the island’s notoriously slow justice system. The decision prompted the reaction ...

If you have ever dreamt of wearing a wingsuit and flying across peaks or plunging down sheer cliff faces, this video gives you the eight-point lowdown of attaining such feats. ...

Labour minister Zeta Emilianidou will visit the newly completed multi-purpose social welfare centre of Paphos municipality on Thursday. “During the visit to Paphos, the minister will meet Paphos mayor Phedonas ...

I have no idea how many times I’ve watched reruns of the entire series of Friends but it’s too many to count on one hand. Watching this award ...

When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting it with rivals struggling with finances and ...

In this video, yogi and mystic Sadhguru, discusses four strategies for optimal nutrition, drawing attention to the fact that no one-diet-fits-all exists. That said, there are certainly ways of eating ...

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard Europe’s choppy vaccine rollout hit more trouble on Wednesday after US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson delayed its COVID-19 shot and Denmark said it would drop a ...

Players in a Turkish football match broke their fast for Ramadan on the pitch. A clip tweeted by broadcaster beIN Sports showed Ankara Keciorengucu players eating bananas and dates during ...

The EU Commission has decided not to renew COVID-19 vaccine contracts next year with AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Italian daily La Stampa reported on Wednesday, citing ...

Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange, will list on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, marking a milestone in the journey of virtual currencies from niche technology to mainstream asset. ...

A post-mortem on a two-month-old baby who was found positive for coronavirus was inconclusive, it was announced on Wednesday. Medical examiner Angeliki Papetta performed the post-mortem at the Nicosia hospital ...

By Richard Dickenson A couple of thousand years ago the estimated two million or so people living in what is now the UK were mostly farming people. At best their ...

Greece plans to lift quarantine restrictions from next week for travelers from the European Union and five other countries who have been vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19, a senior ...

Denmark will cease to administer AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine entirely following its possible link to very rare cases of blood clots, several Danish media outlets reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed ...

In this video, we meet astronomer Emily Levesque, who studies the moment of mystery when a star dies – that millisecond when its bright light explodes into a supernova, or collapses ...

A group of women dressed in black marched on Wednesday to the Presidential Palace to mark the second anniversary since the first body was discovered of the seven victims of ...