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Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Wednesday he hoped the expected lockdown would not see churches close altogether. Performing a service to mark Epiphany in Paphos, the Archbishop said he himself was ...

A nurse received the first COVID-19 shot in the Netherlands on Wednesday, kicking off one of Europe’s last vaccination programmes for the coronavirus as the European medicines regulator considered ...

A total of 3,901 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 since December 27 the health ministry announced on Wednesday. These were people included in the first phase of the vaccination plan and comprised ...

The cabinet has changed the scheduling for its meeting on Thursday to consider new measures, and the meeting will now take place on Friday, the presidential palace announced. The move ...

Greek Christian churches held Epiphany services on Wednesday, openly defying government coronavirus restrictions that banned public gatherings including religious ceremonies on one of the most important days of the Orthodox ...

Mick McCarthy, the former Republic of Ireland and Wolves manager, has been sacked by Nicosia club Apoel after just two months in charge. There were rumours thorughout the past week ...

In 2019, over one fifth of people in Cyprus said they could not afford to heat their homes adequately in winter, third worst across the bloc, according to Eurostat. This was ...

A chilling step in the direction of arbitrary encroachment of the right to freedom of expression, a phenomenon that is becoming all too common in current times (on a global ...

The foundation (no pun intended!) of making your own beauty care products in a sustainable, zero-waste way rests on using the right ingredients. This video covers 10 such elements, including all-natural ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Herculean” aim to vaccinate around 14 million of the most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by the middle of next month is achievable, his vaccine minister ...

Chinese authorities on Wednesday imposed travel restrictions and banned gatherings in the capital city of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, in the latest escalation of measures to stave off another ...

The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will try to reach a decision on the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, after failing to take a decision two days earlier. ...

Charles Duhigg, author of ‘The Power of Habit’, says most people fail to stick to their New Year’s resolutions, because their targets are set without a strategy to help ...

Police booked 89 individuals and three businesses for violations of Covid measures in the last 24 hours, during a total of 7.971 checks. The three establishments were two kiosks, one in Paphos and ...

Two shops that have been closed for the past three weeks, went up in flames in Paphos on Tuesday night, police said. The fire broke out in one of the ...

In a live wire who always carries a blade, THEO PANAYIDES finds that Unesco – and a passion for an ancient craft – drive one of a dwindling breed of craftsmen Knives ...

A veg-packed soup perfect for any time of the year, but especially now as a winter warmer. Packed with all the wholesome, nutrient-dense root veggies and tubers you can imagine ...

Oysters are good for more than just eating on the half shell: in New York City, they’re helping restore and preserve the harbour. This is due to the fact ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United have “no excuses” heading into Wednesday’s Carabao Cup clash against Manchester City as they look to reach a cup final at the fourth ...

English singer-songwriter Harry Styles and US actress and filmmaker Olivia Wilde are the couple everyone is talking about! News of the duo’s reported relationship broke after they were recently ...

Aiming to cover topics related to artificial intelligence and to promote the multidisciplinarity of fairness, accountability, transparency and ethics, the Cyprus Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT), hosted at the Open ...

As a little girl who spoke no English when she moved to the United States from Taiwan, Annie Young-Scrivner learned early on about challenging times. But the new CEO of ...

While last year’s strong rebound in many commodity prices might be viewed as a “V-shaped vaccine recovery”, the bank Goldman Sachs contends it is just “the beginning of a ...

Flights completed in 2020 Ryanair 207,300 Turkish Airlines 145,700 Aeroflot Russian Airlines 135,900 Lufthansa 124,300 Air France 118,300 Ryanair was the largest airline in Europe in terms of the number of flights in 2020. According to a ...