Archive May 2022

The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group’s supreme leader, an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public ...

A 60-year-old tourist was hospitalised in serious condition on Saturday after he attempted to dive down to the Zenobia shipwreck off the Larnaca coast. The incident was reported by the ...

Akel central committee is expected to decide on their preferred choice of presidential candidate for the 2023 elections on Sunday, following the first day of discussions on Saturday. The 105 member-body met ...

Pro-Russian forces said 50 more people were evacuated on Saturday from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, where scores of civilians have been trapped for weeks alongside Ukrainian fighters holed up ...

Russia’s most senior lawmaker on Saturday accused Washington of coordinating military operations in Ukraine, which he said amounted to direct U.S. involvement in military action against Russia. “Washington ...

France’s Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as president on Saturday, promising to lead the country with a “new method” as his political rivals kicked off ...

Where do you live? Right now, in Nicosia! What did you have for breakfast? Green tea and homemade banana bread! Describe your perfect day Imagine… listening to the waves of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will send a chilling ‘doomsday’ warning to the west when he leads his country’s May 9 ‘Victory Day’ parades brandishing Russia’s vast firepower while its ...

A 36-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after 3.5 kilos of cannabis and almost €9,500 were found in his car. The man was arrested around 8pm on Friday when ...

The foreign ministry on Saturday said the Republic has now fulfilled the requirements of the US 2019 partnership act and hopes that Washington will fully lift its decades-old arms embargo on ...

Vladimiros Tziortzis said he is targeting the Nascar Whelen Euro Series title at a press conference in Nicosia on Friday. The talented Cypriot driver will compete again this year in ...

Within the framework of its Cultural Decentralisation Program 2022, Dance Gate Lefkosia-Cyprus is presenting a series of walking performances at the Troodos Botanical Garden in collaboration with the community of Amiantos. ...

Authorities had to intervene and break up two mass fights at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers on Saturday. A fight that broke out around 5pm resulted in the ...

Police helped get a 53-year-old woman to hospital for a scheduled operation after her car broke down on the motorway, they announced on Saturday. The woman contacted police for help ...

A medical expert from Israel has treated the 20-year-old man who suffered burns to 45 per cent of his body during violent incidents involving football fans last week, by putting artificial ...

Pro-Russian separatists in Moldova said on Saturday their region had been hit four times by suspected drones overnight near the Ukrainian border. Nearly two weeks of similar reported incidents in ...

Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, looked set to claim top spot in elections in British-controlled Northern Ireland for the first time, a historic shift that could ...

Rafa Nadal said there were positives to take from the Madrid Open despite the 21-times major winner falling to a quarter-final defeat by teenager Carlos Alcaraz on Friday in his ...

Chelsea have confirmed Todd Boehly’s consortium has agreed terms to buy the Stamford Bridge club from Roman Abramovich in a £4.25billion deal. Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Boehly has won ...

Europe’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, the architect of landmark rules to curb the power of US tech giants, called on Thursday for a global approach towards Big Tech to ...

A 72-year-old Paphos resident is treated in serious condition after he fell while trying to climb up the balcony of his house, Cyprus News Agency reported on Saturday. The pensioner ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides on Thursday evening attended the launch of the Gen Y Innovation Network in London. Gen Y was set up to act as ...

When the worlds of Latin, jazz and world music come together, it is an explosion of sounds, colours and rhythms. The Cypriot music scene has been enjoying this pulsating fusion, ...

Police on Saturday issued a public plea for information to help locate a driver involved in a hit and run that resulted to the injury of a 67-year-old woman who ...