Archive 2022

At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Tuesday, adding that ...

A Russian public organisation dealing with the Russian diaspora, has reportedly asked Russia’s Investigative Committee to prosecute a Ukrainian woman on terrorism charges for allegedly menacing Russian citizens in ...

Germany hopes Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) will help ease its shift away from Russian gas imports, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday, a day after Canada played down the ...

A $75-million superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was auctioned on Tuesday in Gibraltar, court sources said, in what is understood to be the first sale of its ...

Appointments can be booked online with 750 doctors across all areas of specialisation via a short and simple process, state health organisation (Okypy) said on Tuesday. Accordingly, the digital transformation, the ...

Norway plans to maintain its current high gas production level until the end of the decade as Europe plans to ditch Russian imports over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, its ...

Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos will hold a new joint meeting with employers and trade unions on August 31 in a final effort to reach a consensus regarding the establishment of the ...

Famagusta Avenue Garage in Dherynia is a gathering point for creative youth with a bicommunal aspect as organisations, groups and individuals from either side of the divide meet to co-organise ...

As one of the participants in the EU’s Cities Mission for climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, Limassol can spearhead efforts towards climate neutrality for the whole of Cyprus, deputy ...

The establishing of a bicommunal response team to fight fires across the island under the auspices of the EU and/or the UN as a confidence building measure was proposed ...

A fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon near the Psathi community in Paphos was brought under control by firefighters after 8.20pm this evening, and authorities assured there is no ...

As Ukraine prepared to mark both its independence from Soviet-rule in 1991 and the six months since Russian troops invaded, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged that any Russian attacks in or around ...

It was meant to be Europe’s stellar year. A post-pandemic spending euphoria, supported by copious government spending was set to drive the economy and help fatigued households regain a ...

A tennis fan is taking legal action against Nick Kyrgios after he accused her of being “drunk out of her mind” during his defeat in this year’s Wimbledon final. ...

The House watchdog committee is expected to spend two to three sessions discussing the audit service’s report on the citizenship by investment scheme, its chair Zacharias Koulias said on ...

The Cyprus Fintech Summit is an international summit dedicated to the future of technological innovation in financial services. Top-tier speakers from Cyprus and abroad engage in meaningful conversations about the ...

Large groups of wild boar are now a common sight in some Spanish cities and authorities say they have no option but to capture and put them down as they ...

By Madeleine Goumas On a summer’s day at the beach, the sound of seagulls is part of the ambience. But what about when they’re in the middle of ...

The sixth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is essentially over, virologist Leontios Kostrikkis, a former member of the government’s epidemiological team, said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC radio, he ...

By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska and Kuba Stezycki As thousands of dead fish neared the banks of the Oder River in the village of Widuchowa in western Poland on Aug. 11, local people ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he does not expect to meet President Nicos Anastasiades in New York in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. ...

A clutch of stocks favored by retail traders tumbled on Monday in volatile trading as news that UK-based Cineworld (CINE.L) warned of a possible bankruptcy sent AMC Entertainment Holdings’ ...

Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 played out a 0-0 draw in Kyiv’s empty Olympic Stadium on Tuesday as competitive football returned to war-torn Ukraine with the start of the country’...

Visitors to the Kallinikio Municipal Museum of Athienou will be able to listen to the story of Cypriot Pan through his statue, in Greek, English or Russian, through the use ...