Archive 2022

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, has been abruptly moved from the prison where he was serving an 11-1/2 year sentence to a high-security penal colony farther from ...

The European Court of Human Rights confirmed it had issued an order on Tuesday preventing the deportation of one individual due to be on the first flight of migrants from ...

Qatar plans to pitch 1,000 “Bedouin style” tents in the desert for World Cup soccer fans, organisers said on Tuesday, as the state hopes to attract 1.2 million visitors, nearly half of ...

Israel and Arab countries that share its worries about Iran should build up their military capabilities under Washington’s aegis, the Israeli defence minister said on Tuesday ahead of a ...

Russia has banned dozens of British journalists, media representatives and defence figures from entering the country, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. In a move that Moscow said was a ...

The finance ministry has urged all government departments to resist the temptation to spend above their budgets and stick to the expenditure caps set. Otherwise, public finances might be derailed, ...

Rites of Spring an independent animation film by Yiorgos Tsangaris is the first ever Cyprus entry in the competition section of the Annecy festival, the most important and largest festival ...

Heavy rainfall that hit areas of Nicosia after midday on Tuesday caused some isolated incidents of flooding and also made it tricky for some motorists on the road, with a ...

Live music performances are filling up the events calendar of the summer and this week is no different. Limassol’s Mason Bar has two mid-week music performances planned, welcoming first ...

The University of Cyprus (UCy) on Tuesday joined the growing number of critics of the government’s refusal to make public the Akamas plan. The UCy Department of Civil and ...

The anger of residents near Vasiliko, after a tyre fire in the area at the weekend, is ‘completely understandable’, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. Speaking on Trito radio, ...

The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree will be offered by the private University of Nicosia (Unic) in the English language. It will provide practical training from the first year ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was “sure” that Russian-backed separatist leaders in the Donbas would be willing to listen to an appeal from Britain over the fate of two ...

Record flooding and rockslides unleashed by an unprecedented burst of heavy rains prompted the rare closure on Monday of all five entrances to Yellowstone National Park at the start of ...

Russian Daniil Medvedev returned for a second stint as the men’s world number one on Monday, replacing Novak Djokovic at the top of the world rankings. German Alexander Zverev ...

New Burnley manager Vincent Kompany is excited by the challenge of getting the club back into the Premier League. The former Manchester City and Belgium captain takes over from caretaker ...

The 46 police candidates, who failed the exams to join the force, demonstrated for a third time outside the presidential palace on Tuesday morning. The candidates claim that the principle of ...

Scores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year’s coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict ...

By Sam Wylie-Harris All attention last weekend in the UK was directed on the Queen, celebrating her Platinum Jubilee, and Elizabeth II has cultivated a classic signature look over her ...

Nicosia’s close ties with Israel will not affect its bilateral relations with the Palestinian Authority, President Nicos Anastasiades pledged to his Palestinian counterpart on Tuesday. The comments came during ...

Rich countries have made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels in response to the Ukraine war, the U.N. secretary-general said on Tuesday, warning that new investments being made in ...

Aura brand baby wipes, made in Russia, were withdrawn from the market because they contained substances banned by the EU, Rapid Exchange of Information System (RAPEX) has announced. The baby ...

Ukraine said its forces were still trying to evacuate civilians from embattled Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the devastated eastern city. The Ukrainian defenders were ...

A wanted man who escaped police detention on Tuesday morning while being treated at the Nicosia general hospital was found and arrested in the capital later in the day the ...