Archive 2022

Turkey’s approach to the Nato accession process of Sweden and Finland is not a bilateral issue between Washington and Ankara, State Department spokesperson said on Friday, adding that the ...

In the last twenty-four hours, 26 new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in the north of the island. The new cases were identified as part of 7,930 tests carried out, according ...

A patient with monkeypox was confirmed in the Netherlands for the first time, the government’s health agency said on Friday, adding more people may have become infected with the ...

A dead sperm whale washed up on the Tel Aviv shore on Friday (May 20), its decomposing, 30-foot (10metre)-long carcass startling some beachgoers while others flocked for a rare close ...

Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft said on Friday that former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and German businessman Matthias Warnig were stepping down from its board of directors. The European ...

McDonald’s franchisees in Russia will have the option of working under a new brand that will launch imminently, the TASS news agency quoted Oleg Paroev, McDonald’s Russia’s ...

Russia’s Gazprom has informed Finland it will halt flows of natural gas from Saturday morning, Gasum said on Friday, after the Finnish state-owned gas wholesaler refused to pay its ...

The magnitude of the impact on the Cyprus economy from the war in Ukraine will depend on the duration of hostilities, and sanctions against Russia, Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) ...

Japanese police on Friday arrested a senior finance ministry official involved in coordinating policies with the central bank for possible assault charges, public broadcaster NHK reported. Heihachiro Ono, 56, deputy vice ...

Exploring the visible and invisible landscapes that make up the world is what a new group exhibition in Limassol will showcase. Opening on May 27 at the Limassol Municipal Centre- Apothikes ...

President of the House Annita Demetriou stressed the significance of Cypriot-Jordanian relations in tackling common challenges during the official visit of the Jordanian deputy prime minister and minister of foreign ...

A fire broke out on Friday afternoon near the State Fair between Engomi and Anthoupolis. According to fire department spokesman, Andreas Kettis, the fire broke out on dry grass and ...

A major holistic overhaul of the island’s judiciary must be completed immediately in light of the data presented in the 2022 EU Justice Scoreboard, which placed Cyprus last in Europe ...

The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Friday denied that a suspect currently on remand by the courts for allegedly offering families army exemptions for their sons for a hefty fee, was ...

A return to perimeter fencing is not the answer to tackling pitch invasions and would represent “a failure of us all”, the UK’s football policing lead has said. Recent ...

Unficyp will raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open another stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber attacks on Russia by foreign “state structures” had increased several times over and that Russia must bolster its cyber ...

This is where the ancient Greeks believed Atlas lived – holding the heavens aloft. It’s a legend that makes sense. The highest peaks in this North African range are well ...

A fourth suspect was charged in connection with a protest by goat and sheep farmers on Wednesday where they spilled gallons of milk and lit fires outside the presidential palace. ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison crisscrossed Australia in a final day of campaigning, insisting he could still win Saturday’s election despite polls pointing to a change of government or hung ...

In a sign of Russia’s urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners ...

German big business is drafting a plan to use an auction system to help ration available supplies in the event Russia cuts off its gas, although some fear it could ...

Carlo Ancelotti says it is important Real Madrid recognise the contribution Gareth Bale has made to club and called on fans to give him a fitting farewell in his final ...