Archive 2022

By Simon Gardner Ukraine’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Russian forces of carrying out a “massacre” in the town of Bucha, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides is in Luxembourg to take part in the Eurogroup and Ecofin meetings which will be held on Monday and Tuesday. Ministers will discuss economic developments resulting ...

All halloumi products in Cyprus have been made legally for decades and are subject to checks by both the agriculture ministry and the commerce ministry, the Association of Cyprus Cheesemakers ...

By Lisa Richwine The music industry hands out its top honors on Sunday with acts from teen sensation Olivia Rodrigo to awards darling Billie Eilish and rapper Lil Nas X ...

The ministry of health will operate 34 free coronavirus testing units for eligible groups on Monday. Those able to get a free test include the vaccinated and children. Proof of ID ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin may not be able to save himself, but he may already have saved another despot, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban. There’s an election in ...

Fines totalling €3,500 were handed out by the police in the 24 hours leading to 6am on Sunday morning to those who broke anti Covid regulations. The fines were given to 21 individuals ...

By Issam Abdallah Russia missiles struck “critical infrastructure”, most likely a fuel depot, near Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa in the early hours of Sunday but there were ...

A foreign worker has lost his life in a labour accident on board a ship docked at Limassol port, police said. Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriacou said the 38-year-old man ...

The department of labour has warned of high concentrations of dust in the air on Sunday with vulnerable groups urged to remain inside. Measurements taken at 7am showed 76.4μg/m3 ...

Russia said on Sunday that peace talks with Ukraine had not progressed enough for a leaders’ meeting and that Moscow’s position on the status of Crimea and Donbas remained ...

A 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the recent theft of items from building sites, police said. During a search of his house a compressor was found that ...

Over 850 firecrackers have been seized by the police in the run up to Easter, which are thought to have come from the north. Police said on Sunday that during checks ...

The rouble has staged a lightening-fast recovery to levels last reached in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine, defying predictions that the war would launch it into freefall. The dramatic ...

A series of explosions was heard and smoke was seen in Ukraine‘s southern port city of Odesa in the early hours of Sunday, a Reuters witness said. Odesa was ...

Banks should beware of fake news that could trigger a run on their deposits, the European Union’s banking watchdog said in a warning on Friday about potential fallout from ...

Two US liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects took major steps toward launching this week as Russia’s threats to cut energy supplies to Europe drives up demand and prices for ...

On the outskirts of the eastern Venezuelan port town of Guanta, hundreds of trucks line up everyday to unload tons of scrap metal, part of the government’s attempt to ...

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has urged his players to reset ahead of a nine-game mini-season as they attempt to finally kill off their Premier League relegation fears. Those members of ...

It seems ages ago that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin published a letter in the New York Times over the head of the US administration appealing directly to the American ...

Small victory for children born of Turks and Turkish Cypriots, but still a long legal battle ahead By Esra Aygin A recent court decision about two Turkish Cypriot children, who ...

In a survey conducted by Politis newspaper last month, most respondents (74 per cent) said they wanted the future president to be honest. The second quality was the ability to solve ...

PRESIDENT of the ECB, Christine Lagarde got the full red-carpet treatment on her arrival in the regional centre of disappearing banks when she hooked up with her friend since the 2013 ...

England manager Gareth Southgate’s luck of the draw appeared to strike again for this winter’s World Cup finals in Qatar. The Three Lions have been placed in Group ...