Archive 2022

By Philip Pullella Pope Francis issued his toughest condemnation yet of the invasion of Ukraine, saying on Sunday the “unacceptable armed aggression” must stop. Speaking to thousands of people in ...

Director general of the finance ministry George Panteli will represent Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides at the Eurogroup and Ecofin meetings taking place on Monday and Tuesday. During the Eurogroup ministers ...

It is absurd that Turkey calls on Russia and Ukraine to stop the war and contribute to world peace, while at the same time it ignores its own invasion of ...

British property developer Nick Candy will give Chelsea fans a seat on the board if he buys the club from Roman Abramovich and also provide short-term funding after Britain sanctioned ...

A bus carrying around 50 Ukrainians left the road and overturned in Italy on Sunday, leaving one woman dead and several injured, fire fighters and police said. The accident occurred at ...

Regret has been expressed by the Cyprus Medical Association (PIS) that some of its members have been targeted and accused of abusing the national health system (Gesy). “We do not ...

The war between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions has led to much higher energy, raw material and food prices that will seriously diminish the real purchasing power of households ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will visit the Pournara migrant camp in Kokkinotrimithia on Monday to see for himself the conditions there, which were widely criticised over the last few days. He ...

Brazil’s central bank announced tougher rules for fintechs on Friday, saying that payment institutions will be subject to regulations based on their size and complexity and raising standards for ...

A dozen ballistic missiles struck Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil in the early hours of Sunday, Kurdish authorities said, with a U.S. official blaming Iran for ...

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said in an interview on Sunday that the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia would be a game changer and NATO would have ...

Seventeen individuals and six businesses were charged for violating regulations against the spread of Covid in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday. According to a police spokesman, this ...

Our minds today turn to the tragedy taking place in the heart of Europe, President of the House Annita Demetriou said on Sunday, repeating that Cyprus stands by the hard-pressed ...

In a post on Facebook, the British Bases said they were proud of the “fantastic job” pilots operating out of RAF Akrotiri were doing defending the skies above Eastern Europe. ...

By Vorasit Satienlerk and Juarawee Kittisilpa Nearly 60 elephants enjoyed a huge fruit banquet at a Thai botanical park on Sunday as the Southeast Asian country marked its annual Elephant Day. ...

Freedom of thought and freedom of expression are related but discrete rights under European human rights law. You are free to think what you like, but you are not free ...

At least nine people were killed and 57 wounded in a Russian air strike on a large Ukrainian military base near the Polish border on Sunday, local Ukrainian authorities said, in ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Saturday night after police found different drugs and a large amount of cash on him. A police patrol saw the man at ...

Two testing units of the ministry of health programme failed to open on Sunday because of the extreme weather conditions. Units in Kakopetria and Palaichori did not open because of ...

What is set to be the coldest day of the winter began on Sunday morning with rare snowfall in many areas of Nicosia as the impact of the Philippos weather ...

By Holger Nehring Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine on February 24 2022 and the war that has ensued are part of the history of what happened in eastern Europe in the ...

By Rory Carroll Rafa Nadal roared back from 5-2 down in the third set to defeat American Sebastian Korda 6-2 1-6 7-6(3) in the second round at Indian Wells on ...

A 32-year-old man has been arrested to help police with enquiries after a dog was killed at a house in the Larnaca district. According to police, a resident in the ...

Russia launched an air strike on a Ukrainian military base Yavoriv in the west of the country near the Polish border, local officials said on Sunday, in what appeared to ...