Archive June 2023

Lawyer Panayiotis Kleovoulou, who led an attack against a gathering of left-wing organisations at the Limassol public university in 2017, was sentenced to ten months in jail on Friday. The 63-year-old ...

The expansion and renovation of the neonatal intensive care unit of Makarios children’s hospital, amounting to over €5.5 million, is underway, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Friday. Okypy ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the United States ...

The state should bear the cost of waste management rather than the public, deputies from the House environment and audit committees concluded on Friday, after a joint visit at the ...

The United States and United Nations have said the situation in Sudan’s region of West Darfur could herald a repeat of past mass atrocities there as fighting in Sudan ...

A jury on Friday found Robert Bowers guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes for the killing of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic ...

Flags flew lowered in the Canadian province of Manitoba on Friday and relatives braced for bad news after 15 mainly elderly people died in one of the country’s worst recent ...

There has been significant progress in recognising and protecting LGBT+ rights in Cyprus, the group Cyprus Diplomats for Equality said in an announcement on Friday. The group also welcomed a ...

It is not summer in Nicosia without the annual jazz festival that transforms a quaint neighbourhood into a mega jazz hub. This June 28 and 29, AglanJazz returns for another edition bursting ...

A Syrian teenager who survived a shipwreck that killed at least 78 people off Greece was emotionally reunited with his elder brother on Friday, but there was no news for other ...

Russia’s embassy in Israel will open offices in Jerusalem to serve its consular section as part of an agreement with the city, the embassy and Israel’s foreign ministry ...

NATO defence ministers failed on Friday to reach agreement over new plans on how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack, and one diplomat blamed Turkey for blocking them. ...

The European Commission will propose on Tuesday changes to the European Union’s long-term budget to support Ukraine in coming years and deal with higher debt servicing costs for joint ...

President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that the Russian leader will visit Turkey “soon”, Interfax cited a Kremlin aide as saying on Friday. The visit ...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who quit parliament last week over a finding that he misled lawmakers about COVID lockdown parties, was accused on Friday of a new breach ...

A migration department officer was arrested on Friday in connection with an ongoing investigation where residencies were issued to third country nationals. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said he was disappointed ...

Treble winners Manchester City will kick off their 2023-24 season against Arsenal on August 6 in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser to the Premier League season, England’s Football Association (...

The general assembly of the European Underwater Federation (EUF) will take place in Cyprus between June 17 and June 19, according to a statement released this week. The event is being organised ...

President Vladimir Putin on Friday cited positive data points to laud Russia’s economic health and said surging defence spending was needed to boost national security, as Moscow grapples with ...

A holistic approach is needed to curb drug abuse, including the upgrading of treatment facilities and the provision of additional support to families and children, Justice Minister Anna Koukkidou Procopiou ...

As the demand for efficient and scalable blockchain networks continues to grow, understanding Kusama’s role becomes paramount. In this article, we will understand Kusama’s scalability features and its ...

A total of 19 beaches in the Paralimni municipality have received a Blue Flag award, a statement released on Friday said. Granted by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) for beaches, ...

Cyprus has demonstrated serious and sustained efforts in combatting human trafficking, despite challenges, a state department report from the United States said on Friday. According to the report, despite the ...

Cyprus Airways and Aegean Airlines this week announced their plan to work together on codeshare flights, which will start on June 20, with the aim of improving connectivity and travel options ...