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Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior ...

By Georg Zachmann Agreement on a global carbon trading framework could complete the global climate architecture, but the risks are significant  The international process for coordinating the fight against global ...

The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold this week as it moves more slowly to cut borrowing costs than central banks in Europe and the ...

The threat of soaring government debt supply destabilising financial markets has intensified, according to the world’s top central banking advisory body, as it urged policymakers to act swiftly to ...

President-elect Donald Trump could be the “president of this AI generation” as he will take office at a time when critical infrastructure to developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) is built ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, along with TPG Rise Climate and other investors, is backing clean energy developer Intersect Power as part more than $800 million funding round, the company has ...

By Euripides L Evriviades The recent visit of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) marks a critical juncture in the bilateral relations between the ...

Buoyant Chelsea moved within two points of leaders Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday as goals from Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson earned them a 2-1 victory over neighbours ...

Manchester United poured on the misery for flagging Premier League champions Manchester City as late goals by Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo snatched an unlikely 2-1 away victory from the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday condemned the violent incidents which unfolded over the weekend between teenagers and police officers across the country, leaving havoc in their wake. The destructive incidents ...

President Nikos Christodoulides had a telephone conversation on Sunday afternoon with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during which they discussed the document submitted by Cyprus to ...

Cyprus’ credit rating was recently upgraded from Baa2 to A3 by Moody’s. The double upgrade reflects, firstly, the improvement in the country’s fiscal indicators. Public debt has fallen ...

Israel will close its Dublin embassy due to the “extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government”, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Sunday, citing its recognition of a Palestinian state ...

By David Pentecost Tatiana Stupak was trained in piano and organ playing while studying at the St Petersburg Conservatory. I was trained in organ playing in London in 1987 by the ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou was departing for Brussels on Sunday to attend the EU Council of Energy Ministers slated for Monday. On the sidelines of the Council, Papanastasiou will also ...

When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France’s new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase subsidies for private schools led to nationwide protests. He quickly ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Sunday called for the immediate resumption of talks to achieve a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem. She was speaking at the national memorial service ...

It has been a busy year at Rialto Theatre with numerous cultural productions each month. And the year is not over yet with the period before the Christmas holiday seeing ...

The Republic of Cyprus must have a leading role regarding Syria and its future, particularly due to its geographic proximity to the country, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Asked ...

The departure of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) ‘Prometheus’ is a positive development, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, over the ship that will form part of the ...

Member-states have taken a series of measures, ranging from direct protection to active support of journalists on the firing line, as part of the Council of Europe’s ‘Journalists Matter’ ...

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also ...

The multilateral meeting for the Cyprus problem may take place in the first three months of the next year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, he specified ...

By Lysandros Lysandrou During his first stint as prime minister (1955-1963) of Greece, Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907-1998) boasted in parliament that Greece was prospering. The then leader of the official opposition ...