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A Russian businessman facing extradition from Italy to the United States has escaped from house arrest, Italian police said on Thursday. Artem Uss is due to face charges in the ...

A former Barclays BARC.L director, fired for sexual harassment and other misconduct, is suing the British bank for more than 584,600 pounds ($719,412), arguing that female colleagues fabricated allegations and that ...

A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump will get an anonymous jury in rape accuser E. Jean Carroll’s upcoming defamation trial, citing the threat of juror harassment, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday he hoped to ‘break the deadlock’ in the Cyprus peace process, also pitching to the United Nations Secretary-General his proposal for a more active ...

The music of world-renowned Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla will come to life once again in Nicosia and Paphos this March and April as a group of local musicians present a ...

Three key cabinet members visited Limassol port’s new passenger terminal where they spoke with stakeholders, vowing to make improvements to Cyprus’ ports wherever necessary. Shipping, which accounts for about ...

Peo union held a demonstration in solidarity to French workers on Thursday, outside the French embassy in Nicosia. “The fight for one is a fight for all of us, just ...

Police on Thursday warned of an uptick in online child harassment calling on parents to be more mindful of how their children use the internet. A bulletin from police warned ...

Public hospitals will be equipped with three new surgical beds within 60 days as the tender and procurement process have been completed. In response to the news that the operating theatre ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos met with French ambassador to Cyprus Salina Grenet-Catalano on Thursday where the two discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen their financial cooperation. Keravnos stressed the ...

The Bank of England on Thursday followed the Federal Reserve and the Swiss National Bank in hiking interest rates, as policymakers ploughed on with their fight against inflation in the ...

Britain’s parliament will block TikTok on all devices on its network following a similar ban on government devices, becoming the latest Western institution to bar the Chinese-owned video app ...

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved a bill ratifying Finland’s bid to join NATO, state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday, effectively taking Helsinki another step toward ...

One in ten Greek Cypriots travel to Turkey or to the north to receive dental care, the House health committee heard on Thursday. Antonis Antoniou, head of the dentists’ association, ...

By Neil McArthur We are about to witness the birth of a new kind of religion. In the next few years, or perhaps even months, we will see the emergence ...

The attorney general’s (AG) office on Thursday put a stop to a private criminal lawsuit that prison director Anna Aristotelous and her deputy filed against drug squad chief Michalis ...

For the 48th consecutive year, the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society and the Bank of Cyprus are organising the Christodoula March, the largest campaign to raise awareness on cancer-related issues in Cypriot ...

Germany need to move one step at a time as they look to rebound following a disappointing World Cup last year and not allow their focus to be distracted as ...

Switzerland’s financial market regulator FINMA defended its decision to impose steep losses on some of Credit Suisse’s bondholders on Thursday, saying the decision was legally watertight. On Sunday, ...

The outcome of the second post-mortem on the body of 28-year-old Lysia Bykova, who was found dead near Petra tou Romiou is ready and the case file will be with ...

Cristiano Ronaldo said he has been surprised by the level of competitiveness in the Saudi Pro League since joining Al Nassr in January. “I think you should look at the (...

Thirty-six members of the Bank of Cyprus’ (BoC) SupportCY volunteer corps, as well as members of a range of Police departments recently received training in missing persons search tactics for ...

A wide-ranging bill which seeks to completely overhaul dog ownership regulations threatens harsh spot fines of up to €300, but animal rights groups question whether it will be enforced. Don’t ...

A more institutionalised role for the EU on the Cyprus problem could prove to be a catalyst for the talks, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Thursday. Speaking to the ...