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Peace processes that involve women are more likely to be agreed upon and last, making female participation a crucial part of negotiations, Gender Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Tuesday. “Women’...

Answers given to deputies at Monday’s House defence committee meeting by Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas came as a breath of fresh air. His direct and honest responses were a ...

Thieves who staged a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum in Paris made off with jewels worth an estimated €88 million euros, Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Tuesday. “...

A planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was put on hold on Tuesday, as Moscow’s rejection of an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC played out a goalless draw with Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan on Tuesday night in their third Champions League match of the season. They played the lion’...

MPs on Tuesday pledged to come to the aid of displaced persons who claim that creditors are moving to repossess their homes, while government officials pleaded ignorance of the issue. ...

The civilian court case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July was on Tuesday adjourned until Friday. The pair face charges of ...

Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday said his “greatest pride is seeing our people smiling” in his first public statement since Sunday night. “I am continuing to listen to ...

The capital and theatre lovers are in for a treat this month as a highly-praised theatrical performance by director Theodoros Terzopoulos joins the Nicosia International Festival agenda. On October 31 and ...

The government on Tuesday sought to downplay worries that – amid the persistent drought – Cyprus will dry out, insisting it has taken a series of actions ensuring adequate water supply. But ...

Long-term Bitcoin holders have unloaded positions at unprecedented rates, realizing $1.7 billion in daily profits while $2.9 billion in older coins re-enters circulation. Analysts like James Check have noted this sell-side pressure ...

Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election result was “a reaction from the Turkish Cypriot people” Turkish Cypriot perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag said on Tuesday after achieving a high of ...

Cyprus and Croatia underlined their similarities and reaffirmed their alignment on all EU matters on Tuesday as President Nikos Christodoulides visited Zagreb, the first official visit by the island’s ...

A bus driver in Larnaca on Tuesday reported that a group of students on his bus were “throwing various objects” at him and called the police. The incident occurred at ...

A Cypriot lawyer alleged on Tuesday that the procedure to select a Cyprus judge for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is tainted and should be repeated from scratch ...

Britain’s borrowing in the first half of the financial year was the highest on record except during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, keeping up the pressure on finance ...

Italian second-tier football club SS Juve Stabia has been placed under judicial administration for alleged mafia infiltration, Italian prosecutors and police said on Tuesday. Juve Stabia are based in Castellammare ...

More than 150 athletes aged up to 87 relived moments from their swimming careers at the 8th international veterans’ games, held this weekend at the Limassol Olympic swimming pool. Aided by excellent ...

Travel documents, both identity cards and passports, can currently not be issued due to a technical problem in the civil registry system, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry ...

A fight between two minors aged 15 and 13 at a public secondary school in Paphos is under investigation, police said on Tuesday. As a result of the fight, the 13-year-old was ...

A 30-year-old convict in the central prisons was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Limassol businessman Stavros Demosthenous last week. He has been held in the ...

The Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (Anad) and the Nicosia Multipurpose Municipal Centre have signed a memorandum of cooperation, the two bodies announced on Tuesday. The partnership, originally formalised ...

Prices for frozen molluscs and fresh fish rose in September compared to August, while fresh meat prices fell over the same period, the consumer protection service’s latest price observatory ...

Turkish Cypriots were on Tuesday incensed Turkish nationalist political party MHP leader Devlet Bahceli’s comments as he twice called for northern Cyprus to join Turkey in the aftermath of ...