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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged last month’s electionin which he lost to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a complaint filed with the country’s ...

The latest poll for the 2023 presidential elections shows Nicos Christodoulides has a clear lead ahead of the other contenders, with Disy’s Averof Neophytou and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis neck and ...

President Nicos Anastasiades arrived in Berlin on Tuesday, where he is set to hold meetings with political leaders in Germany. According to a statement issued by the presidency, upon his ...

Poland’s Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty – and his chance to finally claim a World Cup tournament goal – in a 0-0 draw with Mexico on Tuesday that left Saudi Arabia ...

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo will leave with immediate effect, the Premier League team said on Tuesday, marking a bitter end to the Portugal captain’s second spell at Old ...

An electricity authority (EAC) trade union which initially said it would abstain from the scheduled strike on Thursday, said it would demonstrate outside parliament. The independent union of technical and ...

Long-awaited regulations governing the hiring of staff by the Transmission System Operator – seen as the first step toward the eventual opening up of the electricity market – were submitted to parliament ...

Dance Waves Festival, a contemporary dance event held for 13 years by Dance Lab, returns this weekend for two days of performances by artists from Cyprus and abroad. Eight performances will ...

Amendments to legislation to make space for glamping, a proposal that had previously been rejected by the House, were discussed by the House commerce committee on Tuesday. The issue of ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday fired the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to ...

Thousands of British railway workers will stage further strikes over the next two months in a long-running dispute over pay, the RMT union said on Tuesday, signalling travel disruption before ...

Kurds living in Cyprus held a small protest and a series of meetings with government officials on Tuesday, in the aftermath of airstrikes by Turkey in Syria over the weekend. ...

Lawmakers said on Tuesday that legislation introducing a ‘household basket’ – a weekly list of lower-priced staple goods – would be delayed to next year as stakeholders hammer out the details of ...

Contrary to what MPs believed, lawsuits surrounding halloumi PDO have not been withdrawn but a case is set to be heard at the European Court before the end of the ...

Football federations who had planned to wear the ‘One Love’ armbands to make a statement against discrimination during the World Cup in Qatar were faced with “extreme blackmail” that led ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to Ukrainians to conserve energy amid relentless Russian strikes that have halved the country’s power capacity, as the United Nations health body warned of a ...

Viewers from countries not participating in the Eurovision Song Contest will be able to cast a vote for their favourite act next year for the first time in the competition’...

A decision to assign an eight-year-old student to a special education unit has nothing to do with exclusion, the education ministry reiterated on Tuesday. The decision was made by experts, ...

Oil rose on Tuesday after top exporter Saudi Arabia said OPEC+ was sticking with output cuts and could take further steps to balance the market, outweighing global recession worries and ...

The government clarified on Tuesday it will impose a special levy on suppliers and producers of electricity, but will tax them in a rational way that does not disincentivise the ...

Denmark hit the woodwork in the second half as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Tunisia in their Group D World Cup opener that smouldered and sparked, but ...

A case filed by the Turkish Cypriot municipality of Nicosia against the unlawful construction of the Islamic ‘presidential’ complex in the Ayios Dometios (Kermia) area was rejected by the court ...

Passengers departing from Larnaca and Paphos airports on Tuesday were offered a complimentary traditional Cypriot breakfast before boarding their flights. The initiative was a joint operation between the Cyprus Hoteliers ...

A bizonal, bicommunal federation will not form the basis of a solution for the Cyprus problem ever again unless the sovereignty and equal status of Turkish Cypriots is recognised, a ...