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Britain wants to reach an agreement with the European Union to solve post-Brexit trade to Northern Ireland issues quickly, foreign minister James Cleverly said on Thursday, suggesting a softer approach ...

The government on Thursday expressed disappointment with the same-day decision by a Council of Europe committee to end the supervision process in the implementation of a prior European Court of ...

Traffic congestion on roads can initially be alleviated through the promotion of mass transit – more bus lanes – and eventually with the construction of a tram system in Nicosia and Limassol, ...

Finland said on Thursday it was considering barring most Russians from entering the country as traffic across the border from its eastern neighbour “intensified” following President Vladimir Putin’s order ...

Saudi Arabia’s mission to the International Space Station next year aboard a SpaceX capsule will include a woman who would become the world’s first female Arab astronaut, according ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Thursday that talk of a nuclear conflict is “totally unacceptable” and effectively warned that so-called referenda in areas ...

Following various pop-up events around the country, the Fork Food Market returns to its home base for two more dates in September. The Municipal Gardens of Nicosia will welcome food ...

Lawmakers on Thursday examined a timetable for the start of the expansion and renovation of the neonatal unit at Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia with one MP suggesting the ...

A total of 2,198 football-related arrests were made in the 2021-22 season in England and Wales, the highest number since the 2013-14 season, a report by the Home Office said on ...

Some 3,000 Turkish Cypriots are working in the government-controlled areas, according to reports from the north on Thursday. According to the newspaper Kibris, the number was around 3,000. Turk-Sen union head Arslan ...

A Federal Reserve dead-set on fighting inflation is leaving little hope that this year’s rocky markets will end anytime soon, as policymakers signal rates rises faster and higher than ...

The Bank of England raised its key interest rate to 2.25% from 1.75% on Thursday and said it would continue to “respond forcefully, as necessary” to inflation, despite the economy probably already ...

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases after progress was knocked off course by ...

Nursing staff at Makarios hospital’s Neonatal intensive care unit on Thursday demonstrated outside parliament over severe staffing shortages. The nurses, members of Pasyno union, complained while a debate was ...

By Sharon Thompson In 1938, a group of feminist agitators came together in London to tackle what they saw as the most pressing issue of their time: inequality in marriage. For ...

A fact-finding mission from the European Parliament’s committee evaluating the use of Pegasus software is travelling to Cyprus on November 1, Cybc reported on Thursday. According to a post on ...

The ‘cabinet’ in the north intends to authorise the creation of a ‘national’ airline Turkish Cypriot media reported on Thursday. The decision was also published in the ‘official gazette’. Citing ...

There is more to Paphos than the beach and fancy villas finds PAUL LAMBIS at a museum dedicated to the region’s religious history Paphos is more than just a ...

Russia pushed ahead on Thursday with its biggest conscription drive since World War Two, prompting some men to rush abroad, while Ukraine demanded “just punishment” for a seven-month-old invasion that ...

A military court in the north on Thursday extended the detention of a Greek Cypriot bicommunal activist by a further five days. Andreas Soudjis has been held in the north ...

By Liam Proud Banks usually make for tricky private equity targets. Turnoffs include demanding regulators and high leverage, which stops buyers from piling on further debt. But when prices are ...

Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka accelerated to 70.2% in August,the statistics department said on Wednesday, as the island nation reels under its worst economic crisis in decades. The National Consumer ...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that any weapons in Moscow’s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to defend territories incorporated in Russia from Ukraine. ...

The dollar surged to a fresh two-decade high and stocks slid on Thursday with investors unsettled by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive outlook for US interest rates and braced for ...