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The head of Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service said on Wednesday last month’s mutiny by Russian mercenaries showed there were ‘deep fractures’ surrounding the Kremlin, and invited Russians ...

Cabinet on Wednesday cemented the makeup of the government’s Advisory Council, which is set to be chaired by the former Supreme Court judge George Arestis. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Every year, approximately one million children are trafficked. Although it is difficult to determine how many children are abducted and sold into modern-day slavery or sexual exploitation, the harsh reality ...

Nissan (7201.T) and Renault (RENA.PA) will make an announcement in the coming days on their restructured alliance and have finalised the deal, three people familiar with the matter said, ...

Excavators and fire engines might be able to start working on dealing with flare-ups and burning recyclable material on Thursday, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said, four days after a ...

The Gallery 45 is hosting its first ever off-site pop-up summer exhibition at the Tower at St Raphael Resort, Limassol, on Friday July 21. The group show will open with a cocktail ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) has requested approval from German local authorities to make sweeping changes to its factory near Berlin, a key next step in its ambitious plan to expand the ...

Three pottery vessels from the Bronze Age (about 1600‒1400 BC) have been returned to Cyprus from Italy after a request from the antiquities department. The objects had been seized by the ...

Limassol police on Wednesday said they were investigating the death of a 29-year-old man, whose body was found floating in the sea near Enaerios the previous day. The body was ...

Global oil prices were little changed on Wednesday as markets weighed US demand concerns against China’s pledge to support economic growth. Brent futures were flat at $79.63 a barrel by 0800 ...

A public health group has recommended the introduction of siestas in Germany as temperatures soar in a sizzling summer heatwave. Johannes Niessen, the head of the BVOeGD public health officers ...

Markets blazed and animal spirits reign supreme following the ruling on the SEC vs Ripple case. If $XRP, a relatively centralized project with a figurehead does not constitute a security, ...

Britain’s high rate of inflation fell by more than expected in June and was its slowest in over a year at 7.9 per cent, according to data that will ease ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou is traveling to Logrono, Spain where he is set to discuss the migration crisis along with procedures surrounding asylum, with his EU counterparts. In a statement ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told British MPs and lords that “we are ready to return to the negotiating table tomorrow and we are waiting for the other side [the north] ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old domestic helper wanted for theft. According to the police, the woman’s employer reported that she had left her post on December 24, 2019 having ...

Three people were caught driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos on Tuesday. According to the police, the offenders were aged 22, 23 and 40. Two of the drivers arrested had also ...

Two people were arrested on Wednesday at Paphos airport for presenting forged travel documents. According to police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nikolaou, the two suspects, aged 22 and 30, ...

Born to Limassol ‘aristocracy’, former ambassador to the UK Alexandros Zenon came of age during the Turkish invasion. THEO PANAYIDES meets him as he reflects on his affection for Churchill, ...

Wildfires burned for a third day west of the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday, as authorities braced for a new heatwave stoking tinderbox conditions across the country. At first light, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday is cautiously optimistic over the prospects of a joint visit with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, to the committee of missing persons (CMP). Director of ...

In between the summer festivals, open-air cinema nights and the beach fiestas are the humble live music nights that continue to bring collaborations between the island’s musicians. This week, ...

In today’s episode, Turkey’s approach on the Cyprus problem remains one of the main points of disagreement between the EU and Turkey, an EU official said during a ...

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos EuroAsia Interconnector signed a record-breaking subsea cable deal with Nexans on Wednesday, however the positive development was overshadowed by Energy Minister George Papanastasiou confirming ...