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By Richard Boxall The annual junior schools cricket tournament, organised by Cyprus Cricket Association and hosted by Heritage School, turned out to be a double success for Episkopi School, who ...

Order of play on the main showcourts on the second day of the French Open on Monday (play begins at 0900 GMT unless specified, prefix number denotes seeding): COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (0945) 16-Karolina ...

The famously fickle Paris crowd made themselves heard on the opening day of the French Open, booing when Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands after her first-round defeat ...

In today’s episode, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou said the energy workshop taking place on Monday in Nicosia is the first significant milestone in shaping the decisions for the national ...

The high dust levels affecting Cyprus over the weekend are set to decrease in the days to come, Met office director Kleanthis Nicolaides said on Monday. Speaking to the Alpha ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday called on football fans in Cyprus to put an end to the violence in stadiums and on officials to avoid getting mixed up in cases ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has congratulated Turkey’s president Recep Tayyp Erdogan following his victory in the presidential elections on Sunday. Erdogan ended up with just over 52 per cent ...

Russia launched a new wave of air attacks on Kyiv in early hours of Monday using drones and cruise missiles, with the military administration of the Ukrainian capital saying defence ...

By Maria Demertzis In its spring 2023 inflation forecasts, issued on May 15, the European Commission predicted that euro-area inflation this year will be 5.8 per cent, a little higher than anticipated in ...

Twitter cannot run away from its obligations even after quitting a voluntary EU code of practice to tackle disinformation, EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned the company late on Friday. ...

The Nicosia energy workshop taking place on Monday on the Israel-to-Cyprus gas pipeline is the first significant milestone in shaping the national energy policy, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou has said. ...

Poland plans to raise the minimum wage twice in 2024 to help people cope with high inflation, Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Malag said, as the ruling Law and Justice (...

Everton emerged from a nerve-shredding afternoon with their Premier League status intact thanks to a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth at Goodison Park as Leicester City and Leeds United were relegated ...

President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as ...

By James Oliphant and Jason Lange If Ron DeSantis hopes to defeat Donald Trump and win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he will ultimately have to bring every possible anti-Trump voter ...

By Gwynne Dyer Let us suppose that the current Russian regime collapses, with or without a Ukrainian military victory to give it a final shove. Who would be the least ...

Many students never attend university and are either trafficked or enter the Republic By Esra Aygin The ease with which student visas are issued, the inadequate legal framework, and the ...

Double world champion Max Verstappen led a soggy Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead to 39 points and earn Red Bull a ...

The island is increasingly dependent on desalination, and the environmental cost is heavy, though that might be about to change By Annette Chrysostomou The energy consumption of desalination is expected ...

Pool closed, first by the pandemic and then renovation works By Nick Theodoulou Ah, summer in Nicosia – Cyprus’ only city without a beach. There’s nothing quite like the cool ...

After tough negotiations to reach a tentative deal with the White House on the U.S. borrowing limit, the next challenge for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing it through ...

President Nikos Christodoulides pledged on Sunday that he will give his utmost for the reunification of the island saying the European Union sees Cyprus’ efforts to resolve the national problem. ...

The new targets will impact all energy sectors, including transport, heating and shipping, in addition to electricity By Charles Ellinas EU’s gas policies are embodied in its RePwerEU strategy: ...

Turks voted on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and persist with Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign ...