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EU foreign ministers decided on Wednesday to make it more expensive and lengthier for Russians to obtain visas to travel to the bloc, but stopped short of agreeing to the ...

The Kremlin on Wednesday hailed late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as an extraordinary global statesman who helped end the Cold War, but said he had been badly wrong about the ...

Ryan Giggs is facing a possible retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts in his domestic violence trial. The former Manchester United winger had been on trial for four ...

Amazon (AMZN.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google criticised Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival ...

The full implementation of e-justice system is on track for January 1, 2023, with the final pilot phase beginning on September 12 to iron out any final kinks. The positive review of the ...

Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in ...

This year’s OPAP Cyprus 3×3 2022 tournament will culminate with showdowns at the D’Avila Moat in Old Nicosia over September 2-4. OPAP Nicosia 3×3 2022 organisers are 3on3 Cyprus LTD, in collaboration ...

State aid to Turkish Cypriots increased by €1.4 million in 2021 to reach €40.4m for that year, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides informed cabinet on Wednesday. Noting that total aid to Turkish Cypriots ...

Wesley Fofana has completed his £70million move from Leicester to Chelsea. The defender has signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the Blues confirmed on Wednesday. Fofana joins Kalidou Koulibaly ...

The north is bolstering its efforts to reduce queues at the checkpoints as it renewed its calls for more crossings to open, according to reports from the Turkish Cypriot press. ...

Every year, thousands of couples travel to Cyprus to tie the knot. The allure of combining a wedding and honeymoon with something different, including good weather, are key drivers in ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 15 per cent increase in the incentives paid to HIV-positive individuals who comply with their treatment regimen. The scheme, with an initial budget of €1,980,000, started on ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday released its financial results for the first half of 2022, posting a profit after tax of €50 million, marking a significant improvement over the €1 million loss ...

More housing is to become available for children under state care with the purchase of three buildings using €2.4 million of EU funds, the deputy ministry of social welfare announced on ...

In a film shot shortly after the explosion in Beirut’s port, one director reflects on the Hellenic community in the island’s neighbouring country. PAUL LAMBIS meets him It ...

Grain silos in Ukraine’s second biggest port, Mykolaiv, were hit by Russian shelling of the city on Tuesday, causing a fire that was still burning on Wednesday, Ukraine’s ...

Torrential rains and flooding have submerged a third of Pakistan and killed more than 1,100 people, including 380 children as the United Nations appealed for aid on Tuesday for what it described ...

The U.S. Justice Department said it had evidence that classified documents were deliberately concealed from the FBI when it tried to retrieve them in June from former President Donald ...

The regulator of Abu Dhabi’s free zone financial centre said on Tuesday it had fined the local subsidiary of fintech firm Wise $360,000 for breaching anti-money laundering (AML) requirements. Abu ...

A fine of €25,000 was imposed by the labor inspection department on Livadia municipality over safety violations at work which led to the death of a worker. Larnaca district court sentenced ...

President Nicos Anastasiadis will travel to Athens on Friday to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and receive the presidential aircraft donated by Greece. After a meeting at the Maximos ...

Fans of antique cars, this festival is for you! Once a year the Cyprus Classic Car Festival prepares a packed day of fun where car and motorcycle enthusiasts finally have ...

Palaeontologists on Thursday heralded the discovery of a previously unknown small armoured dinosaur in southern Argentina, a creature that likely walked upright on its back legs roaming a then-steamy landscape ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with cases of robbery, attempted robbery and theft. An arrest warrant was issued based on a testimony obtained against him during ...