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Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox church, who backs the war in Ukraine, will not meet when both men attend a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan ...

Cyprus will present its climate change initiative at a special event to be held on the sidelines of the UN climate change conference, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Wednesday. ...

Ukraine’s top military intelligence official said on Wednesday that Russia’s military offensive was slowing because of moral and physical fatigue in their ranks and Moscow’s “exhausted” resource ...

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that prison authorities had transferred him to a punishment cell for the second time this month at the facility where he ...

August where have you gone? The final days of the month are already here and with September just around the corner, cultural event organisers are back to planning a new ...

Republican US congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, an ally of former President Donald Trump, has sued the Justice Department in a bid to stop investigators from searching the contents of ...

A Greek parliamentary committee approved on Wednesday the appointment of diplomat Themistoklis Demiris to head the country’s intelligence service (EYP) after his predecessor’s sacking over a wiretapping scandal. ...

English School staff threatened to strike on Wednesday over the decision to dismiss three unionised teachers as the education ministry called on the school board and employees to come to ...

Afghan women’s rights activists opened a library in Kabul on Wednesday, hoping to provide an oasis for women increasingly cut off from education and public life under the ruling ...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi The Palestinian Authority urged Palestinians not to take advantage of concessions promised by Israel that would allow them to travel through Ramon airport in southern Israel, saying ...

A British tourist was hospitalised on Wednesday after he was injured when he dived from a height in the Akamas sea. According to the police, the 43-year-old swimmer hit the ...

A possible digital euro currency, which the European Central Bank is studying, could have several benefits such as facilitating cross-border payments and providing a digital monetary anchor, Finnish ECB policymaker ...

University of Cyprus announced on Wednesday that it will nominate the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople as an honorary doctor of its classics and philosophy department. The decision was taken ...

Declan Rice is hoping England’s men can follow in the footsteps of the country’s women and deliver a major tournament victory at the World Cup in Qatar. West ...

Tyson Fury has demanded a £500million payday for a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk and wants it arranging within the next week. Usyk retained his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and ...

Several independent presidential candidates on Wednesday jumped on the bandwagon to slam the government over the findings of the auditor office report on the citizenship by investment scheme, which was ...

Time flies and too often we forget to notice the signs of progress achieved. Over the past decades, Leptos Group has seen many changes in the evolution of its projects. ...

University of Cyprus dormitories are clearly cheaper than the offerings in the private sector, but demand for dorm rooms are double the availability, the head of the university’s student ...

London-based LGR started as a pirate radio station but has since grown to be considerably more than that finds PAUL LAMBIS London Greek Radio (LGR) has been the heartbeat of ...

The Larnaca tourism board is to place dozens of clay amphorae along the natural reef next to the sunken vessel LEF1, which lies one kilometre off the coast at Voroklini ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of a batch of a specific frozen fruit brand found to be contaminated with Hepatitis A. The contamination was discovered in Hungary ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Four Cypriots graced an OPAP sponsored supplement in the Sunday Mail on July 31. Renowned and respected, they have brought credit to Cyprus. ...

Paphos district officer Mary Lambrou said on Wednesday that the statement that the Pelathousa fire broke out of an illegal waste site is a “rushed” conclusion, noting that the district’...

Another dramatic spike in natural gas prices appears to have ended any hopes that Europe’s inflation battle is set to ease, with financial markets now bracing for higher prices, ...