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The European Union on Friday blacklisted Aleksandra Melnichenko, the wife of Andrey Melnichenko, a previously sanctioned Russian billionaire who Reuters revealed had reassigned his companies to her in a bid ...

Germany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament on Friday approved the creation of the 100 billion euro ($107.2 billion) special defence fund that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in response to Russia’s ...

Dutch airline KLM is cancelling up to 50 flights a day during this upcoming long weekend due to overcrowding at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, it said on Friday. This will include Friday ...

The Unhcr on Friday expressed sadness by the news of the death of a young Syrian man off Paphos’ northwest coast on Thursday while attempting to reach Cyprus. The man ...

Rafael Nadal advanced to the French Open final for a 14th time on Friday after third seed Alexander Zverev was forced to retire hurt with an ankle injury while trailing ...

Europe’s largest nuclear power plant that lies in Russian-occupied Ukraine faces a critical shortage of spare parts, threatening the safety of its operations, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said ...

The internationally celebrated Antonio Serrano Quartet makes its debut in Cyprus this June, in a concert organised by the Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain. Mark ...

The third humanitarian aid package from Cyprus to the people of Ukraine departs Saturday from Limassol port, and is being shipped through Greece and then on to Romania. Citizens Commissioner ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou There are few who can describe human remains with the eloquence of Irish Nobel poet Seamus Heaney. Grauballe Man is too long ...

A new case of child pornography is being investigated by the police after the arrest of a 42-year-old man on Friday to facilitate investigations. The suspect was subsequently presented before ...

Three people were killed and 16 severely injured when a regional train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, police and local officials said. A police spokesperson, who did not have any ...

A 69-year-old man, who allegedly shot his 45-year-old son last week while they were at their home in Pyrga in the Larnaca district, was on Friday referred directly to trial ...

A 32-year-old man died on Friday morning after the vehicle he was driving overturned on the Troodos-Limassol road close to the village of Moniati. Greek national Athanasios Tsiamis, who lived ...

President Nicos Anastasiades had called a meeting of the national council at the presidential palace on Thursday, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Friday. He said the advisory body would ...

In 1972, a Japanese soldier was discovered in the jungles of Guam. He’d been hiding out for 28 years, acting under the assumption that World War II had never ended. Which ...

California port leaders expect imports to rise as Shanghai, home to the world’s busiest seaport, emerges from a two-month COVID-19 lockdown. The question is whether that release of pent-up ...

Declaring “enough, enough!” US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass ...

United Nations officials warned on Friday that a protracted war in Ukraine threatened a hunger crisis in the country and around the world. Marking 100 days since Russia invaded its neighbour, ...

Proposed planning zones in the revised Akamas plan are endangering the survival of species such as the green turtle and the long-legged buzzard, two environmental NGOs warned on Friday. Members ...

German exports rose more than forecast in April, rising by 4.4 per cent on the previous month, while imports increased by 3.1 per cent, according to data released by the Federal Statistical ...

For at least a decade, Burger King’s formula for European expansion has relied on a joint venture partnership, including a master franchisee, to open and operate new locations. But ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakou hailed the “excellent relations” shared between Cyprus and the UK in comments made at a charity event in the British bases to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’...

The Limassol branch of Peo trade union confederation said on Friday that its student housing project has been completed and will welcome 28 students in 18 apartments for the 2022-2023 academic year. ...

Proposals submitted by Cyprus and adopted by EU transport ministers will help cushion the blow from a transition to sustainable aviation fuels that could potentially cost the island a 20 per ...