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President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday thanked Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis for the latter’s highlighting of the Cyprus issue during his recent working visit to the United States. The ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced reservations over a government bill that aims to fast-track so-called ‘strategic developments’, pointing out that the legislation itself omits to spell out which investments are deemed ...

In case there is anyone left in Nicosia who hasn’t been to the Fork Food Market in the Municipal Gardens, more chances are coming up to devour delicious street ...

The European Commission has sent four reasoned opinions to Cyprus, one step before the case could be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. In its infringement ...

Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent weeks, potato farmers said on Thursday they will also take ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused huge environmental damage for which Kyiv will seek compensation in international courts, Ukraine’s environment minister said on Thursday. Ruslan Strilets, Minister of ...

Cyprus does not meet the terms and conditions to apply for Nato membership and will not apply for the moment, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday on the sidelines ...

Two of the suspects charged in relation to the violent incidents at Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca last month will appear in court on June 3. The incidents that took place ...

As part of the efforts carried out by the health ministry to better inform people on what to do should they test positive to Covid-19 or become close contacts, a ...

Coleen Rooney’s barrister has told the High Court the libel claim brought against her by Rebekah Vardy is “extraordinary”. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, ...

Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, but police fired ...

A fire that broke out at the local church in Pedoulas has been brought under control by firefighters on Thursday afternoon. “The fire is under control. It was put out ...

It might be in the heart of the city and miles away from the sea yet this Spring, a touch of ocean blue is coming to Stasikratous Street. How? Through ...

El Salvador’s big bet on bitcoin, which the Central American nation has been buying since September, has soured in recent weeks as a cryptocurrency rout shaved over a third ...

The fire department on Thursday wrapped up two days of drills in cooperation with the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), and with police in Larnaca. The drills were part of ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dug in over his rejection of Sweden and Finland joining Nato, casting a shadow over a White House visit on Thursday by the leaders of the ...

By Prudence Wade If you feel like you’re in a bit of an exercise rut, you’re not alone. After the huge explosion in fitness at the beginning of ...

Two artificial nest boxes for barn owls have been placed near the storm water retention ponds of Limassol-Amathus sewage board in Kato Polemidia to reduce rodents in the area in ...

By Jonjo Maudsley The bronze lion’s eyes follow me around my bedroom. What is it trying to tell me? I lean in for a closer look and, as I ...

An S&P Dow Jones Indices executive told Reuters on Wednesday it has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) from the widely followed S&P 500 ESG Index (....

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said he would not tolerate any violation of the provisions regarding the halloumi PDO, as three men were arrested following a protest on the issue ...

Turkey’s fourth drilling rig arrived at the port of Mersin on Wednesday. The drilling rig joined the rest of the fleet, namely the Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni drilling rigs. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos will perform the duties of Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou who is being treated abroad after suffering cerebral aneurism, the government announced on Thursday. In a brief ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) said on Thursday it has agreed to order 50 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jets for delivery between 2023 and 2027, in a vote of confidence in the ...