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The establishment of a bi-communal group for halloumi would pave the way for the effective implementation of the EU acquis communautaire in all of Cyprus, said the agriculture minister Costas ...

The United States accused Russia on Thursday of planning to short-circuit Ukrainian democracy by forcing the government from power and dismantling local authorities. “We have information that Russia’s planning ...

The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the internet that are underpinned by democratic values, at a time when the U....

The 10 winning pairs of the 2022 Stelios Bi-Communal Awards for Business Cooperation were announced on Thursday, by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, with each participant taking a €10,000 cash prize. Participation in the Bicommunal ...

Three and a half years after accusing Saudi Arabia’s leadership of murder and running a sham trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans ...

Greece plans to pay Russian gas supplier Gazprom next month in a way that will not breach European Union sanctions against Russia, the country’s energy minister said on Thursday. ...

The European Commission said that between 60% and 80% of the EU population was estimated to have been infected with COVID-19, as the bloc enters a post-emergency phase in which mass reporting ...

Investors speculating over whether Elon Musk will complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) sent the social media company’s shares on Wednesday to their lowest level since ...

Britain has delayed imposing post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union until the end of next year, saying retailers were facing too many other cost pressures and it ...

The euro’s drop to a five-year low is rekindling the possibility the currency will reach parity versus the dollar for the first time in two decades, as fears of ...

Lebanon’s efforts to secure $3 billion in International Monetary Fund support to help it tackle its financial crisis could be derailed by divisions over how to deal with massive financial ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, who is in Tallinn on an official two-day visit, met the President of Estonia Alar Karis on Thursday morning. Anastasiades was received with military honours at the ...

British supermarket group Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) followed market leader Tesco (TSCO.L) in warning that soaring inflation would lower profit in the current financial year, taking the shine off ...

Police on Thursday were investigating the conditions under which an 11-year-old boy lost three of his fingers following a firecracker explosion. The boy was transferred to the accident and emergency ...

Cyprus has enough grain for at least three months, said Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday. “We can feel safe but still monitor the situation”, the minister assured. Kadis met ...

by Andreas Pavlou Limassol police on Thursday said that they had arrested a 59-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman in connection with a case of theft of fuel from vehicles. ...

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday it would be legitimate for Ukrainian forces to target Russian logistics but they were unlikely to use British weapons. Moscow has accused ...

Ukraine’s southern Kherson region will start using the Russian rouble from May 1, an official from a pro-Russian committee that styles itself as the region’s “military-civil administration” told Russian ...

Tyson Fury has reiterated that he is retiring from boxing, stressing that “no amount of money” will tempt him to change the decision. The 33-year-old undefeated WBC heavyweight champion once ...

West Ham United manager David Moyes said they are relishing their Europa League semi-final tie with Eintracht Frankfurt, a fixture which gave the east London club one of their greatest ...

President Tayyip Erdogan said a decision to jail philanthropist Osman Kavala for life over anti-government protests in 2013 showed that Turkey’s courts were independent. Erdogan said the European Court of ...

Rangers boss Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has told his players to block all the outside pressures in their bid to reach the Europa League final. The Light Blues take on RB ...

The police drug squad on Thursday said they arrested a 34-year-old man at Larnaca airport after they found over 3.5kg of cocaine in his luggage. The man arrived at the ...

The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Sikap) on Wednesday announced that venue capacity in Polis Chrysochous reached 60 per cent during April. Ntinos Paraskeva, one of the association’...