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Bishop Athanasios of Limassol won the popular vote in the election for Archbishop on Sunday, meaning the Holy Synod will chose between him, Isaias of Tamasos and Georgios of Paphos ...

A parked vehicle in Paphos was completely destroyed by a fire that broke out in the early morning hours on Monday. According to the police, around 4 am a fire broke ...

On Monday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will be mainly north-easterly to south-easterly, light to moderate up to 4 Beaufort. The sea will be somewhat rough. Temperatures will rise ...

Russia’s latest attacks hit “critical infrastructure” in Kyiv and private houses surrounding the region on Monday, Ukrainian authorities said, adding that air defence systems destroyed about 15 drones directed at ...

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines poured into the sunlit streets of Buenos Aires on Sunday, ecstatic after a nail-biting victory on penalties in the World Cup final over France made ...

British retail sales slid unexpectedly in November, despite the men’s soccer World Cup and the Black Friday sales promotions, showing the stress felt by many households as the cost-of-living ...

Aluminium makers are set to boost low-carbon metal output by 10 per cent in 2023 and churn out even more in the years ahead, driving down the cost for carmakers seeking climate-friendly ...

Intel Corp (INTC.O) has backed away from its original target of opening a chip factory in the eastern German city of Magdeburg in the first half of 2023, regional newspaper ...

Christmas is looming but for some of us this won’t be the most wonderful time of the year How much can you actually say in 15 minutes? For certain care ...

Twitter on Sunday said that it will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames. The move would impact ...

Egypt has discovered a large gas field in the Nargis block in the eastern Mediterranean, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said on Thursday. Evaluation is still ongoing to determine the ...

Argentina won their third World Cup in extraordinary style on Sunday, beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-3 draw that featured a ...

Easing relocations for foreign workers in the tech sector by smoothing the legal procedures and bureaucracy were among the top priorities the presidential candidates highlighted in an English-language debate earlier ...

By Lakis Zavallis The Eastern Mediterranean Think Tank is made up of ordinary civil society members who all have one thing in common: they care deeply about the future of ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday proposed holding a global peace summit this winter, in a video message Kyiv was hoping would be broadcast ahead of the soccer World ...

A 19-year-old man has been charged with abetting illegal immigration after four migrants died trying to cross the Channel into Britain when the inflatable boat they were using started to ...

Demonstrators at Limassol zoo on Sunday said they would continue their protests until the facility is closed down. “We’re not kidding. We cannot let animals live in these conditions. ...

Qatar reiterated on Sunday that the country denies any involvement in a corruption case being investigated by Belgian authorities involving people linked to the European Parliament. Belgian authorities have charged ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The key feature of the Turkish Cypriot economy (TCE) is its over-dependence on Turkey, mainly in terms of trade relations, financing of the ‘public’ ...

The last few days of the year have a range of events discovers ELENI PHILIPPOU The end of the year is fast approaching and Nicosia’s What’s On calendar ...

Christmas traditions: They can be heart-warming, motivating and downright scary In some Cypriot mountain villages on Christmas night, it is customary to leave the doors of one’s house open, ...

At least nine Iraqi federal policemen were killed on Sunday after a bomb struck their convoy southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Reuters. The blast ...

One person was killed and four people were wounded by shelling in the southern Russian region of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine on Sunday, the governor of the region ...

By lunchtime only 15.4 per cent of people entitled to take part in the election for a new Archbishop had voted, Archbishopric elections commissioner Ioannis Charilaou said on Sunday. Specifically, of ...