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As of today, coronavirus-related entry requirements and the use of masks indoors in most areas has been scrapped. All travellers, irrespective of their country of origin, will from Wednesday no ...

– Talks of an end to Rafael Nadal‘s reign proved premature once again as the claycourt king stayed on course for a record-extending men’s 22nd Grand Slam title by ...

For Oleg Kechin, owner of a chain of barbershops, forecasts that Russia will be plunged into its deepest economic crisis in a generation feel overdone. US President Joe Biden may ...

The Industrial Production Index for the month of March 2022 reached 135.7 points (base 2015 = 100), recording an increase of 6.9 per cent year-on-year, according to data released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

University of Cyprus economics professor Marios Zachariadis on Tuesday said that tackling inflation requires an immediate and drastic increase in interest rates combined with targeted fiscal measures that will not ...

By Roberto Sciffo The evidence of ‘energy dependency’ becomes more acute when events, such as what is currently happening in the Ukraine, bring to light both the sensitivity of international ...

It was about time the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs the national health scheme Gesy, tried to address the weaknesses of the scheme that incur higher costs and also ...

German third seed Alexander Zverev capitalised on an error-filled performance from Carlos Alcaraz to tame the high-flying teenaged Spaniard 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6(7) on Tuesday and reach a second straight ...

Canada will temporarily decriminalise the possession of some illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA and opioids for personal use by adults in British Columbia (B.C.) to help tackle a burgeoning ...

Ukrainian forces were holding out in the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday, resisting Russia’s all-out assault to capture a bombed-out wasteland that Moscow has made the principal ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing the growing threat of a confidence vote as two more lawmakers suggested they had lost faith in his government over the “partygate” scandal ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury said Prince Andrew is seeking to “make amends” and highlighted the importance of forgiveness after Queen Elizabeth’s son’s fall from grace following accusations of ...

Turkish police clashed with protesters around Istanbul’s main Taksim Square on Tuesday as they gathered to mark the anniversary of nationwide anti-government demonstrations that began nine years ago in ...

The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) and the National Technical University of Athens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at future partnerships in the fields of maritime and ...

Germany will deliver infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to Greece so that the government in Athens can pass on Soviet-style weapons to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday. “We ...

The grieving Texas town of Uvalde begins laying to rest the 21 children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with funerals ...

A senior UN official had “constructive discussions” in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, UN spokesman Stephane ...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced to four years in jail on Tuesday after he was found guilty of raping a woman in the sea in Ayia Napa. The Larnaca-Famagusta district ...

A medical negligence case was reported to Limassol police by the family of a 55-year-old man who died on Tuesday morning while he was treated at a private clinic. Police ...

South Korean supergroup BTS, a fundraising juggernaut for social justice causes in the United States, will visit the White House on Tuesday to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians with US ...

Representatives of the business community, backed by deputies, on Tuesday demanded the government speed up the process for VAT refunds, giving them back some much needed cash. Lawmakers at the ...

More than half the smokers who took part in last year’s programme for quitting smoking, kicked the habit, said the state health services (Okypy). Okypy said, that 436 people participated ...

Two company directors behind a fraudulent green investment scheme in Brazil were convicted on Tuesday by a London jury of defrauding about 2,000 investors out of around 37 million pounds. Andrew Skeene ...

European Union leaders have agreed an embargo on Russian crude oil imports that will take full effect by the end of the year, but Hungary and two other landlocked Central ...