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Two people were arrested at Paphos airport after trying to depart the island using fake and stolen travel documents, police said on Thursday. The arrests concerned a 27-year-old Congolese woman, ...

In today’s episode, the government will seek the European Commission’s permission to suspend asylum applications from irregular migrants entering the country via the buffer zone. We also discuss ...

Our wellbeing and a strong physical and emotional core have been rather important during the past two years with the pandemic shaking up our lives. It shouldn’t of course ...

Famagusta police said Thursday they arrested two men after finding burglary tools in their car, which was also without registration plates. The suspects, 20 and 21, were arrested after traffic officers spotted ...

The group of 61 irregular migrants who arrived at Paphos port on Wednesday day spent the night on the boat, authorities said early on Thursday. The group consists of 11 women, 22 men ...

Police booked 23 people during 2,871 nationwide checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours. Most fines were issued in Limassol, where the least number of checks, 221, were carried ...

Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) posted its slowest revenue growth since it went public in 2004 on Wednesday, hurt by a regulatory crackdown, and said the outlook ...

Cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group averted a destabilising default at the last minute for the third time in the past month, with a source on Thursday saying several bondholders had ...

Cyprus must move quickly to implement the projects necessary to meet the objectives mandated by the EU’s Green Deal and simultaneously lower electricity prices, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit recorded an annual increase of €715.1 million during the first nine months of 2021 according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Based on Cystat’s report, the trade deficit ...

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Tuesday it plans to remove detailed ad-targeting options that refer to “sensitive” topics, such as ads based on interactions with content around race, health, ...

The only plan being implemented in the Akamas is one of reducing the extent of the protected areas and conceding rights for large developments, the deputy chairman of the House ...

Beginning around March 2020, the government managed to take some action on clearing the backlog in asylum applications with the help of the European Asylum Support Office by hiring more staff ...

The United States and China, the world’s two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by cutting methane emissions, phasing ...

An eight-year-old girl with Covid-19 died in the north on Wednesday. ‘Prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu, in a post on social media confirmed reports of the girl’s death. “Unfortunately, an ...

Paris St Germain women midfielder Aminata Diallo has been arrested in connection with an alleged attack on one of her team-mates. French daily L’Equipe reported on Wednesday that fellow ...

The European Union accused Belarus on Wednesday of mounting a “hybrid attack” by pushing migrants across the border into Poland, paving the way for widened sanctions against Minsk in a ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday sent out a message for the peaceful coexistence of all communities on the island during the inauguration of the Cyprus-Armenian Friendship Park in Nicosia. ...

Former French president Francois Hollande on Wednesday told a court there had been intelligence failures ahead of an Islamic State attack against Paris in 2015, and took a swipe at Belgium ...

Formula One has banned celebrities from bringing bodyguards to the starting grid after an incident with commentator and former racer Martin Brundle at last month’s U.S. Grand Prix ...

A 27-year-old man is being investigated for aiding third country nationals enter the country illegally after being caught on Wednesday smuggling people in the government-controlled areas near Pyla and Oroklini. ...

New Zealand reached the Twenty20 World Cup final with a five-wicket victory over England in the first semi-final in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Daryl Mitchell smashed an unbeaten 72 and Jimmy ...

The European Union’s foreign policy chief warned the bloc on Wednesday that it must agree an ambitious doctrine as the basis for joint military action abroad, including with a ...

One death from coronavirus and 275 new infections were reported on Wednesday out of 51,166 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.54. The death was of a man, aged 85. The number ...