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China’s Xi Jinping expressed willingness to speak to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the head of the EU said on Thursday, after French President Emmanuel Macron urged Beijing to ...

King Charles has given his support to research that will examine the British monarchy’s links to slavery, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, after a newspaper report said a document ...

On the 20th anniversary of the opening of crossing points in Cyprus, the documentary film Overcoming is coming to Cyprus to tell a unique tale of its islanders. As a ...

Four-times Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been diagnosed with leukaemia, a source close to the matter said on Thursday, a day after he was admitted to intensive care with ...

The environmental office of the Larnaca district in cooperation with environmental NGO Cymepa and with financial technology company TSYS carried out a full clean-up of Spyros beach on Thursday. The ...

The Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office on Thursday announced that the Republic of Cyprus’ newly issued ten-year Sustainable Fixed Rate Reference bond, amounting to €1 billion, garnered immense interest, ...

William G Pooley Since her death on March 9, celebrities and clients have been paying tribute to Margaret Ann Lake, better known by her stage name Mystic Meg. In a career ...

Frank Lampard has returned to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Graham Potter, the Premier League club confirmed on Thursday. The club’...

The Dasoudi area of Limassol got its own water refill station this week, the fourth water station installed as part of the Refill Cyprus project. Launched by the volunteer environmental ...

It’s been a bumpy ride over the last couple of days along bicycle and pedestrian paths, this time with two pickup trucks spotted cruising along the designated areas in ...

Oil remained on track for weekly gains on Thurday, with further production cuts targeted by OPEC+ and a drop in US oil inventories overshadowing fears over global economic growth. Brent ...

A lawmaker in Britain’s governing Conservative Party has been suspended after he was filmed in a newspaper sting offering to lobby ministers and leak market-sensitive information on behalf of ...

North Korea accused the U.S. and South Korea of escalating tensions to the brink of nuclear war through their joint military drills, vowing to respond with “offensive action,” state ...

In the cool of the mountain air, one village offers a glimpse of the island’s mediaeval past says PAUL LAMBIS It may be one of Cyprus’ 20 highest villages and ...

A fire that broke up near Alassa community on Thursday morning was put under control about four hours after it started. Firefighters remained at the scene to tackle the fire ...

There are no concerns over an increase in bad loans for Cyprus’ banks, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday after a meeting with the European Central Bank’s executive ...

The International Guitar Festival EGTA – Cyprus is back for its 17th edition, and once again collaborating with the Pharos Arts Foundation to present unique musical performances. It starts with a ...

Three men pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal possession and transport of explosives on Thursday at the Paphos criminal court. They had been arrested after police officers found them ...

The next monetary policy decisions on European Central Bank’s interest rates will be based on the incoming data, Philip Lane, chief economist and member of the ECB’s executive ...

Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on Thursday in the streets of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine’s devastated “fortress” city, and Ukrainian soldiers said they were ready to launch their long-anticipated counter-offensive ...

Global trade growth in 2023 will slow to 1.7 per cent, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in its annual trade statistics and outlook report, published on Wednesday. The volume of world ...

Stormy weather is in store for the embattled Sun City hotel complex as new Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos insisted that the two “illegal” floors added to the hotel must be ...

High school exams will include only 60 per cent of the teaching material this year, after the plenum approved a relevant education ministry proposal on Thursday. The approved proposal also provides ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 27-year-old man on Wednesday after he was found to be the recipient of a parcel sent from abroad containing 540 grams of dry cannabis. The arrest ...