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Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Tuesday spoke of the impact of the war in Ukraine, at regional and international levels, in the context of the EU’s defence ministers informal ...

Two tenders have been submitted to build the new Cyprus Museum, the transport ministry said on Tuesday. The first offer concerns a Iacovou – Cyfield joint venture for €121 million plus VAT ...

World number two Cameron Smith, who won his first major at last month’s British Open, headlined the latest group of players who have agreed to join LIV Golf, the ...

The body of a dead woman was found in Strovolos, Nicosia at around 4pm on Tuesday, police said. The body was found on the second floor of an abandoned residence ...

Who can save bitcoin? The world’s biggest cryptocurrency can’t seem to catch a break. It finally looked to be regaining strength this month, breaching $25,000 for the first time ...

Over 1,000 missing persons have been identified so far, the Turkish Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) said on Tuesday. Since 2005, a total of 1,494 exhumations have been carried ...

The progress made in improving the lives of those living in the mountains justifies the president’s choices, mountains commissioner Costas Hambiarouris said on Tuesday handing over his annual report ...

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that he had been thrown into solitary confinement for the third time this month to punish him for his political activity. ...

A mission with 140 volunteers from various European countries came to Cyprus in August to support refugees staying at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The mission concerned an initiative ...

France on Tuesday accused Moscow of using energy supplies as “a weapon of war” as Russian gas giant Gazprom GAZP.MM reduced deliveries to one of its main utilities and ...

Famagusta district court on Tuesday issued an eight-day remand order against four individuals to help police investigations into a case of people smuggling after 60 irregular migrants arrived the previous day. ...

The conflict over hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean highlights the importance of the “struggle for sovereignty”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said during his speech for ‘victory day’ on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca is boosting diving tourism with the sinking on Tuesday of 60 clay amphorae in the Oroklini marine protected area, near the LEF1 wreck, to attract fish species to the area. ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

A local man who was in the process of joining the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced on Monday to serve about 4-1/2 years in prison for his role in ...

Euro zone economic sentiment fell more than expected in August, data showed on Tuesday, dragged lower by a drop in optimism in industry and in services despite a better mood ...

It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries. There ...

By Marek Strzelecki and Kuba Stezycki In Poland’s late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, as householders fearful of ...

Wind turbines, floating solar panels, and green hydrogen at sea are among the projects under construction off the Dutch coast, as a country famed for its water engineering prowess builds ...

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world’s ...

The decades of no rain and drought Cyprus has been through in the past led the Water Development Department (WDD) to create the necessary infrastructure to be able to deal “...

China will step up measures to boost demand and stabilise employment and prices in the second half of the year to optimise economic outcomes, the country’s finance ministry said ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will pay an official visit to Israel in November following the invitation of his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, it was announced on Tuesday. Government Spokesperson Marios Pelekanos ...

The beat goes on. And other activities too. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more After the suspension of life as we now in for much of August, September brings the return ...