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The health ministry announced another 12 coronavirus deaths on Friday as 3,444 new infections were recorded on the island in the last week. The deaths concerned five people aged 82 to 91 who died ...

In today’s episode, a 25-year-old Briton has been remanded for six days following a hit and run accident in Ayia Napa in which a 46-year-old woman from Sweden died, ...

New art showcases are surfacing all around the country this May as creatives put together solo and group exhibitions. Before festivals and summer concerts take over, spring is the time ...

Police on Friday said they are looking for another five suspects related to the violent incidents that took place before a football match in Larnaca last Saturday during which a 20...

Three people were arrested after the drug squad found 30 opium poppy plants in Nicosia, police said on Friday. The plants, ranging from one to one and a half metres high, ...

Police on Friday said they have arrested two people, aged 19 and 22, on suspicion of smuggling duty-free tobacco products from the north. The two failed to stop during a check at ...

Residents of Beijing fretted over anti-virus restrictions curbing their movement while also worrying about the dozens of new COVID-19 cases reported daily, as China’s leaders threatened action against critics ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas is traveling to Italy on Friday to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations in infectious diseases. The minister is paying Italy an official visit in the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to travel to Athens on Friday to discuss issues of mutual interest with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In a statement, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos ...

The third long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth early on Friday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida ...

Revenue for carmaker Stellantis (STLA.MI) rose 12 per cent in the first three months of the year, supported by strong pricing and the type of vehicles sold, offsetting the impact ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has devastated hundreds of hospitals and other medical institutions and left doctors without drugs to tackle cancer or the ability to perform surgery, President Volodymyr ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered losses elsewhere in local elections, early results showed on Friday, as voters punished his ...

The non-performing loan ratio (NPL) of the Cypriot banking sector increased in January, according to a report by the Central Bank of Cyprus released on Thursday. The NPL ratio rose ...

The number of registered unemployed stood at 11,664 persons at the end of April 2022, according to data released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The latest figure reflects a ...

By Yiannis Seitanides The proposed sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which was submitted on Wednesday by the European Commission, puts certain countries, including Cyprus, in a difficult position. Initially, ...

A US Senate committee is expected to pass a bill on Thursday that could open members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners to antitrust lawsuits ...

The transport ministry will soon bring legislation regulating the matter of traffic violations by drivers of rentals. Prepared by the Road Transport Department, the bill aims to address the issue ...

It was good to see the House education committee starting a debate about public school opening hours and plans for all-day schools. This is an initiative of the committee chairman, ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the war in Ukraine in a phone call on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said, adding that Erdogan congratulated Macron on ...

At least three people were killed in an attack in the central Israeli city of Elad on Thursday, health officials said. Police said the incident, which occurred as Israelis celebrated ...

Scores of Ukrainian civilians including women and children were trapped on Thursday in underground bunkers at a steel works in the ruined port city of Mariupol, although President Vladimir Putin ...

The House of Representatives has voted to amend the constitution, allowing for the use of the English language in certain court proceedings. To date, Greek was the only language used ...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told ...