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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Ukraine had presented Moscow with a draft peace deal containing “unacceptable” elements at variance with a previous agreement, comments that Kyiv ...

Prospects for the EastMed pipeline suffered what seems like a final blow on Thursday as a senior US State Department official labelled it expensive and unviable, while making the case ...

Lidl Cyprus has won six awards at the recent Cyprus Customer Excellence Awards, with golds for its app-based Lidl Plus reward programme and its outstanding customer service. At this year’...

Former President Donald Trump said he did not destroy records of phone calls from the official White House log or use so-called burner phones during his supporters’ deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack ...

Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday voted against a bill requiring anyone aged 60 and over to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Germany’...

The Larnaca – Famagusta criminal court will sentence two men, both aged 20, on Wednesday after they were found guilty of raping an underage girl in Ayia Napa in the summer of 2020. ...

The attorney-general’s office has rejected claims made by Greek activist Ilias Gkionis that implicated Cyprus or Cypriot nationals in a prostitution ring and subsequently codified in relevant documents sent ...

Cyprus will revoke the passports of four sanctioned Russians who had received citizenship under an investment scheme discontinued in late 2020, government sources said on Thursday. The names of the individuals ...

Investment services company Libertex, a part of the Libertex Group, has signed a Protocol for Cooperation with ‘Hope For Children’ CRC Policy Center (HFC), to support the humanitarian programmes and ...

The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital being treated specifically for the virus is up to 50 per cent lower than that which is announced daily by the health ministry. Health ...

Easter creations and crafty storytelling events are taking place at the Leventis Museum this month, with the first event on Saturday a creative workshop for children to make Easter beeswax ...

Japan’s government has severed banking and trade ties with Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but a tobacco company in which it owns a one-third stake is still ...

In western Ukraine, some 1,100 train wagons carrying grain are stuck near the main rail border crossing with Poland, unable to transport their cargo abroad. They are just some of the 24,190 ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) recognises that abuse of Gesy by providers and beneficiaries is one of the most serious problems facing the national health system and is taking steps ...

China’s state refiners are honouring existing Russian oil contracts but avoiding new ones despite steep discounts, heeding Beijing’s call for caution as western sanctions mount against Russia over ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou praised the deepening ties with the US and hailed Friday’s ceremony to formalise the agreement establishing an American University of Beirut campus in Paphos. Speaking ...

Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google GOOGL.O, including a ban on advertising the platform and its information resources, for violating Russian ...

Dherynia mayor Andros Karayian has expressed disappointment that President Nicos Anastasiades did not challenge the section regarding his municipality when he sent back to parliament the part in a newly ...

Shell (SHEL.L) will write down up to $5 billion following its decision to exit Russia, more than previously disclosed, while soaring oil and gas prices boosted trading activities in the ...

In a noisy and smoky atmosphere, hundreds of students were seen throwing flares and carrying torches, as they marched in numbers to the Presidential Palace, along with teachers and parents ...

‘Where there is a plane tree, there is water’ goes a well-known proverb… At Platanistasa, a Pitsilia region village, OPAP Cyprus and SPPMEDIA Group joined forces in a recent tree-planting ...

A record 58 groups of Greek and Turkish Cypriots have filed joint bids for the ‘Stelios Bicommunal Awards for Business Cooperation 2022’, vying for the top ten proposals and €20,000 each. The awards ...

Two years after the Australian Grand Prix was scrapped due to COVID-19 hours before the first practice, Formula One returns Down Under to an upgraded Albert Park and a warm ...

More than 13 million deaths attributed to environmental causes every year could be avoided with appropriate action to protect the environment, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday. In an address ...