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The United States and Western allies slammed Russia on Friday for spreading propaganda, disinformation and “nonsense” at the United Nations Security Council by alleging that parts of biological weapons were ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 and that 3,859 had tested positive from 99,636 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 3.87 per cent. The ...

Hundreds of Greek farmers, some on tractors, protested in Athens on Friday, demanding more tax cuts and subsidies to combat high fuel and fertiliser prices which have soared since Russia’...

The biotech company that makes mRNA-delivery technology for Pfizer’s PFE.N Covid-19 vaccine sued Arbutus Biopharma Corp ABUS.O in Manhattan federal court on Friday, seeking to head off ...

“No woman has ever benefited by learning less about her body” Canadian gynaecologist Jennifer Gunter once said, and an upcoming workshop in Nicosia takes this on board and invites women ...

Russia’s biggest cargo airline Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended all flights using Boeing BA.N aircraft due to Western sanctions, it said on Friday. Sanctions have cut off the supply ...

Cyprus fuel prices have surged in line with those abroad, but are still among the lowest in the EU, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Friday, adding that based on ...

State-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corp is seeking $22.4 million from its insurer for a cargo ship hit by a missile in March, government officials with knowledge of the talks said, in the ...

Cypriot authorities have established a 24-hour channel of communication with the Ukrainian embassy in Nicosia to facilitate assistance to refugees from the war-torn country, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on ...

Russia on Friday demanded that Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google stop spreading what it called threats against Russian citizens on its YouTube video-sharing platform, a move that could presage ...

A subsea cable owned by Google GOOGL.O that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in ...

We have all heard many tales of how the coronavirus has affected so many people across the globe. The worldwide lockdown is definitely something that rocked the boat of all ...

A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure such as bridges and trains destroyed by bombs and many ...

Russia’s hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup were effectively ended after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected a request from the Russian Football Union to freeze ...

Priests force children and adults into hormone and other conversion therapy treatments, which remain legal in Cyprus, with the aim of changing their sexual orientation and gender identity, MPs heard ...

Despite the incredibly Irish name, the O’Higgins Region is about as far as you can get from the Emerald Isle. In fact, its full name is actually ‘Región ...

Employees of the company operating Nicosia and Larnaca buses went on indefinite strike on Friday demanding their employer revoke early redundancies and resolve a number of problems. In a written ...

By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle Russian businessman Roman Abramovich transferred a company he controlled with tens of millions of dollars of investments to a director of English soccer club ...

Finnish utility Fortum (FORTUM.HE) said on Thursday it will use waste heat from two new Microsoft (MSFT.O) data centres to warm homes and businesses in and around the ...

Russia is considering allowing retailers to import products from abroad without the trademark owner’s permission, the competition regulator said on Friday, after global brands halted sales or stopped exports ...

Switzerland’s secretive banks hold up to $213 billion of Russian wealth, the country’s financial industry association estimates, as sanctions on Russia give a rare glimpse inside Swiss vaults. The ...

There is no room for complacency, Lieutenant General Dimokritos Zervakis said on Friday at his swearing-in ceremony following his reappointment as Chief of the Republic of Cyprus’ National Guard. During ...

Bitcoin has become a popular platform among investors, with more and more people notably buying into the idea of Bitcoin becoming a decentralized, global currency. Anyone can buy or sell ...

Storm Philippos may have departed, but Cypriots will have to endure the cold snap for a while yet until spring weather can be enjoyed. Temperatures will be noticeably colder than ...