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A new BBC documentary airing next week revisits the famous 1966 case in Britain which prosecuted artist Stass Paraskos In 1966, Cypriot artist Stass Paraskos was arrested for staging his exhibition Lovers ...

Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa on Saturday against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in ...

The fledgling social movement, Neo Kyma–The Other Cyprus, will contest the 2023 presidential elections with its own candidate, in collaboration with Volt Europa. Volt Europa is an integrationist, pan-European political ...

By Andrestinos Papadopoulos The news that on January 14, Turkey and Armenia had a first round of talks in Moscow with a view to establishing diplomatic relations and opening their borders, ...

Ireland on Sunday called for Britain to ensure justice for the families of 13 peaceful protesters shot dead by its soldiers on “Bloody Sunday” in 1972 as thousands marked the 50th anniversary ...

Following a highly controversial tendering process, the island’s €290million LNG project was handed in December 2019 to a consortium led by China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company (CPPE), a pipeline construction ...

Israel’s president said his country supports the United Arab Emirates security needs and seeks stronger regional ties during the first such visit to the Gulf state on Sunday, as ...

As of Monday, anyone holding a certificate of recovery from Covid-19 older than three months – 90 days – will find them invalid to use locally for SafePass purposes. The EU continues to ...

The current epidemiological picture in Cyprus is good and the issue of relaxations will be on the table during a meeting on Tuesday, a member of the government’s scientific ...

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have expressed their concern to Spotify about COVID-19 misinformation on its platform and are committed to continuing to work with the company, ...

Trial by social media and news websites has become the disturbing norm By Christos Panayiotides The biological urge to reproduce is the mechanism that nature has provided to secure the ...

Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials said on Sunday the leak that began last week was drifting towards more ...

A group of Ukrainian permanent residents in Cyprus on Sunday staged a protest in Limassol against any Russian military intervention in their country. Holding banners and shouting slogans, the participants ...

The effects of the Covid pandemic have exposed and exacerbated income inequalities in Cyprus including large remuneration disparities between employees in the higher-paid public sector and those in the private ...

Uphill struggle to get businesses to allow entry for those needing guide and other assistance dogs By Bejay Browne Sander Strijthagen couldn’t believe it when a well-known private Nicosia ...

The question now has to be ‘How do we get out of this? What’s the exit strategy?’. It’s been often said that, when governments gain new powers, they’...

A planned increase in British social security contributions from workers and employers will go ahead in April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak said, despite calls to ...

Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Britain warned it was “highly likely” that Russia, the continent’s biggest natural gas supplier, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he was ready for an informal dialogue with the Greek Cypriot side and suggests it take place in London, according to reports on Sunday. ...

The Famagusta district court has thrown out a case brought by watersports providers in Paralimni who challenged a tender process launched by the municipality for a renewal of services. Mayor ...

A 56-year-old man in Paphos suffered second and third degree burns all over his body on Saturday night after a leaky gas cylinder sparked a fire while he was cooking ...

North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space, seen as taking the nuclear-armed country a step closer to resuming ...

In a mad world there are signs that the evident results of wayward economic policy may change the political weather By Andrew Shouler Unintended or not, the consequences of mistaken ...

Some mountain roads were closed on Sunday to vehicles other than 4X4 and those with snow chains, police said. These roads are: Prodromos-Troodos, Platres-Troodos, Karvouna-Troodos, Pedoulas -Pinewood- Kakopetria, Prodromos-Platres, Kakopetria-Karvouna. ...