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By Charles Ellinas A report on the ‘Digital Quality of Life Index 2022’ ranks Cyprus 37th in the world by overall digital wellbeing, down two places since last year’s edition, ...

Greece wants to have a constructive dialogue with Turkey based on international law but its Aegean neighbour must halt its unprecedented escalation of provocations, the Greek foreign minister said on ...

Cheapest rent in Nicosia is €300 for 30 square metre container-like room in Lakatamia By Nick Theodoulou Rents are up by 50 per cent in some areas – and not just in Limassol – with ...

By Patricia Jordan I collect seeds all year round, often sharing them with my gardening friends. The early flowering annuals like poppies and cerinthe have many seeds. Poppies shed their ...

Britain’s King Charles will not attend a world leaders’ climate change summit in Egypt next month, a royal source said on Sunday, as the new monarch steps back from ...

Turkey said on Sunday it had “neutralised”, the term its defence ministry usually employs for killed, some 30 members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in separate cross-border operations in ...

The Singapore Formula One Grand Prix is set to start a little more than an hour late due to a delay forced by a tropical downpour on Sunday. The race, ...

In his speech at the Cyprus Forum on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart said he was extremely concerned because “the option of a mutually agreed settlement ...

Firefighters have brought under control a fire that broke out shortly before noon in the Paphos district, between the communities of Tsada and Kallepia. “The fire is under control. The ...

Chilling exhibition details how birds flying through Cyprus are illegally trapped In a month full of exhibitions, one really makes a statement. Kochinohoma – Red Soil is a collaboration between the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has a full agenda next week which includes the UNECE Ministerial Conference in Nicosia, the EU Summit in Prague and a meeting with his Portuguese counterpart who ...

Credit card transactions during the first eight months of 2022 in the occupied areas by Cypriot citizens residing in the south more than doubled, reaching €29.37 million compared to the corresponding period ...

Turkish-funded Islamic ‘government’ complex is not part of Turkish Cypriot culture By Esra Aygin Turkish Cypriots were once again on the streets this week to protest an over-the-top and illegal ...

Pope Francis made an impassioned appeal on Sunday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop “this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying the crisis there was risking a ...

British Prime Minister Liz Truss tried to reassure her party and the public on Sunday by saying she should have done more to “lay the ground” for an economic plan ...

Kuwait’s crown prince accepted the government’s resignation on Sunday following a parliamentary election in the Gulf Arab country in which opposition candidates made considerable gains, state news agency ...

Famagusta police are investigating a case of alleged assault causing actual bodily harm, threat and distress involving an underage student at a primary school as the victim. In a statement, ...

Israel gave its preliminary nod on Sunday to a draft U.S.-brokered deal demarcating a maritime border with Lebanon that may lead to profit-sharing in a disputed Mediterranean gas ...

Lebanon‘s parliament speaker said a draft, U.S.-brokered deal demarcating a disputed maritime border with Israel was “positive” but must be studied before a final reply is given, ...

The centre-right New Unity party of Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins won Saturday’s election, according to provisional results, with its 19% of the vote putting him in a position to ...

Police said it recorded an unprecedented number of motorists booked for driving under the influence of alcohol on Saturday night in the Paphos district. Paphos police carried out 193 vehicle checks, ...

By Lana Haworth Vladimir Putin’s edict announcing the call-up of thousands of reservists for his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine appears to have caused widespread panic and protests ...

West Ham United moved out of the relegation zone as Gianluca Scamacca’s first Premier League goal paved the way for a 2-0 home victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers on ...

AEK Larnaca outscored Anorthosis 4-0 on Saturday night at the AEK Arena, in the fourth round of the Cyprus First Division Football League. The goals for the Larnaca team were ...