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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid by a Paris court on Thursday. It was the second guilty verdict this ...

China on Wednesday demanded railway companies and local authorities raise their game in shipping vital coal supplies to utilities, as regions key to the world’s no. 2 economy grapple with ...

A 39-year-old man, suspected of assaulting his 75-year-old landlord has been admitted to Athalassa psychiatric hospital following a doctor’s order. The suspect was expected to appear in court on ...

Truck drivers have a cautionary message for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: an acute shortage of drivers is ratcheting up their wages and that will have a knock-on effect on ...

By Lisa Salmon Do your eyes sometimes feel dry, itchy or gritty, particularly when you’ve been staring at a screen? You could be one of the millions suffering from ...

West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice said the way he is performing at the club proves he is completely focused and has not had his head turned by recent transfer ...

A ‘smart’ baton designed to be used in the Queen’s Baton relay for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will travel to Cyprus and the rest of the Commonwealth in October, ...

The 11th edition of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC) will kick off on October 9 and has a week packed with film screenings but also several parallel events. ...

A Limassol kiosk was robbed at knifepoint early on Thursday, with the perpetrator getting away with €560 in cash. Police said the robbery took place at 4am at a kiosk in ...

Kelechi Iheanacho has been ruled out of Leicester’s Europa League clash with Legia Warsaw after being turned away by Polish border control. The striker travelled to Warsaw with the ...

In today’s episode, we take a look at Elam MP Andreas Themistocleous’ accusation of disrupting a House committee meeting. We also discuss state doctors’ three-hour stoppage yesterday morning, threatening ...

The British Council is holding its first online Europe-wide UK education fair next month, with the participation of more than 50 UK universities and thousands of European students. More than 8,000 students ...

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and a Palestinian woman who tried to stab officers in Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli police said. ...

The fact that climate change effects will mainly be shouldered by the young generation is well established. Now a study published this week in academic journal Science is finally putting ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing more than €4,000 worth of items from three different houses earlier this month, police said early on Thursday. Officers found the man ...

Police on Thursday said they fined 14 people in 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, after 2,644 inspections island wide. Most checks, which were carried out between 6am on Wednesday and 6am on ...

President Joe Biden’s agenda was at risk of being derailed by divisions among his own Democrats, as moderates voiced anger at the idea of delaying a $1 trillion infrastructure bill ...

A delegation of Cypriot representatives travelled to London this week to promote Cyprus as a European jurisdiction in which investment funds and fund management companies can be registered. The delegation ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is willing to restore severed inter-Korean hotlines next month, but accused the United States of proposing talks without changing its “hostile policy” ...

Buoyed by the tourism and retail sectors, the Cypriot economy continued to be on an upwards trajectory in August according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research ...

DP World Limassol used World Tourism Day to reiterate its commitment to further bolster the country’s cruise industry and turn the Limassol port into a top cruise hub in ...

Air France-KLM is looking at raising fresh funds soon after completing a share issue earlier this year, bolstered by a positive trend in bookings since the United States announced a ...

The EU must find a way to stop migrant smugglers, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Wednesday as she cited latest figures showing that virtually all migrants to Cyprus ...

The ease with which some public sector unions resort to strike action while showing utter disregard for the inconvenience they will cause is nothing new. Often the mere threat of ...