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The Cyprus problem will be among the issues discussed in the upcoming EU-Med summit, which president Nicos Anastasiades will attend on Friday, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Wednesday. The ...

Members of Cyprus and Egypt’s special forces took part in joint military drill in Lythrodontas on Wednesday called Ptolemaios 2021. The drill marked the culmination of two weeks of joint ...

Nicosia’s Home for Cooperation is a fitting place to celebrate International Day of Peace, a space for dialogue, action and togetherness. On September 21, Home for Cooperation will hold a ...

Turkish Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said on Wednesday he will table a discussion at the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education about the education ministry’s handling of ...

THEO PANAYIDES meets a sharp mind probing the future of the universe in a bright – in a literal and intellectual sense – astrophysicist who is currently living life long distance, both ...

Expect plenty of fun and drama as the fan favourite returns with another round of showstopper bakes. Gemma Dunn finds out what is in store. Last autumn fans rejoiced as ...

The European Union’s chief executive set out plans on Wednesday to make the 27-nation bloc more independent in areas from defence to global trade, and urged other countries to ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides and Justice Minister Stephie Drakou appealed to MPs for the umpteenth time on Wednesday to pass vital justice reforms, despite the supreme court’s opposition to certain ...

A total of 28 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

A first female head coach or manager in the English men’s professional game would help to “shatter a prejudice”, the chair of Women In Football has said. League Two ...

All hail Netflix for popularising – yes, that’s not always a bad thing – the Nordic noir genre! As far as I’m concerned, Scandinavian crime series are among the best ...

The main suspect in the 2015 Islamist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris told a French court on Wednesday that there was nothing personal about the attacks, French BFM television reported. “...

An advisory group to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance, a move that comes after American track and field star Sha’Carri ...

Fashion brand Zara owner Inditex (ITX.MC) has outpaced Swedish rival H&M (HMb.ST) in its efforts to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis, with second-quarter sales rising ...

Government departments and the power company (EAC) expect to finalise a discounted rate on electricity bills in the next few days, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday. The minister ...

The Chinese special administrative region of Macau is well-known for its gambling tourism. With the government of the People’s Republic potentially tightening regulations following a public consultation concerning the ...

Excavations near a chapel in Protaras have brought to light archaeological finds that may indicate ruins of a sanctuary of Aphrodite, according to Paralimni Mayor Theodoros Pyrillis. These are being ...

Larnaca’s The O Gallery has kickstarted its autumn season with an exhibition titled Camouflage by Despina Petridou. The artist’s first solo exhibition presents artworks created during the past ...

British inflation hit a more than nine-year high last month after the biggest monthly jump in the annual rate in at least 24 years, largely due to a one-off boost reflecting ...

Italy is to make a COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for public and private sector workers, a minister said on Wednesday, becoming the first European country to do so as it ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou My Irish cousin Thomas is nearly a century old and dementia has laid claim to his lively, enquiring brain. Archaeology was a ...

For Paris photographer Olivier Sanchez, there is only one story in town: the new life of Lionel Messi. Newspapers and magazines around the world harangue his Crystal Pictures agency for ...

China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robotic rover on the ...

Any proposals or ideas on the Cyprus problem should not stray from the framework of the UN Security Council resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades told UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on ...