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By Judith Garber August 24, 2022 marked the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Sadly, the day also marks six months since the Russian government launched its unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine – ...

Shadow Boxing is a Limassol club with plenty of champions but is limited by lack of sponsorship By John Ioannou On the edge of the Polemidia refugee housing estate in ...

The Belgian Grand Prix will remain on the Formula One calendar next year, the sport announced on Sunday after speculation the race at Spa-Francorchamps could be dropped. “Formula One can ...

You wait ages for the bus, and then three come along at once. Books are a bit like that, too, although in this case it’s only a pair of ...

Our organisation’s global purpose is to make an impact that matters. We aim to create better futures, by transforming organisations for a sustainable and prosperous world. “It is my ...

Emma Raducanu admits she had no idea how winning the US Open would affect her tennis but hopes she has found the right formula again. The 19-year-old stunned the sporting ...

Six people died in an incident when a truck rolled into a neighbourhood party in the town of Nieuw Beijerland in the south of the Netherlands on Saturday evening, Dutch ...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand. With ...

By Anushree Fadnavis Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris on Sunday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled ...

It’s significant, but serious challenges remain With the world gripped by an ever-deteriorating energy crisis, with gas supplies and prices playing a central role, the discovery of a new ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The socioeconomic environment has been changing rapidly. The risk of recession in the EU is increasingly becoming visible while inflation, although depicting signs of ...

Libya’s capital was quiet early on Sunday, a day after the worst fighting there for two years killed 32 people and injured 159 as forces aligned with a parliament-backed administration failed ...

By Tatiana Bautzer and Aluisio Alves A new law allowing soccer clubs in Brazil to seek outside investment is attracting hundreds of millions of dollars to a country renowned as ...

Discussions will be held with the EU to include Cyprus in plans for the bloc’s energy independence following the invasion of Ukraine, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. “Both ...

Political initiatives are being made in advance of his meeting with the UN Secretary General in September, the President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. At the memorial service of Eoka ...

A 20-year-old from Limassol was on Sunday remanded in custody for five days after admitting to stealing goods. He admitted to two burglaries on Saturday in Limassol. In the first ...

As technological advancements usher in sweeping changes across the entire economy, the banking sector could not be an exception. Hellenic Bank saw the need for digital transformation in the banking ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides is travelling to Prague on Sunday to take part in a meeting of EU defence ministers. At the centre of the talks is the situation in ...

Cyprus cannot accept to be under Turkey’s guarantees, to be under Turkey’s influence, to be virtually controlled, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial service ...

The online booking of hotel rooms has shown little change since 2016, a European Commission study into six member states, including Cyprus has shown. The study – also on Austria, Belgium, Poland, ...

By Evdokimos Xenophontos In 1974 foreign banks were totally unwilling to participate in financing the Cyprus economy. It was up to the banking authorities, the finance ministry and the Bank of ...

A sinking boat with four people aboard was rescued on Saturday evening by the Larnaca JRCC search and coordination centre, it said on Sunday. At 8.30pm on Saturday the JRCC ...

Sixty seven per cent of Cyprus businesses, and 55 per cent across Europe, had achieved an elementary level use of digital technology in 2021, a Eurostat report shows. Elementary level is defined ...

By Idrees Ali Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. ...