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Cyprus has dropped from the top place of the European Environment Agency’s list classifying the best quality bathing waters in the EU. In last year’s study, Cyprus had ...

Understandably, everyone is complaining about the soaring fuel prices, which on Friday went up yet again, with unleaded 95 now at about €1.81 per litre and diesel at €1.88 per litre. The increase ...

Eighth seed Casper Ruud rallied from a set down to beat an error-prone Marin Cilic 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 on Friday to become the first Norwegian man to reach a ...

Armenian police clashed with protesters in Yerevan on Friday during the latest in a series of anti-government demonstrations and at least 50 people were hospitalised, Russian news agencies reported. Video posted ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and needs to cut about 10% of salaried staff at the electric carmaker, he said in emails seen by ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece, an entry point for natural gas for the eastern Mediterranean, could play a key role in helping Europe achieve energy autonomy given its ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied Moscow was preventing Ukrainian ports from exporting grain and said the best solution would be to ship it through Belarus, as long as ...

A fire, which broke out at 7.20pm in an area of Katydata village in the Nicosia district, was brought under full control at 8pm after burning an area of 2 decares ...

A 13-year-old boy who was injured in what appears to have been a joy riding accident in Athienou, is being treated at Larnaca general hospital’s paediatric unit. Police said ...

Choirokoitia’s all-day primary school and kindergarten is a prime example of what all-day state schools in Cyprus should look like, according to Pavlos Mylonas, the chairman of the House ...

Healthy ageing and plans to create a national strategy for the health of elderly members of society were the focus of a health ministry workshop held on Friday to exchange ...

Ayia Napa’s municipality on Friday unveiled its new ‘Code of Ethics for Tourism in Ayia Napa’ in an effort to transform the resort into a model, modern, attractive and ...

The European Union on Friday blacklisted Aleksandra Melnichenko, the wife of Andrey Melnichenko, a previously sanctioned Russian billionaire who Reuters revealed had reassigned his companies to her in a bid ...

Germany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament on Friday approved the creation of the 100 billion euro ($107.2 billion) special defence fund that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in response to Russia’s ...

Dutch airline KLM is cancelling up to 50 flights a day during this upcoming long weekend due to overcrowding at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, it said on Friday. This will include Friday ...

The Unhcr on Friday expressed sadness by the news of the death of a young Syrian man off Paphos’ northwest coast on Thursday while attempting to reach Cyprus. The man ...

Rafael Nadal advanced to the French Open final for a 14th time on Friday after third seed Alexander Zverev was forced to retire hurt with an ankle injury while trailing ...

Europe’s largest nuclear power plant that lies in Russian-occupied Ukraine faces a critical shortage of spare parts, threatening the safety of its operations, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said ...

The internationally celebrated Antonio Serrano Quartet makes its debut in Cyprus this June, in a concert organised by the Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain. Mark ...

The third humanitarian aid package from Cyprus to the people of Ukraine departs Saturday from Limassol port, and is being shipped through Greece and then on to Romania. Citizens Commissioner ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou There are few who can describe human remains with the eloquence of Irish Nobel poet Seamus Heaney. Grauballe Man is too long ...

A new case of child pornography is being investigated by the police after the arrest of a 42-year-old man on Friday to facilitate investigations. The suspect was subsequently presented before ...

Three people were killed and 16 severely injured when a regional train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, police and local officials said. A police spokesperson, who did not have any ...

A 69-year-old man, who allegedly shot his 45-year-old son last week while they were at their home in Pyrga in the Larnaca district, was on Friday referred directly to trial ...