Finance minister heads to Washington
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides leaves for the US on Monday, where he will take part in the annual general assemblies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank as ...
Limassol police arrest two people in drug bust
Police in Limassol arrested two people found in possession of a total of 352 grammes of methamphetamine, 15 grammes of cocaine, €735 in cash and a cheque for €760 in their apartment, according to ...
N. Korea says missile tests simulate striking South with nuclear weapons
North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests were designed to simulate showering the South with tactical nuclear weapons as a warning after large-scale navy drills by South Korean and ...
Explosions rock Kyiv after Putin accuses Ukraine of attack on bridge
Massive explosions shook the Ukrainian capital and other cities during the morning rush hour on Monday in apparent Russian revenge strikes after President Vladimir Putin declared an explosion on the ...
Former US official for Cyprus does not see talks resuming, or an EastMed pipeline
A former US State Department senior official who had responsibility for Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, does not foresee talks resuming as Turkey has now decided on a two-state solution.
He ...
Ronaldo’s 700th club goal gives Man United win at Everton
Cristiano Ronaldo stepped off the bench to earn Manchester United a 2-1 victory at Everton in the Premier League on Sunday, taking his career goal tally to 700 in the process.
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Populism: Three steps forward; two-and-a-half steps back
The reports about Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva’s impending comeback as Brazilian president verged on the ecstatic in the week before last Sunday’s vote. He was after ...
Saka seals 3-2 win for Arsenal over Liverpool
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka scored twice as they beat Liverpool 3-2 in a pulsating Premier League clash to send the Gunners back to the top of the table at the ...
The Cyprus problem is characterised by conflicting goals at various levels
By Ioanna Achilleos Zavitsanaki
We so often hear the Cyprus issue being expressed in terms of a status quo, with the implication that we are faced with a static situation. ...
Eze fires Palace to comeback victory over Leeds
Eberechi Eze’s fine late winner earned Crystal Palace a 2-1 comeback victory over Leeds United in the Premier League on Sunday.
The visitors raced into an early lead through ...
West Ham come from behind to beat Fulham 3-1
West Ham United won back-to-back Premier League games for the first time this season when they came from behind to beat Fulham 3-1 at home in a London derby on ...
Back to EEZs: a recurring problem
The Turkey-Libya MoU increasing tensions with Greece
After a quiet year in 2021, perhaps as a result of Covid-19, we are back to the perennial problem of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) ...
U.S. says it will continue offering security assistance to Ukraine
The White House said on Sunday it would continue to arm Ukraine but declined direct comment on an explosion that damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea.
“We don’t ...
Christodoulides decries mud-slinging that ‘degrades political dialogue’
Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he consciously avoids entering any pre-election debate that “degrades political dialogue”.
Christodoulides, in an interview with Phileleftheros, decried the ...
A touch of colour for the babies’ graves
Mystery still surrounds the 1960s’ baby deaths at Dhekelia, but one woman is determined not to forget them
Hundreds of “sleeping babies” at the Dhekelia British military cemetery have been ...
Ersin Tatar talks to the Cyprus Mail
In an interview with Alper Ali Riza, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar explains why it is time the international community should think outside the federal box
Lunch at Buyuk Han ...
‘Miracle’ toddler survived Thailand nursery massacre asleep under blanket
A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week’s massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom.
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Female NCOs protest outside palace
The director of the president’s office Andreas Iosif assured protesters outside the palace on Sunday that their concerns over gender equality in the national guard would be addressed.
Iosif ...
Kremlin praises OPEC+ for countering U.S. ‘mayhem’
The Kremlin on Sunday praised OPEC+ for agreeing production cuts that had successfully countered the “mayhem” sown by the United States in global energy markets.
The OPEC+ decision to cut ...
Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ bill to have pre-election ‘chilling effect’
Turkey’s proposed “disinformation” bill threatens free speech and could further harm journalism ahead of next year’s elections, a European rights watchdog’s legal body said, calling for Turkey’...
EU’s tolerance of Turkey risks war, disaster, president says
As long as the international community, including the EU turns a blind eye to Turkey’s belligerence, it rewards the aggressor, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday, warning that this ...
What goes on behind the stage
Festival will focus on the mass of skills needed to bring events to fruition. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more
Many festivals celebrate performance arts yet for them to be staged ...
Widespread support for crematoriums
Some have been fighting for years
The construction of a crematorium in Paphos to offer an alternative to traditional -and expensive- burial services has been widely welcomed after years of ...
Pope, calling migrants’ exclusion ‘criminal’, on collision with Meloni
Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned defence of migrants, calling their exclusion “scandalous, disgusting and sinful,” putting him on a collision course with Italy’s upcoming right-wing government.
Francis ...