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The technical committee that is working on the preparations for a joint gas pipeline project between Cyprus and Egypt will convene on September 15, the office of the Minister of Energy, ...

Jorginho missed a penalty as Italy were held to a 0-0 draw by Switzerland in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday, a result that meant Roberto Mancini’s side equalled ...

Highlights of the seventh day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Sunday (times in GMT): 0510 KREJCIKOVA SURVIVES TO REACH ...

Jesse Lingard returned to the scoresheet for England for the first time in three years with two goals in his side’s 4-0 win over Andorra in a one-sided World ...

The doors of an iconostasis in an occupied Church were reported as having returned home last week. They were the first looted item to be returned to the island from ...

Gareth Bale ended his two-year Wales scoring drought as his hat-trick secured a thrilling 3-2 World Cup qualifying win over Belarus in Kazan. Bale had not added to his record 33 ...

Two deaths and 147 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. The deaths concern a 52-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman. The number of people who have ...

Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing ...

Five cars and 14 motorcycles were seized during traffic checks during the weekend, police said on Sunday. According to data released by the police, more than 1,300 traffic violations were recorded in ...

By Steven Scheer Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selective countries to visit from Sept. 19 under a pilot programme to kick-start tourism, the government said on Sunday. Tour ...

Former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Christos Stylianides is a candidate for a ministerial post in Greece, reports said on Sunday. Stylianides, a Cypriot national, was the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The pandemic and temporary “shut down” of economies has led to a worldwide sharp decline in key economic indicators and negatively affected the trade ...

The Taliban said on Sunday their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of the Panjshir valley, their latest claim of progress in fighting against opposition forces holding ...

By Evie Andreou If we are to believe traditional weather forecasters, it will be pouring down this winter as per their predictions based on the first days of August. Experts, ...

One-year-old twin Israeli girls who were born conjoined at the head, back to back, can make eye contact for the first time after undergoing rare separation surgery. The more than 12...

By Stevo Vasiljevic Montenegro police used teargas against rock-throwing protesters during Sunday’s enthronement of a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric as the nation’s religious leader, with dozens reported injured. ...

By Anna Mylona Since the outbreak of Covid-19, every aspect of life has been affected in some way, shape or form. Over a year down the line since the pandemic ...

The first and most important lesson from Akis Tzohatzopoulos’ life is that power corrupts By Christos P Panayiotides On August 27, Akis Tzohatzopoulos passed away, at the age of 82. He was ...

By Guillermo Martinez and Sergio Perez Ten bulls charged through the streets of Villaseca de la Sagra on Sunday in pursuit of hundreds of runners as the first bull-running fiesta ...

Uninvited hitchhicker from the Suez is now found around the island By Nick Theodoulou An invasive species of mildly poisonous sea urchin with longer spines than those endemic to Cyprus ...

Qatar has flown humanitarian aid into Kabul and said it will operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan over the next few days, providing much-needed supplies following a hiatus in much ...

An Australian female politician seems to be the most favoured choice for the succession of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) ...

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban’s past restrictions on schooling for women, ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test sites for Monday, 39 in total. People need to present an ID, passport or driver’s licence to get tested. District Testing Sites Work ...