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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that he had been thrown into solitary confinement for the third time this month to punish him for his political activity. ...

A mission with 140 volunteers from various European countries came to Cyprus in August to support refugees staying at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The mission concerned an initiative ...

France on Tuesday accused Moscow of using energy supplies as “a weapon of war” as Russian gas giant Gazprom GAZP.MM reduced deliveries to one of its main utilities and ...

Famagusta district court on Tuesday issued an eight-day remand order against four individuals to help police investigations into a case of people smuggling after 60 irregular migrants arrived the previous day. ...

The conflict over hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean highlights the importance of the “struggle for sovereignty”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said during his speech for ‘victory day’ on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca is boosting diving tourism with the sinking on Tuesday of 60 clay amphorae in the Oroklini marine protected area, near the LEF1 wreck, to attract fish species to the area. ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

A local man who was in the process of joining the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced on Monday to serve about 4-1/2 years in prison for his role in ...

Euro zone economic sentiment fell more than expected in August, data showed on Tuesday, dragged lower by a drop in optimism in industry and in services despite a better mood ...

It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries. There ...

By Marek Strzelecki and Kuba Stezycki In Poland’s late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, as householders fearful of ...

Wind turbines, floating solar panels, and green hydrogen at sea are among the projects under construction off the Dutch coast, as a country famed for its water engineering prowess builds ...

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world’s ...

The decades of no rain and drought Cyprus has been through in the past led the Water Development Department (WDD) to create the necessary infrastructure to be able to deal “...

China will step up measures to boost demand and stabilise employment and prices in the second half of the year to optimise economic outcomes, the country’s finance ministry said ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will pay an official visit to Israel in November following the invitation of his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, it was announced on Tuesday. Government Spokesperson Marios Pelekanos ...

The beat goes on. And other activities too. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more After the suspension of life as we now in for much of August, September brings the return ...

Main-opposition party Akel lambasted Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday after the latter responded with a tweet to the party’s July request for a meeting to discuss the implementation ...

A man stabbed to death at the Notting Hill Carnival on Monday was Takayo Nembhard, a rapper from Bristol, his manager said. Nembhard, also known by his rap name TKorStretch, ...

Russia condemned the destruction of Soviet war memorials in the three Baltic states and accused them on Tuesday of persecuting their Russian-speaking minorities. In a forcefully worded statement, Moscow said ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged Russian troops to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine, but Moscow said it had halted the ...

Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades on Tuesday blasted the current government’s approach to the escalating problem of illegal immigration and asylum seekers. In a statement, Demetriades said that asylum applications ...

Leptos Venus Gardens is a unique, modern resort positioned on a hilltop location in Chloraka, just a short walk from the Paphos coastline. As a gated resort, it guarantees its ...

A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport by the Cyprus Institute. The institute ...