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A small private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people on board, police said. The plane, which took ...

A British man of Greek Cypriot descent was jailed for two years and four months in the UK this week for sharing the Islamic State’s propaganda videos online. According ...

The Greek Cypriots have two options over their political future By Christos P. Panayiotides A friend and classmate of mine recently sent me an article by Michael Rubin, an American ...

The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex abuse scandal said in an ...

A defence of Archbishop Elpidophoros, the Greek Orthodox church religious leader in the US By Tasoula Hadjitofi My eyes filled with tears. I was reading the public apology of Archbishop ...

Nicosia has given its consent to the appointment of Canadian Colin Stewart as the new UNSG special representative in Cyprus, reports said on Sunday. The Cyprus News Agency, citing diplomatic ...

The Cyprus problem is at its worst phase, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday at the bicommunal event the party organised in Dherynia for the reunification of the island. ...

The EU’s mobility plan is determined to wean us off our cars. So, how is that going? By Nick Theodoulou The reign of cars appears to be over, at ...

By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to “uncontrolled immigration” to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting ...

A 22-year-old Larnaca resident was remanded on Sunday for four days in connection with possession and distribution of child porn. Police said the 22-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after ...

Tropical Cyclone Shaheen bore down on Oman on Sunday, killing at least three people, and authorities urged residents to evacuate coastal areas and delayed flights to and from the capital, ...

South Korean Internet service provider SK Broadband has sued Netflix (NFLX.O) to pay for costs from increased network traffic and maintenance work because of a surge of viewers to ...

A 59-year-old woman who was hit by a car earlier in the week while trying to cross a street in Nicosia died on Saturday evening, it was announced on Sunday. ...

The advent of digital currencies in emerging markets could spark “cryptoization” of local economies, potentially undermining exchange and capital controls and upsetting financial stability, the International Monetary Fund said on ...

The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Nikos Christodoulides and Nikos Dendias, will hold, on Monday talks in Athens, in the framework of the constant coordination and exchange of information ...

Hong Kong’s exposure to debt-laden developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) is “very minimal” at 0.05 per cent, or HK$14 billion ($1.79 billion), of banking assets, South China Morning Post reported on ...

Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker’s stock price soaring while ...

Thirty-two-year-old Elena Kyriacou from Livadhia, Larnaca died early on Sunday after her car went up in flames following an accident. According to the police, the accident occurred at around 12.15 am ...

What do the two stone fruits have in common and where do they differ? Patricia Jordan Whilst biting into a nectarine during the late summer and mopping up the juice ...

Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions on abortion and advocate for ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The recent agreement between the USA, UK and Australia, known as Aukus, allows the latter to acquire nuclear-powered submarines while simultaneously cancelling contracts with ...

By Alper Ali Riza A friend emailed last week after reading my column about the candidature of the human rights lawyer Achilleas Demetriades for president to remind me of the ...

Still a way to go before cheaper electricity despite passing of ‘landmark’ energy liberalisation bills By Elias Hazou Despite the pageantry surrounding the so-called ‘opening up’ of the electricity market ...

Cyprus marked the 61st anniversary of the Cyprus Republic on Friday with the customary military parade and the familiar assertions about the Republic being the biggest safeguard for the survival ...