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Children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelides has expressed concern that domestic laws in Cyprus still do not fully comply with the provisions and principles of the Convention of Rights of ...

Outrage from all sides greeted the bulldozing of four listed buildings in old Nicosia by the Church. There was mass condemnation of the unlawful action by the Archbishopric, described as ‘...

Manchester United returned to winning ways in ruthlessly emphatic fashion with a 9-0 home win over Southampton, who ended the game with nine men, to move level on points with ...

Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday said founder Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO and become executive chairman, as the company reported its third consecutive record profit and quarterly sales ...

As part of an ongoing programme to introduce the Cyprus public to the flowers that grow on the island, the ministry of agriculture on Tuesday urged the public not to ...

Arsenal finished with nine men as their impressive recent Premier League resurgence was halted by a 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at a rain-swept Molineux on Tuesday. Joao Moutinho’s ...

An 18-year-old was on Tuesday night rushed to Nicosia general hospital and is in a serious condition after a car crash, police confirmed. The incident occurred at around 7:30pm on ...

A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday in a ruling which the opposition politician blamed on what he called President Vladimir Putin’s hatred and fear of ...

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias met in London on Tuesday and “shared perspectives on prospects for an enduring solution in Cyprus,” the British foreign ...

The Archbishopric intends to rebuild the four listed buildings which were partially demolished, Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Tuesday after having spoken with Archbishop Chrysostomos. The attorney general on ...

Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that most of the lockdown measures in the Netherlands, many of which have been in place since October, will remain in place for ...

Police have launched investigations after a foetus was found crudely buried in a bag at a cemetery in Paralimni. It was not immediately clear how many weeks into development the ...

The health ministry announced 128 new coronavirus cases and said no deaths were recorded on Tuesday. There are 121 patients being cared for by the state health services, of whom 40 are in ...

There will be no special treatment for people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday, stressing that the country is open to ...

Captain Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, has died aged 100, his ...

Turkey’s interior minister on Tuesday condemned protesters at a top Istanbul university as “LGBT deviants” in a statement which Twitter deemed as hateful conduct. Students and teachers at Istanbul’...

Reunification talks based on political equality have ended and new talks should have sovereign equality between two states, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. “This is our idea… ...

Rapid antigen tests will continue on Wednesday for the general population as well as for employees returning to work on Monday, February 8. In the latter case, all employees must be ...

A new call for applications has been launched for artists and creatives that looks at the struggles and opportunities industry professionals face. Voices of Culture is the structured dialogue between ...

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been left off a list of Chinese entrepreneurial leaders published by state media – the snub underscoring how just far he has fallen out of ...

A joint military exercise of special forces personnel from Greece, the USA and Cyprus took place between January 11 and January 29 in the Souda area of Crete, it was announced on ...

Scientists gave Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine the green light on Tuesday saying it was almost 92% effective in fighting COVID-19 based on peer-reviewed late-stage trial results published in The Lancet ...

Marfields Group has signed a milestone agreement with Marriott International, confirming the highly-anticipated arrival of the island’s first branded residences: The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Limassol. Renowned as one of the ...

Arsenal and Benfica’s Europa League last-32 tie could be played as a one-off tie on neutral territory under new rules issued by tournament organisers UEFA. The two-leg tie is ...