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The creation of a deputy ministry for culture was described as an “historic moment” by Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday. A bill for the creation of a deputy ministry ...

By Andrea Shalal The International Monetary Fund should adopt ambitious goals for assessing the physical and policy-related risks of climate change facing its members after years of paying minimal and ...

A Greens candidate MP has been referred to the party’s disciplinary council after hurling insults on social media at Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, it emerged on Tuesday. Party head ...

By Deborah Kyvrikosaios Tucked between rows of apartment blocks on an Athens street, a strip of green with a few trees, some plants and a bench offers a breathing space ...

Almost exactly a year before George Floyd was killed in a deadly arrest by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020, he found himself in another encounter with police in which he ...

In this video, we pay a pre-Covid visit to Sofia, Bulgaria’s laidback and youthful capital, to be found at the centre of the Balkans, midway between the Black and ...

The British government is to invest significantly in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, and other Overseas Territories (OT) according to a 100-page strategy, Global Britain in a Competitive Age, ...

The stakes rose on Tuesday in a courtroom battle between the wives of former England football stars Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy as new vitriol emerged and a judge described ...

With Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard having become the new ‘face’ of Chanel No. 5 perfume, in this video we go behind the scenes to learn more about her special relationship ...

The European Commission has set a date to vote on the PDO status of halloumi, spokeswoman Miriam Garcia Ferrer said on Tuesday with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar saying an ...

Multi-asset investment platform eToro, which has an important presence in Cyprus, said on Tuesday it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by banking entrepreneur Betsy ...

Arsene Wenger says FIFA should consider holding the World Cup and Euros every two years and that a review of the international match calendar will consider compressed qualifiers and enforced ...

The European Union will on Wednesday unveil a COVID-19 pass to allow free travel this summer and support the struggling tourism sector despite the bloc’s sluggish vaccination campaign and ...

The families of dozens of people killed in demonstrations against military rule in Myanmar attended their funerals on Tuesday as more protesters defied the security forces and at least one ...

In this video we learn more about the split-second timing and mastery of the shutter, wielded by photographer Walter Iooss. With half a century’s experience behind the camera, Iooss ...

Russia will block Twitter in one month unless the US social media giant complies with a demand to remove banned content, Russian news agencies cited a senior regulatory official as ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named in a Sweden squad for the first time since 2016 after coming out of international retirement ahead of this month’s World Cup qualifiers. Ibrahimovic, 39, will ...

Russia will block Twitter in one month unless the U.S. social media giant complies with a demand to remove banned content, Russian news agencies cited a senior regulatory official ...

Thais flocked to a cannabis exhibition as interest and demand in the plant surges after the government unlocked hemp use in food and cosmetics in the latest move to promote ...

Russian tourists are expected to be welcome in Cyprus as of April 1, according to sources close to the deputy ministry of tourism. Phillip Orphanides contributed to this article. Tourism operators ...

Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo was relieved after the club’s medical staff said goalkeeper Rui Patricio escaped what initially looked like a serious head injury during their 1-0 ...

By Katie Wright For a long time it was all about at-home pampering with lockdown being the perfect time to embrace your inner beautician and try your hand at the ...

Three Limassol artists come together to reflect on a dusting of how the world has treated us lately. MELISSA HEKKERS hears more about upcoming exhibition Dust Three local artists come ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that pressure on some countries to refuse to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 was at unprecedented levels but had no chance of ...