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Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers urged President Joe Biden’s administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and said they were confident Congress would block any such ...

Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Christodoulos Angastiniotis has accused labour unions of making demands that are both unrealistic and unfeasible for businesses. “Unions must realise the severity of ...

Hellenic Bank has released new eco-friendly credit and debit cards made out of biodegradable material. Available since Monday, October 25, in Mastercard form, the new cards require 82 per cent less PVC (...

By Marios Papageorgiou A recent incident with a Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), that was incidentally caught on a tourist fishing vessel in Larnaca, received lots of attention from the ...

The naturalisation plight of two children of a Greek Cypriot mother and a Turkish Cypriot father is a bit like being thrown back in time to 1980s Cyprus, and the ...

Progress towards gender equality is not even and more needs to be done, the Council of Europe’s deputy Secretary General Bjorn Berge told a conference in Nicosia on Tuesday. ...

New Wave – The Other Cyprus together with Volt Europa on Tuesday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to resign and for an in-depth investigation into any wrongdoing he may be involved ...

The European Commission has received a response from Cypriot authorities regarding the island’s now- defunct ‘golden passports’ scheme, and will continue dialoguing with Nicosia, a Commission spokesman said on ...

Poland will use a mode of financing employed to fight the economic consequences of COVID-19 to help fund a large increase in military spending, the defence minister said on Tuesday, ...

By Paul Sandle and Michael Holden Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham ...

Measures have been taken to decongest the Makarios children’s hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit that has seen many hospitalisations since the beginning of the month, the state health ...

Minister of Labour Zeta Emilianidou has issued a decree simplifying the paperwork and procedures required for employers to hire asylum seekers on a temporary basis. The decree in question appeared ...

No deaths and 162 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday by the health ministry. The 162 cases were detected among 51,892 PCR and rapid tests, with positivity rate of 0.31 per cent. There ...

Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece, including the Greek island of Lesbos to meet migrants, from December 2 to 6, a Vatican source said on Tuesday. Francis will stay in Cyprus ...

One of the candidates for the presidency of the north’s ruling party, Faiz Sucuoglu was implicated in the release of a compromising video last week of ‘prime minister’ Ersan ...

Growing demand as the world economy recovers after the pandemic, combined with pressure on energy resources ahead of a heavy winter after a very hot summer, are creating a ‘perfect ...

A powerful cyclonic storm hit the southern Italian island of Sicily on Tuesday causing widespread flooding around the city of Catania, turning streets and squares into rivers and lakes and ...

The Nicosia to Limassol motorway closed to traffic near Moutayiaka for more than three hours on Tuesday afternoon, due to a 10-car pileup but has now reopened. The accident occurred ...

Internet infrastructure firm RightForge will host former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media platform, the hosting company’s Chief Executive Officer Martin Avila told Axios. Trump is ...

The government plans to extend by a further four months a scheme allowing people the opportunity to pay their arrears in social insurance contributions in instalments. Speaking in parliament on ...

Analysts at Europe’s biggest bank HSBC (HSBA.L) have turned bullish on Chinese stocks, arguing the worst of a regulatory storm has passed and that Beijing will provide policy ...

The Cyprus Environmental Movement will be staging a protest on October 30 in light of the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) which will begin in Glasgow the following day. “Climate change ...

Liverpool midfielder James Milner will be out until next month’s international break after picking up a hamstring injury in last weekend’s 5-0 victory at Manchester United, assistant manager ...

By Katie Wright Are you on the hunt for a new signature scent? The perfect perfume to match your autumn/winter wardrobe? This is the time of year when a ...