Europe

Permanent Secretary of Religious Affairs of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, George Kalantzis, has praised the excellent relations between Cyprus and Greece both as regards the state ...

The European Commission said on Friday that it would not extend a ban on imports of Ukrainian grains into Ukraine’s five EU neighbours due to expire on Friday. “It ...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged with disobeying a police order on Friday, less than two months after she was convicted and fined for the same offence. Thunberg, 20, was ...

A joint aeronautical exercise between Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy has been successfully completed, it was announced on Friday. The national guard said the exercise, held for the fourth consecutive ...

French supermarket chain Carrefour has slapped price warnings on products from Lindt chocolates to Lipton Ice Tea to pressure top consumer goods suppliers Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever to reduce inflation ...

The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving on its shores, its mayor said on Thursday, after thousands of people landed from North ...

The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record high of 4% on Thursday but, with the euro zone economy in the doldrums, signalled this was likely to ...

Belgium said on Thursday it would review the potential health risks linked to Apple’s iPhone 12, becoming the latest European country to react after France ordered a halt to sales ...

A five-month-old baby boy drowned during a rescue operation off the Italian island of Lampedusa after a boat carrying migrants across the sea from North Africa capsized, ANSA and other ...

A prosecutor for Greece’s top criminal court has ordered a probe into the causes and handling of floods triggered by a storm that killed at least 15 people, swamped houses ...

Police in Spain arrested a man for alleged sexual assault of a journalist after he touched her rear while she was live on air, with the man’s actions prompting ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday criticised the Italian government’s proposed tax on windfall bank profits, saying it did not consider lenders’ long-term prospects and could make some ...

Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday defended her track record as European Commission chief, as she announced an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles and presented herself as a champion ...

Armenia and the United States began a joint military training exercise on Monday, both sides said, at a time of high tension in Armenian relations with neighbouring Azerbaijan. The 10-day “...

Greece’s shipping minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has resigned following a controversy over his comments about the death last Tuesday of a 36-year-old man who had fallen into the sea after ...

Cypriot-born Christos Stylianides has been named shipping minister in Greece on Monday, following the resignation of the previous Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, who caused controversy with his statements on the death of ...

Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales quit his post on Sunday after three weeks of scandal over allegations he gave an unsolicited kiss to a player on the women’s ...

Greek rescue teams recovered the bodies of three more people in central Greece on Sunday, raising the death toll to 14 from the country’s most intense rain storm since records ...

The European Union has picked out 22 so-called “gatekeeper” services, run by six of the biggest tech companies in the world, to face new rules as part of its latest crackdown ...

By Luigi Scazzieri Her first year in office has confounded expectations, as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni blended Atlanticism and pragmatism towards the EU with right-wing populism on immigration, cultural ...

Helicopters winched people from rooftops and military personnel used rubber boats to rescue families from floodwaters up to 3 metres deep in central Greece on Friday after a devastating rainstorm killed ...

A Spanish prosecutor said on Friday she had filed a complaint with the High Court against suspended football federation President Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion over the allegedly ...

President of the Cyprus-Greece Business Association Iosif Iosif is set to engage in significant discussions with economic, business, and investment entities from Greece during his visit to the 87th Thessaloniki ...

At least six people have died and more than six were still missing on Thursday after storm Daniel swept across central Greece, triggering landslides, destroying roads and bridges and carrying ...