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With the long, hot summer fast approaching, parents are steeling themselves for nearly 12 weeks of dealing with their often fractious children. Parents frequently complain that schools close far too often – ...

Chevron has just filed a request to acquire a 70 per cent stake in offshore Block 10 in the Ionian Sea that is expected to be granted by Greece. The following examines ...

Until this week, if I heard the word “space”, I would probably have followed it up with something cliché like “the final frontier” or “beam me up, Scotty”. Like many ...

I had the chance to revisit my younger self the other day when I watched François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’ classic L’Étranger. The film – titled The ...

More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris following Paris Saint-Germain’s second consecutive Champions League win, the interior ministry said on Sunday, reviving France’s heated ...

The recent meeting between the presidents of the United States and China marks a phase of “managed stability,” in which competition continues but with mechanisms designed to prevent escalation. For ...

An operative of Hamas living in Cyprus was, according to an indictment filed in Israel, the mastermind behind a major case of planned terrorist attacks there, leading to two people ...

The government’s newly launched nationwide emergency warning system and its ability to reach residents using older mobile devices has come under scrutiny, particularly regarding elderly people in remote communities ...

A gradual improvement in hotel bookings, however they are still moving at lower levels than expected for the period, chairman of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides said on ...

Summer is on its way, and that means that outdoor film screenings. First up is Nicosia’s Images and Views of Alternative Cinema Festival, which returns to the old town ...

Everyone’s cooperation is needed to deal with fires during the summer season, head of the Union of Cyprus Communities Andreas Kitromilides said on Sunday adding that village authorities must ...

I am a Cypriot citizen, a mother, a grandmother, and a person who deeply loves our island and everything it represents. I am writing not out of politics or personal ...

By Shrivathsa Sridhar Iga Swiatek’s 25th birthday celebrations turned sour at the French Open on Sunday as the former champion lost 7-5 6-1 to Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk, ...

If ever there were a structure built to stand the test of time, it surely would be the Great Pyramid of Giza, a transcendent monument to human imagination and ambition. ...

Ukrainian drones struck energy targets across several Russian regions overnight, including an oil pipeline pumping station and an oil refinery, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday, in an escalating ...

Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela claimed a record-breaking, fourth successive general election victory for his Labour Party on Sunday. “This is a victory of all the people based on the ...

US rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to a concert in Istanbul on Saturday night. ...

A 29-year-old man was remanded in police custody for three days on Sunday by the Nicosia district court after he reportedly threw a flare at a police officer trying to ...

A total of 378,150 people voted in last Sunday’s parliamentary elections – but what about the foreign nationals? That number represents 66.4 per cent of those who were eligible to vote, but ...

By Yiannakis Kaponi A constituent telephones a newly elected MP in Nicosia. There have been repeated serious road accidents on a dangerous stretch of road in their area. Residents demand ...

The importance of foster care as an essential form of alternative care for children under the care of the state was highlighted by the deputy ministry of social welfare on ...

The enormous economic activity of some livestock breeders with those in the north was one of the reasons that led to the foot and mouth disease crisis, head of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan on Wednesday accompanied by ministers and a business delegation, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Sunday. It is the ...

The law needs to be changed in Cyprus so that the police accept the evidence from drivers’ dashcams and set up a website where drivers can upload their evidence of ...