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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Monday said Finland and Sweden should have no illusions that Moscow will simply put up with their joining the NATO military alliance, calling ...

The ministry of interior on Monday announced the launch of an information campaign against human trafficking aimed at discouraging demand for sexual services from victims. The main objective of the ...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is refusing to accept that a top-five Premier League finish would represent success as he targets Champions League qualification. The Gunners travel to Newcastle on Monday ...

Ukraine said on Monday troops defending the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, had repelled Russian forces and advanced as far as the border with Russia. Reuters could not immediately verify ...

World number one Novak Djokovic claimed his first title in over six months after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0 7-6(5) to win the Italian Open on Sunday. Djokovic did not drop ...

In today’s episode, the new relaxations of the restrictive measures against Covid-19 came into force as of yesterday. Under the new rules, it will no longer be necessary to ...

A new series of family concerts is touring the island this month as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra collaborates with music pedagogue Christina Charalambidou to present the symphonic version of the ...

The purpose of the stay is to protect the company’s assets and the rights of its creditors Protecting the rights of the creditors and the assets of a company ...

China’s retail and factory activity fell sharply in April as wide COVID-19 lockdowns confined workers and consumers to their homes and severely disrupted supply chains, casting a long shadow ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Nicosia in connection with a case of illegal drug possession. According to a police statement, members of Ykan (Nicosia Branch) carried out ...

A 30-year-old man on Sunday afternoon visited the Limassol police detention centre and handed over two cups of frappé to a detainee. During the subsequent inspection, two packages wrapped with ...

Iran-backed Hezbollah has been dealt a blow in Lebanon’s parliamentary election with preliminary results showing losses for some of its oldest allies and the Saudi-aligned Lebanese Forces party saying ...

Juvenile crime remains very low in Cyprus, but we still need a designated detention centre A law establishing a criminal justice system catering to juvenile offenders was voted in a ...

The Premier League title race looks set to go down to the final day after Manchester City dropped two points with a 2-2 draw at West Ham United on Sunday. ...

A seven-point plan for the Walled City of Nicosia By Glafkos Constantinides The Walled City of Nicosia has been attracting idle attention for years while the area continues to suffer ...

White brightly burning munitions were shown cascading down on the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in what a British military expert said looked like either ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The Turkish economy has repeatedly been described as totally directed by President Erdogan’s inner circle. Economic decisions which are obviously political, such as ...

The public response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compares unfavourably with the rest of the EU I was lucky in that I was born in 1945 at the end of ...

NATO and the United States said on Sunday they were confident that Turkish concerns would not hold up bids by Finland and Sweden to join the Western military alliance in ...

The multinational civil-military exercise Argonaftis 2022, will take place between May 16 and 20, the defence ministry announced on Sunday. Argonaftis is an annual sea, air and land drill. It has not taken ...

Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China’s financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks in strict COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing ...

Two years into the pandemic, the government is still keeping older adults locked down in care homes The main concern following the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak was to protect the elderly, ...

The latest bout of dust in the atmosphere was due to dissipate on Sunday after expected light rainfall, the head of the met office said. Kleanthis Nikolaides told CNA on ...

Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia’s invasion ...