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Inspectors analyse toxin used on Russian spy

Inspectors analyse toxin used on Russian spy

Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) began running independent tests...

A lingering crisis

A lingering crisis

Ever since the failed 2016 coup, Erdogan has been looking at the world through the prism of a conspiracy theorist...

Clocks move forward for summer

Clocks move forward for summer

It’s time to change those clocks for 2018, as Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday 25 March at 3am. ...

Cypriot teacher in UK named best in the world

Cypriot teacher in UK named best in the world

A London educator of Greek Cypriot origin, Andria Zafirakou, has been named the world’s best teacher, winning a prize of $1 million and receiving congratulations from leaders around the globe. But her greatest achievement is her unwavering dedication to her low-income-family students, who need more than anything a quiet place to do their work....

Google makes push to turn product searches into cash

Google makes push to turn product searches into cash

Over the past two years, mobile searches asking where to buy products soared by 85 percent...

Three held in Kouklia site theft

Three held in Kouklia site theft

Cyprus police have arrested three men in connection with a case of illicit trade in antiquities. A concerned citizen had phoned the police after spotting a car parked in a remote area near Kouklia, Paphos, which is also the site of a current archeological dig. ...

Passport control with no questions asked

Passport control with no questions asked

Passengers using Larnaca and Paphos airports in Cyprus will have a new, automated way to go through passport control this summer, without having to stare at an official. ...

Putin easily wins another six-year term

Putin easily wins another six-year term

The longer-term question is whether Putin will soften his anti-Western rhetoric now the election is won...

Greece fears protracted crisis with Turkey

Greece fears protracted crisis with Turkey

Turkey is resorting to a strategy that includes the arrest of people as a means of blackmail, especially of Western countries...

President tells US official he is ready for Cyprus talks

President tells US official he is ready for Cyprus talks

The President highlighted the reasons why talks collapsed in Switzerland last year...

US backs Cyprus search for offshore gas

US backs Cyprus search for offshore gas

ExxonMobil and partners Qatar Petroleum are scheduled to start drilling southwest of the island this year...

ENI says it will follow through

ENI says it will follow through

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides got a reassuring statement in Rome from ENI’s Executive Vice President Lapo Pistelli, who said the energy company will honour its commitments with Cyprus. ...

Focus on responsible borrowers

Focus on responsible borrowers

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades says responsible borrowers deserve help, but draws the line where strategic defaulters take advantage of loopholes and don't repay their loans...

Turkey fails to convince Greek court

Turkey fails to convince Greek court

An Athens court rejected on Friday a third appeal by Ankara for the extradition of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece following Turkey's failed coup in July 2016. The judge said the court was not convinced that the men would get a fair trial in Turkey. ...

Cyprus-Egypt agree on pipeline terms

Cyprus-Egypt agree on pipeline terms

A final draft has emerged with Egypt and Cyprus agreeing the terms that would regulate the construction of an underwater pipeline from the Aphrodite gas field to two LNG terminals, Idku and Damietta. Experts hope that other players would jump on board to justify further such a commercial endeavor. ...

Ayia Napa Mayor says boorish tourists unwelcome

Ayia Napa Mayor says boorish tourists unwelcome

Tour operators have been asked not to bring misbehaving vacationers to Ayia Napa...

Mueller subpoenas Trump business

Mueller subpoenas Trump business

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents, including some related to Russia. The White House had no comment on the matter but said they were going to fully cooperate, while the Trump Organization said this is old news....

London says corrupt Putin allies may be targeted

London says corrupt Putin allies may be targeted

Britain’s National Crime Agency and Economic Crimes Unit is nvestigating a wide range of individuals...

Foreign Minister in Rome to meet UN chief

Foreign Minister in Rome to meet UN chief

Nikos Christodoulides has said that “the main topic of discussion will be the Cyprus issue”...

There is nothing natural about gas debate

There is nothing natural about gas debate

There are many interests at stake, of multiple colours since we are dealing with flags, and so there will definitely be a discussion on gas. And even if we are talking about something found in nature… I expect this discussion to be anything but natural....

Father found guilty in son’s death

Father found guilty in son’s death

A 71-year-old father is found guilty on manslaughter charges for killing his son, after the 19-year-old soldier refused to hand over the car keys...

EU to offer Turkey more cash for Syrian refugees before Erdogan meeting

EU to offer Turkey more cash for Syrian refugees before Erdogan meeting

Top EU officials will meet Erdogan on March 26 in the Bulgarian city of Varna ...

UK expels 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy

UK expels 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy

No ministers or members of the royal family will attend the World Cup in Russia...

Employment increased in last quarter of 2017

Employment increased in last quarter of 2017

Cypriots worked more hours in Q4 2017 than the year before...

US doesn't expect any problems with Turkey

US doesn't expect any problems with Turkey

She stressed that the best way to work out how to share resources would be to have a Cyprus settlement...

More than 500 migrants reach islands in four days

More than 500 migrants reach islands in four days

some camps, notably on Lesvos, remain overcrowded...

World pays tribute to a brilliant mind

World pays tribute to a brilliant mind

“His theories unlocked a universe of possibilities that we and the world are exploring"...

First ExxonMobil research vessel sails into Limassol

First ExxonMobil research vessel sails into Limassol

Test drilling in Block 10 is scheduled to take place in October...

Britain and Russia brace for showdown

Britain and Russia brace for showdown

England may also cut back participation in the World Cup which Russia is hosting in June - July...

Company registrations in Cyprus up 25%

Company registrations in Cyprus up 25%

Applications for company name approval in the first two months of 2018 rose by 26%...

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