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31. The Pope has arrived in Cyprus

Pope Francis arrived in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon. The Cypriot government, through its Deputy Spokesman Niovis Parisinou, had described the Pope's visit as "an important event of international scope that is of global interest"....

32. Cyprus Police on high alert for Pope's visit

Cyprus Police are on high alert due to Pope Francis` visit on the island between 2-4 December....

33. Take to the skies again and travel like you've never done before

Once again we're taking to the skies. Although traveling is definitely not the same as it used to be, what with all the restrictions, COVID test requirements and social distancing, we've found a way to keep calm and soldier on. ...

34. Archbishop will restore demolished houses, DISY Councillor says

Attorney General Giorgos Savvides, weighed in on the commotion caused by the Archbishopric’s unlawful demolition on Monday of four listed houses adjacent of its under-construction Cathedral project in the old town of Nicosia....

35. Archbishopric tears down listed houses without permit

The Archbishopric on Monday morning teared down four listed houses adjacent to the under-construction cathedral in the old quarters of Nicosia without the necessary permit, with the Nicosia Municipality left flabbergasted....

36. Church bells toll for Hagia Sophia

Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos has ordered church bells across the island to ring on Friday, marking what he described as a “criminal conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque"...

37. As EU mulls sanctions, Turkey defiant

The European Union is seeking ways of imposing sanctions on Turkey in the event that its transgressions in the East Mediterranean are scaled up, and in the wake of its decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. ...

38. Turkish court rules to let Hagia Sophia return as mosque

39. Greek PM says Greece ready for any challenge

Amid renewed tensions with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed on Wednesday that Greece “will face all challenges with consistency, stability, confidence and always with a commitment to international law, as it always does.”...

40. Fourth Italian dies from coronavirus in worst flare-up outside Asia

A fourth person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, officials said on Monday as the government struggled to contain an outbreak of the illness and financial markets slid on fears over the economic impact....

41. Ice cubes for tigers as heatwave smashes European records

Belgian zookeepers fed chickens in giant ice cubes to tigers on Wednesday as northern Europe baked in record temperatures during another heatwave that climate experts believe could become the new normal. ...

42. Europe unites after fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral

43. Things that go together

The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre is hosting an exhibition which everyone should visit, a retrospective by Michael Anastassiades titled "THINGS THAT GO TOGETHER" that runs through July 20...

44. Tsipras visits Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

45. Gunman kills three in Strasbourg Christmas market

46. A stitch in time: Cyprus’ Lefkaritiko lace faces grim future

47. President to inform public after meeting with Jane Holl Lute

48. Yulia Skripal is getting better

British counter-terrorism police now believe Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve toxin...

49. Russian spy poisoned by nerve agent outside home

Russia has denied any involvement in the attack and has said it suspects the British secret services of using the Novichok nerve agent...

50. Putin faces midnight deadline to explain nerve attack on former spy

The European Union also said it would stand by Britain, which is due to leave the bloc in just over a year’s time...