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511. Cypriot leaders have different versions of UN road map

Following a public spat between the two Cypriot leaders on the elusive ‘Guterres framework’, both sides on the divided island are trying to pin down the exact UN guidelines for resuming and potentially resolving the Cyprus problem...

512. Greece's new startup culture: technology and seagrass sunglasses

Greek student Stavros Tsompanidis was walking on a beach when he saw a business idea in the piles of dried-up seagrass...

513. EU predicts strong growth as unemployment declines

The Commission foresees a "strong growth momentum continuing" in the coming years, but warned of risks widening...

514. Cypriot leaders test each other's readiness for talks

The two Cypriots leaders are opening their cards this week in a very public way, with one calling on the other to demonstrate readiness to restart peace talks in what some describe as a politically difficult period...

515. Anti-terror drill at Limassol marina successfully completed

An anti-terrorism drill took place at the Limassol marina Wednesday morning, with police and staff on site joining forces during the “Tritonas 201” exercise. ...

516. Three EU students in court for entering fenced-off Varosha

Three international students, who were arrested in the ghost town of Varosha went before a judge on Tuesday to answer to charges including trespassing in a military zone...

517. Cannabis and opium were part of ancient Cypriot culture

The distinction between medicine and the mind-altering drug may have been lost on ancient peoples...

518. Passenger killed when engine explodes on Southwest Airlines US flight

The death of 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan on Flight 1380 was the first in a US commercial aviation accident since 2009...

519. Suspect nabbed over Ilia blaze

A 46-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion he inadvertently started a fire in a forested area in the region of Ilia in the Peloponnese, which raged for two days. The suspect, a foreign national, will appear before a local prosecutor Tuesday....

520. Cypriot leaders to sound each other out

The two Cypriot leaders are set to meet Monday evening in the buffer zone, with the two men being nowhere near a common agenda and the UN hoping at best for more meetings to follow....

521. Limassol cops avert bank robbery

Cyprus police possibly thwarted a bank robbery in Limassol on Friday, with all evidence pointing to would-be criminals being at the wrong place and at the wrong time....

522. Crews repair leak on Cyprus-flagged ferry

Diving crews on Wednesday repaired damage to a Cyprus-flagged ship that had started taking in water while anchored in the sea next to Perama shipyard in western Attica....

523. China retaliates for US tariffs, slaps duties on soybeans, planes, autos

The scale of China’s tariff targets was in line with Beijing’s pledge to mount a commensurate response...

524. Cypriot leaders agree to informal meeting

It will be the first time Anastasiades and Akinci have met since the collapse of peace talks in Switzerland...

525. Famagusta mayor pushing for return of town

Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos receives reassurances by MEP Kati Piri that a call for the return of the town will be part of her annual report, due out later this year....

526. Dead Texas bomber was unemployed man

527. Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76

The power of his intellect contrasted cruelly with the weakness of his body...

528. Fresh ideas for a brighter future

The key to success is bridging university institutions with the business world, a mutually beneficial practice which has been demonized in this corner of the world...

529. Britain says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent

Government scientists had identified the specific nerve agent but are not saying what it is...