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3001. Austria will bar Turkish politicians from campaigning on its soil

Several hundred thousand people in Austria are Turkish or of Turkish origiin...

3002. Church defrocks priest convicted of sexual assault

The Holy Synod decided unanimously on Wednesday to defrock the priest who was convicted in 2015 for sexually assaulting Elena Frantzi, the 29-year-old woman whose recent death shocked the public and left church and state scramble for answers....

3003. Flag claim sparks fresh tension between Greece and Turkey

Ankara’s dispute of Greek sovereignty brought the two countries to the brink of war in 1996 over the islet of Imia...

3004. Supply teachers go on strike

3005. Leaders ponder next steps after dinner date failure

There was no breakthrough apart from the leaders not excluding any new moves from the UN...

3006. Cypriot protesters tell NATO to go home

About 250 peace activists gathered outside the American Embassy in Nicosia Monday evening to demonstrate against NATO and the latest military airstrikes against Syria. ...

3007. Sickness benefit applications take 3 months

The Department of Social Security Services is being flooded with 4500 sickness benefit applications on a monthly basis and it is taking about three months to adjudicate a case....

3008. Celebrating Israel’s 70th Independence Day in Cyprus

The significant natural gas reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean offer much potential for joint ventures and commercial growth...

3009. Open agenda for leaders dinner date

Expectations aren’t high about Monday’s social gathering which doesn’t signal a formal resumption of peace talks...

3010. Paphos mosaics cleaning method raises eyebrows

A rather unusual photograph is doing the rounds on social media in Cyprus, showing a cleaning lady using a broom and a shovel to clean ancient mosaics at the Paphos Archaeological Park. ...

3011. Adrift in dangerous storms

Now that things are becoming more difficult, many government officials stick to believing what they want to believe rather than trying to manage reality...

3012. Zuckerberg resists effort by US senators to commit him to regulation

Senators were often at a disadvantage because each had only five minutes to pin down the billionaire...

3013. Father and child risk life at roundabout

A video showing a man with a child on a bicycle entering a round-about is raising a number of questions, as another vehicle appears to come very close in what could be a very dangerous situation....

3014. Cyprus seeks to overcome regional tension for peace

Rival Cypriot leaders will meet for dinner on April 16 in an effort by the United Nations to reignite a stalled peace process...

3015. McGregor charged with assault in New York after rampage

The 29-year-old, who became the first UFC fighter to hold two world titles simultaneously when he beat Eddie Alvarez...

3016. FB ready to deal with strict EU laws

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said this week that he agreed “in spirit” with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world....

3017. South Africa's Zuma appears in court on corruption charges

Thousands of Zuma supporters gathered to express solidarity with a leader they say is the victim of a politically motivated witchhunt...

3018. New information about Elena emerges

New information has emerged about Elena Frantzi, whose recent death shocked Cypriot society, just one day after her family warned it may take legal action against anyone who spreads misinformation or violates the privacy of their departed loved one....

3019. Saudi Arabia's first new cinema in decades to open

Saudi Arabia had some cinemas in the 1970s but its powerful clerics closed them"...

3020. Facebook data leak hits 87 million users in widening privacy scandal

Facebook first acknowledged last month that personal information about millions of users wrongly ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica...

3021. Cypriot unibrowed model on a mission

Cypriot-origin American fashion model Sophia Hadjipanteli is known for her unique unibrow and activism on social media, challenging beauty standards to a point where she is getting a lot of praise but also receives death threats. ...

3022. 'Violent scourge' on London streets as murder figures overtake New York

There were 15 murders in London in February against 14 in New York, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Service...

3023. Winnie Mandela tainted anti-apartheid leader dies at 81

She died peacefully surrounded by her family following a long illness that kept her in and out of hospital since the start of the year...

3024. Cypriots beat Europeans on Facebook

Cypriots use Facebook more than any other nationality in Europe, even as people are starting to turn their backs on the popular social media app in the wake of fake news....

3025. Only 5% of Cypriots train to improve their hobbies

Training related to hobbies includes non-formal learning activities, which improve knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal or social reasons...

3026. Paphos mayor says car park permit not lawful

Paphos mayor Fedonas Fedonos says a parking lot outside a produce market was not licensed lawfully, pointing fingers at Turkish Cypriot Properties Management, while the private business says an offer had been refused by the city previously....

3027. 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...

3028. Commissioner says State has failed Elena

The commissioner issued a statement on Thursday saying the state has failed to protect Elena, while also calling on officials to work harder in order to improve and modernise the Social Welfare Services....

3029. 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....

3030. Guardian criticized over Greek crisis tour

The Guardian newspaper is arranging an “educational and informative tour of modern Greece, exploring the lessons learned from Greece’s financial crisis.” ...