Archive 2021

Saturday marks 16 years since Cyprus’ Helios Airways Boeing 737 crashed on a hillside near Athens on August 14, 2005, killing all 115 passengers and six crew on board, making it the worst air tragedy ...

Larnaka: the Anthology provides a view of a multi-cultural town on the rise Let’s generalise a little, shall we? If you were a first-time visitor to Cyprus, you’d ...

Paphos police on Saturday were investigating after a man reported that more than €8,000 in cash and other items were stolen from his apartment. The man told police he left his ...

Champions Bayern Munich had to fight back from behind to grab a 1-1 draw at Borussia Monchengladbach in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season. Having scored an all-time ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday said that unity is key to preventing Turkey’s provocations in Cyprus so that the island can become a modern European country without an occupation ...

Australian police hiked fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state on Saturday and strict stay-at-home orders were extended statewide amid a record ...

By Katie Wright It’s the end of a long, frustrating day, during which Candice Brown had to contend with train delays, a schlep across London on foot to reach ...

Police said two men died in separate traffic accidents in Nicosia early on Friday. The first accident took place at around 4.15am on the Palechori to Anthoupoli road when under ...

A 21-year-old restaurant employee was arrested for showing a fake SafePass to officers early on Saturday during daily checks for violations of coronavirus measures. Police were conducting checks at a ...

Two male suspects, 16 and 20, were arrested late on Friday on suspicion of participating in clashes between AEL and Apollon football fans that saw eight vehicles damaged and one destroyed by ...

Recent developments have seen one major manufacturer’s high-end graphics cards becoming easier to find, with the increased availability being reflected in a gradual drop and stabilisation in terms of ...

Oil prices dipped on Friday and ended the week little changed after weathering concerns from banks and the International Energy Agency that the spread of coronavirus variants is slowing oil ...

Uplifting swing melodies will sound in Paramytha village this weekend as a newly-formed band performs at a recently-opened venue worth visiting. The Workin’ Trio performance on August 7 will take place ...

Police said they will be stepping up their presence over the August 15 holiday weekend to avert traffic collisions and protect properties. There will be more police patrols and an increased ...

American troops have flown into Kabul to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians in the Afghan capital, a US official said on Saturday, a day after Taliban insurgents seized ...

A former official has accused the Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat) of manipulating inflation data, Ahval reported on Wednesday. Turkey’s last inflation report in July was at 18.95 per cent. This ...

Pegeia mayor Marinos Lambrou is pushing forward with development projects worth a total of €7 million. According to statements made to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Lambrou said the first project ...

The British High Commission has stressed the need for UK nationals to continue to vote and be eligible to stand as candidates in local elections and was awaiting clarification on ...

The Paphos district, the main industry of which is tourism, had been dealt an irreparable blow, said the director of the Paphos chamber of commerce and industry, Marinos Stylianou. Although ...

The Premier League season got off to a flying start on Friday as Brentford marked their first game in the top flight for 74 years and their first in front of ...

More than 25,000 trees and shrubs are expected to be planted in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts affected by last month’s fires, the forestry department said ...

Kapnos Airport Shuttle on Friday launched a new, upgraded electronic reservation system to facilitate bookings. “Using the new, upgraded, and user-friendly online reservation system, passengers can book their seat and ...

The strike at Limassol port that has been ongoing since Wednesday over four layoffs was called off on Friday night after marathon shuttle talks with the union and employers. The ...