Archive 2022

Greek workers went on a day-long strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages to cope with surging inflation, as Europe’s soaring energy prices and living costs trigger industrial action and ...

Residents living at high altitudes will be given an extra one-off grant on top of their existing yearly benefits, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. According to the President’s Undersecretary ...

Even though home and school are undoubtedly the two biggest influences in our childhood, film aficionados will firmly believe that cinema has influenced their lives and the decisions they have ...

President Nicos Anastasiades received Israel’s presidential medal of honour on Wednesday in Jerusalem during a ceremony hosted by President Isaac Herzog – after which bilateral issues were discussed. He also ...

The number of employed people working from home in 2021 in Cyprus amounted to 6.7 per cent of the working population, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday. In 2019, before the ...

Nicosia municipality announced that municipal parking within the city’s walls will be free on Saturday to ease people’s attending the funeral of the Archbishop Chrysostomos at the archbishopric. ...

The interior ministry sought to defend itself on Wednesday after it emerged it ordered the deportation of Mohamed Kamara – a footballer from Sierra Leone who has lived in Cyprus for 20 ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested as the second suspect in connection with the attempted murder of a man in Larnaca last month. For the same case, police had arrested ...

The Cypriot captain of the “Prudent Warrior” ship was repatriated on Wednesday, after months of being held in Iran in a diplomatic dispute between Athens and Tehran. According to a ...

Main opposition Akel will be holding a protest in Paphos over the ‘Grivas Museum’ to be opened in Chlorakas, an announcement from the party said. According to the announcement released ...

UEFA met with A22 Sports, the company backing a proposed European Super League (ESL), in Nyon on Tuesday and once again rejected the idea of a breakaway league, Europe’s ...

Police issued an arrest warrant against a 41-year-old man wanted for illegal possession of a firearm and trespassing, after threatening a couple at their home in Paphos. According to Paphos ...

Aphrodite Hills Resort welcomes the world famous international cyclosportive series L’Etape Cyprus by Tour de France, a unique opportunity for cyclists to discover the best cycling routes under similar ...

Podiatrists across the island will offer free diabetic foot assessment for people with diabetes next week. In view of world diabetes day, 34 members of the Cyprus association of registered podiatrists ...

Three people out of 10 in Cyprus smoke, while half of the smoking population say there is not enough information on how to quit, according to a poll conducted in the ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested for stealing a car in Paphos after being on the run for three days, police said on Wednesday. The theft took place between October 30 – 31. On ...

THEO PANAYIDES meets the owner of what was once referred to as the Moulin Rouge of Cyprus, a place visited by all presidents We’re in the British bases, a ...

Limassol-based Pascal private school children participated in a mock trial over the weekend to improve their knowledge of the legal system and critical thinking. The third annual high school mock ...

A new acapella chorus group invites female singers and music lovers to Paphos starting this month. Led by award-winning choral director Mark Grindall, the Spellbound chorus will meet weekly in ...

In today’s episode, officials are upbeat that the UK tourism market is buoyant, with Cyprus now setting its sights on the US. Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said in ...

By Tim Cocks In South Africa, a country where ‘braai’ all-day barbecuing is a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and ...

The second weekend of November has a couple of different events on offer – take your pick between hot and spicy chili fest, a garden performance and a three-day Christmas shopping ...

Efforts to establish Cyprus as a regional educational, research and excellence centre are bearing fruit, President Nicos Anastasiades said on the 10th anniversary of the International multithematic bio-medical congress. Renowned ...

The fashion industry currently contributes 10 per cent of all carbon emissions By Panayiotis Kleanthous As I was strolling around the streets of London on a Sunday afternoon, I came across ...