Archive 2022

Classroom temperatures in the island’s primary schools exceed the recommended maximum limit on most days, a survey on air quality in them showed on Wednesday. The survey, by the ...

Two people have received jail sentences in the past week for rape, one of them was aged 24 and the other 70. The pensioner got ten years in jail and the younger ...

Ukraine kept alive their dream of reaching the World Cup finals, beating Scotland 3-1 in their playoff at Hampden Park on Wednesday in their first game since the Russian invasion ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris confirmed reports on Wednesday that a resident of Germany has acknowledged as his own four children from three different women, all who happen to be asylum ...

A number of civilians are sheltering from Russian shelling under a chemical plant in the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and authorities fear it may still have stocks of dangerous materials, ...

Marin Cilic’s renaissance continued as the Croatian reached his first Grand Slam semi-final in four years by beating Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-2) ...

Increased passenger arrivals continued in May, airports operator Hermes said on Wednesday as flights from Larnaca and Paphos June are expected to increase further in June. There are currently 645 flights ...

A Virginia jury on Wednesday ruled that actor Amber Heard defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp in a widely watched six-week trial that featured explicit and graphic evidence and testimony detailing the ...

Changes in the way GPs are paid prompted a new row between personal doctors and the health insurance organisation on Wednesday as the new form of payment was implemented. Abuses ...

Poland came from behind to snatch a 2-1 win over Wales on Wednesday at the start of the Nations League and deny the visitors a morale-boosting result ahead of their ...

Hundreds and eventually thousands of shops are expected to sign on to the cashback programme which Cyprus Banking Association spokesman Andreas Kostouris on Wednesday said will become widespread across all ...

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a new $700 million weapons package for Ukraine that will include high mobility artillery rocket systems, which can accurately hit targets as far ...

The proposals for confidence building measures (CBMs) drawn up by President Nicos Anastasiades are beneficial to both sides, government spokesperson Marios Pelekanos said on Wednesday after Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

The Akamas development plan is set for discussion at a joint meeting of the house environment and interior committees on June 8, following last week’s report that the plan could ...

“Dance is a mating ritual,” say organisers of an upcoming performance part of the Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival. “Even today in an age of online dating apps, dance continues to ...

Employees of the Paphos Bus Company Osypa on Wednesday called off a scheduled strike after they were informed the transport ministry had paid their salaries for May. Osypa workers held ...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has asked employees to return to the office or leave the company, according to an email sent to employees on Tuesday night and seen by ...

Recycling of household waste could become a legal requirement if a proposal before the House Environment Committee on Wednesday is given the go-ahead. Committee chairman and president of the Greens ...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey was halting talks with Greece, partly over a dispute with the Greek prime minister and what Ankara calls airspace violations, marking the latest ...

World number one Iga Swiatek shook off some early nerves to extend her winning series to a staggering 33 as she beat American Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-2 to book her spot ...

Bills that will see reform of the island’s justice system are due for a vote at the House plenum on June 30 with chairman of the House legal committee Fotini ...

Most students in Cyprus said they were unhappy when schools were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic leading them to an increased internet use, a survey by the health ministry’...

A total of 12 people were convicted for human trafficking offences in the past year, police said on Wednesday, while a further 33 cases are currently before the courts. Since last July ...

A 22-year-old man accused of raping three tourists in Ayia Napa is due to appear before Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on June 29. The man appears to have confessed to the crimes ...