Archive 2022

Lights out, music on. December 2’s concert as part of the Nicosia International Festival will be a one-of-a-kind experience, unlike any other music event the island has known. Besides welcoming ...

The government’s education budget for 2023 amounts to €1.3 billion, marking a 4.1 per cent increase compared to that of 2022, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. Presenting his ministry’s budget ...

European policing agency Europol said on Monday it had helped co-ordinate the takedown of a cartel managed from the United Arab Emirates believed to control up to a third of ...

Britain faces widespread industrial unrest in the run up to the Christmas holiday period and into January as workers struggling with double-digit inflation resort to strike action to demand better ...

Spending on Cyber Monday, the biggest US online shopping day, may hit a record $11.6 billion, according to a report, as discounts on everything from pajamas to AirPods drive shoppers to ...

Mohammed Kudus scored twice to help Ghana beat South Korea 3-2 in a World Cup Group H thriller at a rocking Education City Stadium on Monday, keeping the Black Stars ...

Cypriots actively show their sensitivity for other people’s trials with volunteerism being an important part of the culture, the honorary chairwoman of the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council, first lady ...

Greek and music departments of the Heritage private school collaborated for an ‘emotional and memorable journey’ of significant musical creators. A unique musical evening took place at the Heritage Private ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said that a solution to the Cyprus problem could represent a win-win situation for all stakeholders, adding that the possibility of it happening is still high, ...

Disy, Akel and the Green Party on Monday accused Diko MP Nicolas Papadopoulos of deliberately attempting to scupper a bill which would introduce mandatory sex education in schools. The matter ...

Time spent on the island and relatives in the rag trade have inspired three British Cypriots to launch a clothing line. NIKI CHARALAMBOUS finds out more about it Inspired by ...

Two dogs were rescued alive from a pit they were found in on Monday afternoon in the Larnaca area, police told the Cyprus Mail. The two dogs were found in ...

Cyprus Institute faculty have recently been listed in two prestigious rankings of the world’s top scientists. The first list, entitled “Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators” is ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Monday revealed that the total budget for the ‘Marine, Fisheries and Aquaculture Operational Programme 2021-2027’ (EMFAF) amounts to €54.7 million, of which €38.5 million were granted by ...

Turkey’s army needs just a few days to be ready for a ground incursion into northern Syria and such a decision may come at a cabinet meeting on Monday, ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure which would not stop until Moscow runs out of ...

Police on Monday patrolled the scenes of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing after crowds there and in other cities across China demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three ...

Archbishopric elections will be held as planned on December 18, caretaker Paphos bishop Georgios said on Monday after a snap Holy Synod meeting. But by an overwhelming majority, the Holy Synod ...

Nineteen students of 6th grade of the French-Cypriot school of Nicosia (EFCN) have wrapped up a one week visit in Brussels with their teachers. Their trip marks a significant part ...

Marinos Papageorgiou’s November 16th article “Environmental education: A necessary tool” is spot-on. If we do not engage and educate the next generation about environmental challenges and give them tools ...

One of Cyprus’ foremost survival experts is the man you’d want by your side come nuclear attack or zombie apocalypse! He tells ALIX NORMAN how primitive skills are well ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments broadcast that a process of building relations with Egypt will start with ministers of the two countries meeting and that the talks would ...

Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to rescue his side by scoring one superb goal and creating another as they fought back to draw 3-3 with Serbia on ...

Women interested in meeting women finally have an event specifically for then. The Yasemin Collective is organising another round of its speed dating evenings, yet December 15’s is only for ...