Archive 2023

By Yuthika Girme Being single sucks. At least that’s the impression you get when watching Christmas movies. So many of these films focus on finding love during the holiday ...

In his first New Year’s message as President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides said there was “no magic wand” to tackle the myriad of challenges 2024 brings but pledged his ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing an election in March, made only passing reference in his New Year address on Sunday to his war in Ukraine, hailing his soldiers as heroes ...

Iranian-backed Houthi militants attacked a Maersk MAERSKb.CO container vessel with missiles and small boats, prompting the company to pause all sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours, Maersk said ...

Turkish Cypriot families devastated by Turkey earthquake A little after 3:17am on Monday, February 6, I woke up dazed and confused with my bed rocking back and forth. Upon reaching for ...

Τhe EU engagement and support for a solution to the Cyprus issue is a sine qua non for easing tensions in the region, the Ambassador of Belgium to Cyprus, based ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Reports according to which the German economy is facing serious problems are increasing. In reality, however, despite the current sluggish growth, the country is ...

Cypriot designer, Michalis Anastasiades, has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in King Charles III’s New Year Honours list. Deputy Culture Minister, Lina Kassianidou, congratulated the ...

Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war that Israeli Prime ...

Upcoming concert in Limassol brings local musicians and international stars together finds ELENI PHILIPPOU A thrilling performance will reach the island next month as performers from the West End and ...

Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA’s humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure. Valkyrie, named after a female figure in Norse mythology and being ...

Most news scandals are shameful, but the violent riots that took hold of Limassol on September 1 were nothing short of a disgrace. The reasons? Numerous. Take it from the fact ...

Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip “immediately” as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Sunday, ...

A cabinet reshuffle will take place before the 18 months of President Nikos Christodoulides’ governance are up, he said in an interview published in Phileleftheros on Sunday, noting that decisions will ...

This year (2023) has probably been the hottest in the past 10,000 years – but everybody agrees that 2024 will be even hotter. That’s because we are now entering El Niño, the ...

Some breathed a sigh of relief on December 15 when news broke the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to amend the draft text of a new law coming down ...

A 57-year-old man who was critically injured in a car accident on Christmas Day has died, police said on Sunday. Kyriacos Economides from Yiolou succumbed to his injuries on Saturday ...

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization on Saturday received a report of an incident in the Red Sea about 55 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah. ...

The bodies of the two remaining people missing in the aftermath of China’s most serious earthquake in nearly a decade were found on Sunday, a tragedy that has renewed ...

Police on Sunday were investigating an attempted arson attack against a Limassol company linked to a 51-year-old accountant. CCTV footage showed an unknown individual going to the block of apartments ...

If something is shining brighter than the Christmas decorations across the world, it’s Solana’s (SOL) market performance. The cryptocurrency has been witnessing stellar gains and smashed many a ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting December 25: The long-anticipated completion of bids for the Paphos marina is set for late 2024, according to George Mais, ...

Deaths in ongoing wars have resulted from the mistakes of a handful of politicians. When will they ever learn? Alper Riza’s review of 2023 Reviews of the year are obviously ...

THERE is no controlling the Odysseas-general when his super-sized ego has been wounded by suggestions that his oft-repeated claims of infallibility might be on shaky ground. He just cannot cope ...