Archive January 2023

After decades of illegalities at Paphos harbour, the area is currently undergoing a massive cleanup, with the aim of presenting a far cleaner, tidier and uniform image. Pergolas, awnings, illegal ...

Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions with Turkey at a ...

A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior Interior Ministry officials killed in a helicopter crash this week, a fresh blow to ...

Thousands of abortion opponents rallied in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual “March for Life,” marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades around overturning ...

The ‘Iga Swiatek Bakery’ was open for business again at the Australian Open, dishing out bagels and breadsticks in a 6-0 6-1 third-round win over Cristina Bucsa, but the world ...

Scientists in Chile’s Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have dominated the area’s food chain before their ...

Liverpool and Chelsea continued their disappointing seasons as the injury-hit mid-table teams played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea thought they had ...

The Bicommunal Technical Committee on Crime on Saturday handed over two people who were wanted for a case of attempted murder to the authorities in the north. They were promptly ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Saturday presented his proposal for a new measure that seeks to provide tax relief to families by taking into account their income ...

The Bedfordshire (alphabetically first English county) village of Arlesey is believed to be the longest town in Britain; its main street more than three miles in length. Ampthill was recently ...

Turkey’s six-party opposition alliance is set to announce in February their presidential candidate to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule in elections set for May, an opposition party ...

In one of the largest infrastructure projects related to the fishing sector, President Nicos Anastasiades will lay the foundation stone for the Liopetri fishing shelter upgrade project on Sunday. According ...

The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist said on ...

Kimonos Arts Centre in Paphos in collaboration with the Psifida Art Gallery is organising a photography presentation with New York-based artist Julia Forrest on January 27. Forrest, using the analogue photographic ...

A new month brings new art events for the island’s culture-loving community. Though a few more weeks remain until February arrives, event organisers and art institutions have already began ...

Andy Murray’s brave Australian Open run ground to a halt against Roberto Bautista Agut, the Spaniard fending off the former world number one 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 in the ...

Novak Djokovic continued his charge towards a 10th Australian Open title with a superb 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov to reach the fourth round on Saturday but ...

The permanent secretary of the finance ministry George Panteli has sent a letter demanding that the attorney-general investigates auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for allegedly leaking false information and disclosing state secrets. ...

The year ahead looks better than feared for the global economy but remains fraught with risks including escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the emergence of a transatlantic trade ...

A Spanish judge ordered Brazilian footballer Dani Alves be jailed on remand without bail over an alleged sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub, the regional court system ...

Juventus have been deducted 15 points for the current season by an Italian court investigating the club’s transfer dealings, leaving the country’s most successful team marooned in mid-table. The ...

Police on Friday arrested three 18-year-old men in the Famagusta district over a January 1 case involving explosives and possession of a weapon. Police officers on the evening of January 1 spotted ...

Limassol police on Friday night arrested three foreign nationals in connection with a fight that took place, injuring one of them. Police said the fight took place just after 7pm ...

Police have arrested a man involved in a fatal accident in Paphos early Saturday morning in what is believed to be is a case of premeditated murder. Police said the ...