Archive June 2023

China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, but ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday it was lowering a safety alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, a day after warning that a new eruption had taken ...

Defending champion Iga Swiatek felt the heat as she booked a French Open final spot for the third time in four years with a 6-2 7-6(7) win over Brazilian Beatriz ...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that there would be a “negative impact” on the fate of a Black Sea grain deal from a blast which damaged a pipeline used to ...

Health authorities on Thursday said they have issued a recall on certain food products on the market, after sample testing detected salmonella. The health ministry said it has contacted the ...

A 45-year-old woman was found dead in her home in Tremithousa, Paphos on Thursday, with police said to have ruled out foul play. The woman, who hails from Georgia, was ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday agreed to deepen close economic ties between the United States and Britain, pledging to accelerate the clean ...

The cabinet on Thursday decided to cancel a previous competition for the purchase of limos for state officials, to be replaced by a new competition for the procurement of electric ...

Unseeded Karolina Muchova saved a match point before battling past second seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 on Thursday to reach the French Open final in thrilling fashion and end ...

The House on Thursday passed a bill that allows staff at the Electricity Authority (EAC) to keep all their current healthcare and other benefits should they decide to transfer to ...

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

According to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union, 59 per cent of Cypriots aged 25-34 have a tertiary education, which is well above the EU average ...

Over €30 million in pandemic support was disbursed to almost 5,000 beneficiaries who did not qualify and no effort has been made to recover the money, MPs heard on Thursday. While 4,751 ineligible ...

Five nights of live music, street food and beer-drinking are coming up this month as the Medfest 2023 Limassol Beer Festival approaches. Returning to the coastal city for its fourth edition, ...

By nearly a unanimous vote, and under the watchful eye of Brussels, parliament on Thursday passed a law allowing for a reduced VAT rate of 5 per cent levied on first ...

For cocktail lovers, 12 creations inspired by the life and passion of the eccentric French artist Jean Cocteau, await you in an unforgettable setting in Limassol. The life of the legendary ...

‘For Gesy to continue, there need to be changes’ Mistakes were made while introducing the largest reform to the health system through Gesy’s implementation, and deeply rooted changes need ...

The labour ministry, bar association and Etek (scientific and technical chamber) clinched a deal on Thursday securing €750 as an allowance for training lawyers and engineers. Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said ...

The transport ministry on Thursday said 52 heavy vehicles were written up for violating industry standards. A total of 778 checks were carried out a day earlier as part of an island-wide ...

A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday, threatening to make breathing difficult and disrupting air travel ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday to assess the scale of devastation after the destruction of a huge dam whose waters submerged ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos and other officials on Thursday attended a firefighting drill in the buffer zone in the Atsa area outside Nicosia. The exercise, a collaboration between the forestry ...

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said enhancing Cyprus’ outward orientation by attracting more foreign investments and promoting integration with foreign ecosystems, leveraging the potential of the digital economy is an important ...

The eurozone economy was in technical recession in the first three months of 2023, data from European statistics agency Eurostat showed on Thursday, after downward revisions of growth in both the ...