Archive 2023

Low-cost airline Easyjet will operate flights connecting Belfast and Glasgow to Larnaca from May 2024, according to post on X by the deputy ministry of tourism on Thursday. According to the ...

A court decision awarding over €780,000 to a depositor who lost his Laiki Bank savings due to the 2013 ‘haircut’ ignited a wave of reactions on Thursday, with the attorney general’s ...

LIV Golf will allow player trades through a transfer window for the 2024 season, the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit announced on Wednesday. In the league featuring 12 teams, during the off-season, teams can ...

Paris 2024 organisers are sticking to their choice of Tahiti’s Teahupo’o site for the Olympics surfing competition despite local opposition amid a dispute over the construction of an aluminium ...

The European subsidiary of Russia’s VTB (VTBR.MM) is changing its name after its parent refused to allow it to operate under the brand, an executive told Reuters. The ...

Larnaca municipality and the local tourism development body Etap have appealed to the police to clamp down on illegal advertising and insulting graffiti scrawled all over the town. “The continuous ...

In today’s episode, the government is working towards safeguarding Cyprus’ name abroad where sanctions are concerned, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said after a high-level briefing at the presidential palace. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will take part on Thursday in an atypical international humanitarian conference in Paris on means of providing aid to civilians in Gaza. He is expected to present ...

Nicosia’s mayoral elections appeared to have created in-fighting within Disy, with the party leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday saying she would not tolerate any rebels within the ranks. The ...

Eleni Philippou on what we have to look forward to Street food, dance performances, exhibition openings and a Zivania festival are among the weekend’s events. Here’s what is ...

Some 80 countries and international organisations meet in Paris on Thursday to coordinate aid and assess how to help the wounded in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, although expectations for concrete ...

Cyprus has seen a 7.3 per cent reduction in the number of building permits issued during the first eight months of 2023 when compared to the same period the previous year, according ...

The European Commission’s annual report on Turkey’s long-stalled EU membership bid is “unjust and biased”, the Turkish foreign ministry said. The report by the European Union’s executive ...

Street battles raged in Gaza City with Hamas fighters using tunnels to ambush Israeli forces, as the United States said Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war, countering Israeli comments that it ...

Cyprus has witnessed a significant upswing in vehicle registrations, with a remarkable 32.5 per cent annual increase during the first ten months of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, according to ...

Thursday will be partly cloudy with a chance of isolated light rains and episodic dust in the air. Temperatures will rise to 28C inland, 26C on the coasts, and 20C ...

British retailer Marks & Spencer reported a much better-than-expected 75 per cent rise in first-half profit and restored its dividend but cautioned the combination of high borrowing costs, erratic weather and ...

France’s Renault (RENA.PA) has cut its stake in Nissan (7201.T) to 15 per cent from about 43 per cent by placing 28.4 per cent of the Japanese automaker in a French ...

Irregularities and violations in implementing the Akamas National Park plan were raised by opposition party Akel on Wednesday, amid mounting concern expressed by environmentalists. Environmental NGOs and the Green party ...

After the brawl at the Pournara migrant centre, which followed a football match between Nigerians and Syrians on Monday night, 33 men were arrested. Two of the men involved in brawl ...

Manchester United gave up a two-goal lead in a breathless 4-3 Champions League loss to FC Copenhagen on Wednesday that turned after Marcus Rashford was shown a controversial red card ...

Hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, Republican United States presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis’ biggest donor, is switching his support to Donald Trump, but he will not give the former president any money ...

Some schools in the north receive just 0.12 toilet rolls per pupil per year from the ‘education ministry’, according to Cyprus Turkish Teachers’ Union (Ktos) General Secretary Burak Mavish. Speaking to ...

The government is taking “steady steps” to modernise and strengthen the National Guard, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas said on Wednesday. Giorgallas was speaking at a celebration held by the Air ...