Archive 2023

Police in Paphos on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old man after the theft of electrical construction machinery. According to the police, the theft was reported on October 23 by the 55-year-old owner ...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will on Friday make his first public comments since the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel went to war, a speech that will be scrutinised for ...

In today’s episode, the retail price of petrol has dropped by 8.33 cents per litre after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to slash fuel duty on Thursday. ...

The Mesa Potamos to Platres road will be closed from for five days starting next week, the Forestry Department has announced. According to the announcement, the road will be closed ...

The Cyprus hunting association (Kok) on Friday called for respect of the rules as the hunting season for endemic game is set to begin on Sunday. In an announcement, the ...

Gulf Arab power the United Arab Emirates warned on Friday that there was a real risk of a regional spillover from the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, adding that it was ...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31...

Police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man who had been wanted for burglary and theft. According to the police, the 22-year-old is allegedly involved in a case of breaking into ...

The University of Cyprus’s Economics Research Centre (CypERC) this week revised its projections for the country’s real GDP growth downward for 2023, citing various challenges and uncertainties. The centre’...

The City of Dreams Mediterranean has been honoured with the title of the world’s best new luxury resort-casino at the Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards 2023 (SSLHLA). In ...

Friday will be partly cloudy at times with light morning rains possible in the west and northwest. In the afternoon isolated rains are expected in the mountains and the eastern ...

British supermarket group Sainsbury’s forecast full-year profit at the upper half of previous guidance as it reported slightly better-than-expected flat profit for the first half due to demand for ...

Kraft Heinz (KHC.O) this week raised its 2023 profit estimates for the second time this year after topping quarterly earnings estimates on higher prices for its packaged meals and condiments, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday the government will spend over 17 trillion yen ($113 billion) on a package of measures to cushion the economic blow from inflation, which will ...

Electricity subsidies and financial assistance for photovoltaic installation have started being provided to people with laryngeal cancer thanks to the advocacy of a local charity. The association of cancer patients ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ proposal for the creation of a sea corridor for the delivery of humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Israel has received a lot of coverage in the local ...

The transport minister was granted the power to implement ultra-low emissions zones (ULEZ) in Cyprus, after a bill was passed into law in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci called on Thursday for a merger between the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) and the neighbouring municipality in Kioneli and Yerolakkos. Speaking to Kibris Postasi ...

Polish truckers will block several border crossings with Ukraine starting next week in protest at what they say is Ukrainian hauliers’ free rein in Poland that is hurting their business, ...

The trial of Kenan Ayaz, who stands accused of being a member of proscribed terrorist organisation the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is set to begin in the German city of ...

Turkey is ready to take in cancer patients from Gaza’s Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital, which went out of service on Wednesday after running out of fuel, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca ...

The government will be ready to implement a programme for prostate cancer screening in the first three months of next year, Dipa MP Michalis Giakoumi said on Thursday. Giakoumi was ...

Four people and two companies have been included on the latest list of entities sanctioned by the United States due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The list was published ...

The retail price of petrol has dropped by 8.33 cents per litre after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to slash fuel duty on Thursday. The reduced fuel tax ...