Archive 2023

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the central Philippines on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The offshore quake was at a depth of 19.2 km (12 miles), USGS said, off ...

In today’s episode, further measures will be taken by police, following two high-profile Cyprus gangland murders almost 36 hours apart, police said on Wednesday. In other news, refugees in Cyprus ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday as policymakers struggled to determine whether financial conditions may be tight enough already to control inflation, or whether an economy that ...

The District Court of Paphos imposed a 15-month prison sentence on a 41-year-old man found guilty of a string of burglaries and thefts committed in the district. According to the ...

So much is happening on the first weekend of November. It is the unofficial start of the market season and several are taking place in Nicosia this Saturday and Sunday, ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for a case of armed robbery under investigation, committed in Protaras. According to police statement, the man, a Paphos resident, was arrested in ...

Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 37-year-old man for possession of over 6kg of cannabis. According to the police, members of an anti-drug patrol followed the man, who was ...

Australian police said on Thursday they had arrested a 49-year-old woman over the deaths of three elderly people in August after they allegedly consumed mushrooms at a lunch hosted by ...

The Cypriot government has reported a surplus of €931.6 million for the period spanning January to September 2023, according to a preliminary estimate released this week by the state’s statistical service. ...

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday released a statement underlining that it is spearheading the green transition with innovative, specialised products, something which was further stressed during a recent energy conference. The 11...

Thursday will see increased clouds and dust episodes at intervals, with rain expected and a chance of an isolated storm, mainly in the mountains and the north. Temperatures will rise ...

Turkey is preparing new legislation covering crypto-assets to persuade an international crime watchdog to remove it from a “grey list” of countries that have taken insufficient action to prevent money ...

British house prices unexpectedly rose by almost 1 per cent in October but the increase was due more to a lack of homes for sale than a turnaround in the market ...

Toyota Motor (7203.T) more than doubled its second-quarter profit and sharply raised its full-year outlook on Wednesday, as a weaker yen currency bolstered the impact of robust global sales. The ...

Sand and gravel from a river was used to construct the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, where 24 Turkish Cypriot children were killed in February’s earthquakes, according to a report ...

The ongoing farce regarding the freeze on foreclosures has been extended to the end of the year, after Wednesday’s meeting of the representatives of the banks and President Nikos ...

The White House on Wednesday said the United States would not put U.S. troops on the ground in Gaza in any future peacekeeping role, as it discusses with allies ...

Lack of exemplary punishment for harassers has compelled women to either resign from their positions or face dismissal, negatively impacting their career, Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Wednesday. ...

The United Nations will do its utmost to implement the Pyla agreement, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Wednesday amidst reactions from the Turkish Cypriot side against ...

Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. took the witness stand on Wednesday in a New York civil fraud trial accusing the former U.S. president and his family businesses ...

In total 14 third country nationals who were illegally in Cyprus returned to their countries as part of a joint Frontex forced returned operation by charted flights, police said on Wednesday. ...

A Russian wanted by Interpol for embezzling large amounts of money from a company he worked for has been found to have been residing in northern Cyprus, it emerged on ...

Israeli forces killed another Hamas commander on Wednesday in their second strike on Gaza’s largest refugee camp in two days, the military said, as the first group of civilian ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of scamming a woman out of almost 20,000 worth of jewellery and cash last week. The 55-year-old man is the second suspect arrested ...