Archive 2023

After months of pleading with the UN Secretary-General for the appointment of a special envoy/representative, the government will be able to say that it achieved part of its objective. ...

Liverpool thrashed Toulouse 5-1 at Anfield to reach the halfway point of the Europa League group stage with a perfect record, while Brighton & Hove Albion secured their first win ...

The administration of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has contracted cargo planes to send drones, body armor and helmets to Israel and worked to “get weapons and ammunition to Israel through ...

Officials on Thursday bid farewell to the “historic building” that has hosted the labour ministry for decades. To mark the occasion, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou invited former ministers and permanent ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said U.S. third quarter economic growth of nearly 5% was “a good strong number” that points to a soft landing for the ...

The Syrian army shot down on Thursday eight drones over the Hama and Aleppo countryside in northwestern Syria that had killed three Syrians and injured two others, state media said, ...

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, testified in his fraud trial on Thursday without the jury present so the judge overseeing the case can first decide what ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has discussed with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts an “idea” for sending humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea, it transpired on Thursday. Christodoulides himself made the revelation ...

Sweden’s migration agency said on Thursday it had decided to deport an Iraqi man who burned copies of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, but that the order would ...

Police have confiscated 500kg of synthetic narcotic substances hidden inside cardboard drums, in what could be the largest ever drugs haul in Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday. The cache was ...

How did a woman believed to be from Cyprus end up in Britain 1,800 years ago? Interesting question, but that’s not what most Brits are asking. They’re instead pondering ...

The United Nations Secretary-General has picked the person who will act as envoy to Cyprus with the task of kickstarting stalled reunification talks, it emerged on Thursday. The reveal came ...

Before October ends, Limassol will welcome yet another art exhibition. The ARTNOW curatorial team will present the Fixed Cloud exhibition at Gallery Morfi this Friday evening. The showcase is the ...

Cyprus has officially given its consent for a UN representative to be appointed to examine whether there is enough ground to relaunch negotiations from where they left off, President Nikos ...

The U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in besieged Gaza warned it may have to shut down operations shortly if no fuel reaches the enclave, amid an increasingly ...

Sri Lanka breathed life into their World Cup campaign and left England in increasing danger of missing out on a semi-final spot after crushing the defending champions by eight wickets ...

Cyprus has moved up one place to 21st in the European Union for gender equality, according to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The ranking was published in the ...

As a primary commitment to provide the best quality at the best prices, Lidl Cyprus ensures permanently low prices on over 260 products by up to 26 per cent. With a sense ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) said it was “deeply concerned” on Thursday about the latest developments regarding halloumi. Their concerns pertain to forthcoming changes to the ratio of different ...

The Premier League’s decision to schedule Chelsea’s game away at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Christmas Eve was criticised by the London club’s fans who described it as “totally ...

Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas has upended expectations of where Israeli short-term interest rates are headed as policymakers try to balance a sliding shekel and slowing economy ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the United Nations to “take action” in Palestine on Wednesday. Tatar was speaking at a tree-planting ceremony in the Ankara municipality of Altindag in ...

Hotel occupancy rates across Cyprus have been at 85 per cent so far this month, according to Hotels’ Association (Pasyxe) chairman Thanos Michaelides. Michaelides told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on ...

By Sergio Flores Villar The effects of prolonged screen use during childhood have been extensively studied in recent years. Evidence indicates that excessive screen time is harmful both to neurological ...