Archive 2023

Police on Thursday are investigating the mugging and injury of a delivery driver in Limassol overnight. Police reported that the incident occurred shortly after midnight when the 28-year-old delivery driver, ...

Police in Wednesday night arrested a 38-year-old woman in Limassol for stealing electricity wires. According to Limassol CID following a tip off from members of the public, officers went to ...

Turkey’s plans to alter the island’s demographic character were denounced by Cyprus’ Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Gabriella Michaelidou. Speaking to the UN committee on human rights ...

Eleni Philippou looks at events coming from Friday onwards There are dozens of exhibitions going on right now and even more fairs and festivals realising their latest editions. This weekend, ...

The European Union’s migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss improving security in the bloc after deadly attacks in France and Belgium, as well as worries whether the war ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke over the phone on Wednesday discussing the crisis in the Middle East and Cyprus’ support in the evacuation of British ...

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in Cyprus increased by 4.3 per cent in September 2023, compared to the same month in 2022, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service. This rise in ...

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday released a statement explaining that in an increasingly volatile economic environment, Cypriot businesses require a stable and reliable partner, noting that with a customer-centric approach, in ...

Thursday will be partly cloudy with isolated showers. Temperatures will rise to 29C in the interior, 28C on the coasts, and 18C in the higher mountains. Winds will be south- ...

Egypt agreed to reopen its border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow aid to reach Palestinians, the U.S. said, as the humanitarian crisis worsened for the 2.3 million people ...

World Investor Week 2023 (WIW2023) has concluded successfully with a significant level of participation, according to a statement by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), which collaborated with global supervisory ...

Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N) third-quarter profit dropped less than expected as a strong performance in the bank’s wealth management division offset a hit from lethargic dealmaking. The wealth ...

Shaziye Azimkar, the Turkish Cypriot woman who saved a man’s life after he suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday, spoke about her experience on Wednesday. Speaking to Turkish Cypriot ...

Arguably the most foolish decision taken by the Anastasiades government when working out the practicalities of Gesy was to allow the employees of the state hospitals to preserve their public ...

The north declared a three-day period of “national mourning” on Thursday following a deadly bombing of the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. ‘Prime minister’ Unal Ustel announced ...

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian ...

Italy reinstated border controls with Slovenia as part of its strategy to improve home security against threats of terrorist attacks in Europe, the government said on Wednesday. “The intensification of ...

Protesters on Wednesday staged anti-Israeli demonstrations around the Middle East, some of them turning violent, to voice rage at an explosion that killed hundreds of Palestinians in the deadliest incident ...

Jordanian police on Wednesday said several anti-riot police were injured during clashes that broke out with rioting protesters near the Israeli embassy, who were torching property. The authorities had earlier ...

Police in Paphos arrested two teenagers on Wednesday after a school fight led to two people being taken to the accident and emergency department on Tuesday. The arrested pair are ...

The Palestinian Embassy in Nicosia declared three days of national mourning on Wednesday, following a deadly bombing of the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza. The Embassy said they will ...

A 29-year-old woman has regained the use of her leg after Cypriot doctors performed a “pioneering surgery” at the Nicosia general hospital. Leading orthopedic surgeon Ioannis Orphanos performed the surgery – ...

The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to allow ...

A spat between Edek party leader Marinos Sizopoulos and EU MP Demetris Papadakis over leaked audio of conversation that preceded the MEP’s removal from the party by the party ...