Archive 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed the United Nations Security Council which was unable to pass a resolution for a humanitarian pause in the conflict between Palestinian and ...

Weekends in the city go by in a blink this autumn as the events agenda expands. Performances, plays and activities for all ages and interests arrive as new and annual ...

France on Wednesday advised citizens against travel to Lebanon, citing “security tensions”, as protesters around the region voiced fury at a blast that killed hundreds of Palestinians at a hospital ...

US President Joe Biden pledged solidarity with Israel on Wednesday and said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital seemed to have been caused by a rocket misfired by militants ...

A 63-year-old man died on Wednesday after an “industrial accident” on a farm near Morphou. The man, named as Nikos Michael from Lythrodontas, was reportedly run over by a heavy ...

Thirteen state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly motorbikes were delivered on Wednesday to the Paphos municipality for its traffic department. Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said that after 12 years, the traffic department was upgrading its fleet ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday requested a review of the European arrest warrant mechanism. Committee members said the review should be made with the aim of preserving the rule ...

The twisting East Tower of Ayia Napa Marina – a marvel of 21st-century architecture and part of a highly exclusive club of just 41 constructions around the world – has been completed, and ...

Aradippou mayor Evangelos Evangelides called on Wednesday for solutions to the bad smell experienced in the Larnaca area in recent days. “The wider area of Larnaca is faced with a ...

The leaders of Belgium and Sweden and the European Union’s chief executive promised on Wednesday to tighten border security and step up repatriations after a failed asylum seeker from ...

There are currently 126 pending complaints against lawyers in Cyprus out of 1,035 inherited by the current disciplinary board of the Cyprus Bar Association three years ago, attorney-general (AG) Giorgos Savvides said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend an international conference on developments in the Middle East in Cairo on Saturday. The conference has been convened by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Heads ...

The north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) cancelled a tender for the purchase of two new generators on Wednesday after no bids for the tender were received. The tender would have ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is not expected to raise interest rates at its upcoming session, as recent economic data indicates that its benchmark rates have reached levels conducive to ...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday said he was ready to sign a peace deal with Azerbaijan by the end of the year, even as Baku accused Yerevan of ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE My son one day excitedly told me of a real life hero whose story he heard in class, that of Afxentiou in Macheras. On Sundays pre ...

The education ministry on Wednesday said that next year the post-secondary vocational education and training institutes (MIEEK) will begin operating in Famagusta. During a House education committee session, the representatives ...

Bank of Cyprus CEO Panicos Nicolaou this week revealed a vision for Cyprus as a thriving business hub in the region, noting that the island has the potential for further ...

Authorities were called to assist victims of human trafficking in 147 cases last year and 149 so far this year while the island’s two shelters accommodated 20 people in 2022 and 14 so far ...

Six French airports faced security alerts on Wednesday and several were evacuated for checks, the DGAC aviation authority said on Wednesday. The airports affected were Toulouse in the southwest, Nice ...

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said on Tuesday it will test a new subscription model under which it will charge a $1 annual fee for basic features. The ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he was “horrified” by hundreds of people killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital, strongly condemning the action. Palestinian officials said ...

Larnaka International Airport received the majority of votes from airlines worldwide in the highly-competitive category for airports, with 5-10 million passengers at Routes World 2023 in Istanbul. As a result, the ...

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and invited global investment in the Northern Sea route which he said could ...