Archive 2023

Niger’s junta has demanded that the top United Nations official there leave the country within 72 hours over accusations that Niger was excluded from the annual UN gathering of world ...

Nato will discuss damage to a gas pipeline and data cable running between member states Finland and Estonia, and will mount a “determined” response if a deliberate attack is proven, ...

Israel formed an emergency unity government on Wednesday as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the Palestinian enclave, and the army said it killed three Hamas militants in ...

Egypt has discussed plans with the United States and others to provide humanitarian aid through its border with Gaza Strip but rejects any move to set up safe corridors for ...

British Airways said on Wednesday it would suspend all of its flights to Tel Aviv after it diverted a flight from London back to Britain due to security concerns in ...

Austria’s plans for an evacuation of its citizens from Israel by military aircraft on Wednesday were thwarted when its only available C-130 Hercules had a technical failure, forcing the ...

The European General Court on Wednesday rejected Cyprus’ application to word mark the word “Grilloumi”, describing the case as “unfounded”. The court found that there was no risk of confusion ...

Cypriot tourism is recording some cancellations due to the ongoing conflict in Israel, according to the tourism deputy minister Kostas Koumis, but not many. Koumis was speaking at the opening ...

“Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are the same”, said President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. He added that “this principle is what has guided me ever since … in my efforts to ...

Russians who fled the country to side with Ukraine should be charged with treason and sent to work in mines in parts of Russia where there is no summer if ...

Approximately 15,000 people in Cyprus work in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing industries, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat. The figures, which were recorded in 2020, showed that the ...

Israelis “have made many investments in the Paphos district”, according to George Mais, chairman of the Paphos Chamber of Commerce. Speaking on Wednesday, he said these investments have been directed ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has moved carefully since Hamas and Israel went to war, keeping Israeli troops busy with attacks at the Lebanese border but not opening a big front, sources ...

World Cup hosts India cantered to their second successive win of the tournament after captain Rohit Sharma’s incendiary century set up their eight-wicket thrashing of Afghanistan on Wednesday. Rohit ...

Gallery 45 in Limassol is opening its doors once again to present a long-awaited group exhibition of seven multi-disciplinary female artists exploring the ‘duality’ in their identity and how this translates ...

London’s Luton Airport resumed flights on Wednesday after they were suspended for nearly 18 hours due to a fire involving a diesel car that set off a major blaze, partially ...

The road transport department confirmed it is closely monitoring the recall process for vehicles with airbags from a specific manufacturer after it was suggested that the death of 24-year-old Kyriakos ...

A court in Cyprus on Wednesday ruled that Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz should be extradited to Romania, acting on an outstanding warrant issued by that country over a land ...

Unal Ustel, the north’s ‘prime minister’, said on Tuesday evening that he knows the north’s population, but that he cannot say. “We know the population,” he said, speaking ...

Cyprus is ready to take in refugees from the Middle East due to the crisis in Israel and Gaza, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday, while adding that in ...

Switzerland and the committee of missing persons (CMP) signed an agreement for the contribution of one million Swiss francs on Wednesday an announcement said. According to the announcement, the 1 million ...

Turkish Cypriot journalist and editor Sener Levent was acquitted in northern Nicosia on Wednesday of “insulting a foreign statesman” and “driving a wedge between the TRNC and Turkey”. The case ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a positive picture of Cyprus’ fiscal outlook, predicting significant primary surpluses and a substantial reduction in public debt, expected to dip below the ...

Arrivals continued at both Cyprus airports and ports on Wednesday, as authorities on the island dealt with thousands of people fleeing Israel since Saturday’s Hamas attacks on the country. ...