Archive 2023

Two groups of Cypriot tourists in Israel are returning on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, after fighting broke out when Israeli forces clashed with Hamas, after the latter launched a ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The global economy is undergoing a difficult period, characterised by the enduring geopolitical turmoil and uncertainty, which adversely affect energy security and food sufficiency ...

A 40-year-old is being treated with a severe head injury in Limassol, police said on Sunday, following a fight the night before. According to police the man arranged to meet ...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Sunday said it would speed up connections to the country’s National Grid network as part of investment in clean energy infrastructure and to ...

But minister says no reduction in fines for going through red light Drivers will not be penalised for warning others of speed checks ahead, and the €300 fine for going through ...

A foreign national was arrested and remanded for five days by the Limassol district court, after walking into a military airbase in Troodos, police said on Sunday. According to police, ...

Berlin introduces border controls, eclipsing open-door policy Partly due to electioneering ahead of Sunday votes -analysts Authorities struggle with influx as asylum requests up 80% By Sarah Marsh and Riham Alkousaa ...

Ukraine’s air force expects a record number of Russian drone attacks on its soil this winter, its spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on Sunday, as Kyiv girds for a second ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday denied commenting on the matter of the Russian journalist sent back to Moscow, following his detainment in Nicosia a few days ago. The journalist’s ...

The Customs Department has ramped up checks on potential cigarette smugglers as a wave of massive busts take place at Cyprus’ airports and crossing points. Recent weeks have seen several ...

In 1973, 50 years ago on Friday, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, coincided with Ramadan, the Islamic lunar month of fasting. But nobody raised an alarm in Israel ...

Cyprus will begin collecting and send humanitarian aid to Armenia to deal with thousands of refugees flooding into the country from Nagorno-Karabakh, an announcement said on Sunday. According to an ...

Exhibition features important photographs from Harvard University archives finds ELENI PHILIPPOU An exhibition of photographs of the Church of Panayia Kanakaria from the archive of Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University, has ...

By Socratis E Socratous and Leontios Charalampidis A few years ago, one of those film series that everyone talked about was The Hunger Games, a movie saga based on the ...

Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit headed to Moscow on Sunday for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the situation in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched ...

The Cyprus Mail recently met with Yannis Matsis, head of MUFG Investor Services’ Cyprus office, to discuss the company’s plans for the Cyprus business, its commitment to the region ...

A real scandal: president did not list his pension in wealth declaration By Efi Xanthou The last week saw the pundits debating Cyprus’ latest scandal: namely President Nikos Christodoulides’ omitting ...

Two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide were shot dead on Sunday in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, the Israeli foreign ministry said. A policeman alleged to have carried out ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that the Republic of Cyprus has given the UN the all-clear to appoint UN adviser to evaluate the prospects of restarting talks on the ...

EU research is providing the most far-reaching analysis of efforts to boost wild-cat populations and aiding scavengers that help balance the ecosystem. By Vedrana Simičević Anybody wondering about the ...

Police in Letymbou, Paphos are investigating a car arson on Sunday, after a pick-up truck caught fire earlier. According to police, the fire broke out in the bed of the ...

Short-term patchwork government measures to deal with cost-of-living crisis and persistent inequalities are not enough By Les Manison A report by the OECD on “taxing wages” reveals that the increase ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded for two days by the Paphos district court, under suspicion of drug possession and for drink driving, police said on Sunday. According to Paphos police, ...

Typhoon Koinu, which lashed Taiwan with rain and wind last week, on Sunday turned south over the sea off the coast of China’s Guangdong province towards the resort island ...