Archive 2023

Britain’s opposition Labour Party won a bigger-than-expected victory in an election for a parliamentary seat in Scotland on Friday, raising expectations they can unseat Scottish nationalists and go on ...

The presidential private jet will be back in action at the end of the month after undergoing necessary maintenance work costing around €2 million, it emerged on Friday. According to Politis ...

Max Verstappen’s third Formula One world championship could be sealed in a Saturday Sprint in Qatar, a rare turn of events for a sport more used to seeing its ...

Private Russian oil producer Lukoil will lend Azeri state oil firm Socar $1.5 billion as part of a broader deal that will allow Socar’s 200,000-barrel-per-day Turkish STAR refinery to process ...

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for testosterone in a counter-analysis on a second sample, Sky Sports and ANSA news agency reported on Friday, without citing a source. Pogba ...

Turkish Cypriot politicians have found themselves divided over a potential name change for the north. The idea gained traction on Wednesday when Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar described the ideas ...

The Laona foundation said on Friday it was completely opposed to a tyre burning facility in Ypsonas, or anywhere else in the country, citing a negative footprint on the energy ...

Andreas Papadopoulos has served as Chairman of the Cyprus Shipping Association since 2021, representing the owners/operators of chartered/liner vessels that call at the island’s ports and port establishments ...

Where do you live? In my imagination with my creativity that keeps me alive! What did you have for breakfast? A double espresso and a lot of confidence. Describe your ...

With its main objective to promote more positive practices and habits in nutrition, physical and mental well-being, as well as empowering present and future consumers to make healthier and balanced ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce, and Industry George Papastasiou on Friday, while speaking at the Limassol Economic Forum, highlighted the significant issues facing the energy sector in Cyprus, considering both the ...

In a burial plot next to a field outside the remote Ukrainian hamlet of Hroza, residents removed undergrowth and cleared away litter to make space for more graves. Working quietly, ...

The Nicosia Municipal Theatre is now offering gender neutral toilets as part of its inclusion and acceptance philosophy, it emerged on Friday. In an announcement on its Facebook page, the ...

A teacher at a Limassol school has been suspended after sexual harassment allegations, the education ministry confirmed on Friday. The man was arrested two weeks ago and remanded in custody. ...

Two Turkish Cypriots have received fines worth thousands of euros after being found attempting to smuggle tobacco from the north to the United Kingdom this week. The two cases are ...

September was a great month for members of Paphos International Sailing Club (PISC). Despite the hot weather and occasional rough seas, the sailing at Agios Georgios was superb. There were ...

The European Union-funded Morphou municipal wastewater treatment plant was inaugurated on Friday following the completion of its construction. The inauguration ceremony of the plant, which is located in the village ...

A bus caught fire in Ayia Napa on Friday, while transporting passengers, the fire service said. According to the fire service, the engine of the bus, which is in the ...

At least two Egyptian banks have suspended the use of Egyptian pound debit cards outside the country to stop a drain on foreign currency as the country’s currency shortage ...

Following the lives of convicted felons is not typically the way I spend my evenings. I have never been a true-crime fan, so when the sudden desire came to watch ...

The Cyprus Review (CR), the leading Cyprus journal, in collaboration with the University of Nicosia Law School, announces the results of the Annual Book Awards (CRABA 2023), for books published in 2022. ...

– Russia is seeking re-election to the United Nations’ top human rights body next week in what is seen as a crucial test of Western efforts to keep Moscow diplomatically isolated ...

Turkey’s military “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in northern Syria overnight in retaliation for a rocket attack on a Turkish base, the defence ministry said on Friday as conflict escalated nearly ...

Leader of the Green Party, Charalambos Theopemptou, has called for the abolition of the law which requires cyclists to wear helmets. He spoke on the matter in parliament on Thursday, ...