Archive 2023

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held out the possibility that Russia could resume nuclear testing for the first time in over three decades and might withdraw its ratification of a ...

It’s market season! No, not the Christmas kind just yet (though they are fast approaching as well), but seasonal pop-up bazaars displaying all sorts of goods. Throughout October’s ...

MPs on Thursday heard that a staggering 90 per cent of public contracts for development projects are being awarded to a single contractor, raising eyebrows and concerns about the transparency and ...

Covid-19 and flu vaccines have not yet been administered to public, due to delays in receiving stores of the latter, Dr Christos Petrou said on Thursday. Petrou, who is a ...

A 29-year-old died on Thursday after the forklift he was driving outside his family’s business in Limassol fell over and crushed him, police said. According to the Limassol traffic ...

Two men received fines of €600 in a case linked to the violence which erupted in Chlorakas in late August after police found them in possession of weapons. The two defendants, ...

It’s time for the 50th Cyprus Rally! At 18:00 on Friday, October 6, at the old Nicosia City Hall in Eleftheria’ Square, the 27 crews of this year’s anniversary race will ...

“How amazing it would be if there was an annual event that, in one weekend, with dozens of dynamic and exciting activities, would bring together artists working with children and ...

The transport ministry signed a contract on Thursday to install 4,450 new bus stops and shelters and upgrade over 1,000 existing bus stops. In specifics, the contract provides for the installation of 2,350 ...

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the award-giving body said on Thursday. ...

A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing 51 people during a gathering to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier, Ukrainian ...

Sample alcohol tests on airline pilots and cabin crew are set to be introduced, after the House Transportation Committee discussed the matter on Thursday. The proposed law, which will bring ...

The 2030 World Cup final will probably be held in Spain, one of the three hosts of the tournament along with Portugal and Morocco, Spain’s acting Sports Minister Miquel Iceta ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thurday he had met Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Spain, and discussed the security ...

By Fiona Woollard Like many celebrity divorces, the split of Sophie Turner and singer Joe Jonas has been accompanied by a flurry of rumours. It was reported that the breakup ...

In the vibrant waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Cypriot shipping industry has long been a maritime powerhouse, both historically and in the modern era As we embark on a ...

Lidl Cyprus presents the Disney Stacks collectible wooden figures, created as part of Disney’s anniversary campaign “100 Years of Wonder”. As of October 5, 2023 until November 15, 2023, and while stocks last, with ...

Gay or not, love is love, one writer tells PAUL LAMBIS When stories are shared, we build an ethos of embracing diversity, novelist Despo Pavlou believes. Her debut novel, My ...

The United Arab Emirates’ Investment Minister Mohamed Hassan Alswaidi expressed a “particular interest” in the electrical interconnector between Cyprus, Greece, and Israel on Thursday. Alswaidi, who is also the CEO ...

Russia has overtaken the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become India’s top naphtha supplier, data shows, as New Delhi takes advantage of discounted Russian oil products and the re-routing ...

Police urged caution to drivers on Thursday as overnight road maintenance works on the Nicosia – Larnaca and Limassol – Nicosia motorways continue. The works on the Nicosia-Larnaca motorway from Rizoelia to ...

Nicosia welcomes a new art exhibition this week by Cypriot painter Eleni Odysseos. Running at Koraï project space from Saturday to November 19, the showcase presents a new series of works ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou is to remain in post after Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said the matter was closed on Thursday. Procopiou said: “there is no longer any question of ...

The flower has opened many doors in one mountain village finds PAUL LAMBIS Happiness is said to radiate like the fragrance of a rose, and that could not be more ...