Archive 2023

A group of writers including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon sued Meta Platforms (META.O) in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of misusing their works ...

Two brown bears are being kept illegally in a Nicosia-based pet store, according to a complaint by animal welfare organisations. The case has been reported to the veterinary services, vice-chair ...

Arsenal claimed their first Premier League win at Everton for six years as Leandro Trossard’s second-half strike proved enough to secure the points at Goodison Park on Sunday. Everton, ...

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, snapping Max Verstappen’s record streak of 10 straight Formula One victories. It also gave first place to a team ...

By Gwynne Dyer This week’s real news is the discovery of life on another planet. As Cambridge University’s Nikku Madhusudhan said in the first sentence of his report: “...

The government is expected to announce unilateral measures towards the Turkish Cypriot community this week, President Nikos Christodoulides said from New York on Sunday. In a press conference, the president ...

After the racist attacks seen on the island recently, Iole Damaskinos speaks to one Syrian family who feel welcomed Life as a displaced person has never been easy for 41-year-old ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals, and promised a 10-point EU action ...

People whose homes were swept away by flooding in Libya’s eastern city of Derna a week ago faced the dilemma on Sunday of whether to stay despite a lack ...

By Jean Christou Cyprus has been ranked 20th out of 30 countries in terms of ‘nanny state’ policies, meaning the island has not yet reached the level of a paternalistic interference ...

A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Sunday killed three fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraqi security sources ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot mayors will be present in united display Underlining the message of International Peace Day, the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot mayors of Famagusta will jointly host ...

Halloumi cheese exports during the first four months of 2023 amounted to €111.8 million euros, which corresponds to about 20 per cent of the value of Cypriot exports, Agriculture Minister, Petros Xenophontos has ...

Biden administration must speak softly and carry a big stick By Julian McBride Cyprus, which has suffered from centuries of various foreign powers, British colonialism, ethnic violence, and a five-decade-long ...

The President of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, on Sunday expressed his country’s commitment to a solution of the Cyprus problem in accordance with international law and the UN Charter. The ...

Upcoming festival is on a mission to get more of us eating vegetables finds ELENI PHILIPPPOU Celebrating the life, benefits and endless delicious uses of mushrooms is the latest edition ...

Russia said it had thwarted a coordinated Ukrainian attack on Crimea early on Sunday, while drones also targeted Moscow, disrupting air traffic in the capital, and caused a fire at ...

Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts ...

The responsibility to ensure the future of the ‘Cypriot Hellenism’ during this critical period stressed Health Minister Popi Kanari on Sunday. Kanari was speaking at the memorial service of soldier ...

The only way to lower emissions is to see more use of public transport says minister By Nick Theodoulou Public transport must be seriously improved if more cars are to ...

The chief of the World Health Organization urged Beijing to offer more information on the origins of COVID-19 and is ready to send a second team to probe the matter, ...

Reports indicate that Casio has recently partnered with Polygon Labs to offer a virtual version of the iconic G-SHOCK watch. Yet, $MATIC is stuck deep in the red zone. On ...

The President of the Cyprus Shipowners’ Union Andreas Hadjiyiannis on Sunday announced the financial aid amounting to €50 million for the victims of floods and fires in Greece. Hadjiyiannis expressed the ...

A patient at the Paphos general hospital was found dead in an indoor garden of the facility on Sunday morning. The 78-year-old British man was treated in the third floor ...