Archive 2023

North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile on Sunday, Japan’s Coast Guard and the South Korean military said, as Pyongyang condemned U.S.-led military shows of force as ...

Serbians voted on Sunday in a snap election seen as an effort by President Aleksandar Vucic and his populist Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) to secure another four-year term, after two ...

Members of the Isotita trade union will hold a demonstration on Monday outside the House of Representatives as discussion begins inside on the state budget for 2024. The demonstration will begin ...

By Nicholas Karides Christopher Hitchens, the British born American journalist and writer, died 12 years ago on 15 December 2011, aged 62. In recent days, following the death of Henry Kissinger, the former US ...

The Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza opened on Sunday for aid trucks for the first time since the outbreak of war, officials said, a move intended to double ...

Pyrgos has expressed its delight after the local Halitzia Tillirias cheese was added to the European Union’s Protected Geographical Indications register. “This opens doors to new opportunities for employment, ...

Charismatic young pianist to bring classic sounds of the season finds ELENI PHILIPPOU A festive concert of popular classical music and young talent will take over the Pattihio Municipal Theatre ...

A few days ago I saw the article ‘Government gets its way on 397 new public sector jobs’ in your paper and thought to myself – all the government needs to do ...

Israel stepped up its bombardment of Gaza overnight and into Sunday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinians said, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that the only way to secure ...

Pope Francis turned 87 on Sunday feted by children who helped him blow out a single candle on a white cake. The children, from a Vatican-run paediatric clinic, sang for the ...

Trade union PEO on Sunday sent a message of solidarity to the millions of people driven to migrate for a better tomorrow as International Migrants Day is marked around the ...

On December 21, 1963 intercommunal violence broke out between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Sixty years later we are still paying the price A newly formed Republic of Cyprus was ripped apart 60 years ...

The poet Horace foreshadowed the COP28 climate summit by more than 2,000 years when he wrote “Mountains will labour. What’s born? A ridiculous mouse!” A mouse that couldn’t bring ...

After spending much of 2023 in a downturn, Bitcoin (BTC) and many other top crypto coins have begun to pick up much-needed momentum. Having broken the $40,000 barrier, many investors are looking ...

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin dismissed as complete nonsense remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden that Russia would attack a NATO country if it won the war in Ukraine, adding ...

A Youth Culture Card will be announced in the next week in cooperation with the deputy ministry of culture, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday night. At the opening of ...

Joseph Borghese has been honoured as the first Cypriot to receive the esteemed ‘Académico Honorario’ (Honorary Academic) title from Mexico. This prestigious distinction was conferred upon him by the ...

While welcoming some of the decisions of the European Council, President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday reiterated he was disappointed no decision was made regarding Gaza aid. Asked by reporters if ...

This month has been one of market-wide bullish prices and new milestones for cryptocurrencies. Before Bitcoin (BTC) broke through the $42,000 barrier, multiple cryptocurrencies were already blazing through previous highs, and ...

From the first day of the new year a new UN envoy for Cyprus is expected to be in place, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Asked when he expects ...

Thank you for your front page exposure on December 10 about the extremely unfair discrepancy in taxes between Aphrodite Hills, Ha Potami and Kouklia. I have personally written to community leader ...

The Israeli army’s death toll in Gaza is already almost twice as high as during a ground offensive in 2014, a reflection of how far it has pushed into the ...

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. IOM, in a post on social media platform X, ...

The only solution for Cyprus is granting sovereign equality and equal international status to the Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Sunday. In an interview in Turkish ...