Archive 2023

Football’s ruling world body FIFA said on Saturday it had suspended Spanish federation chief Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three months as it investigates an incident in ...

The Cypriot firefighting mission in Greece has been moved to a different area after battling fires in Parnitha until late at night on Friday. The 31-member team is now operating ...

Around 2,000 artefacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time, but recovery efforts were already under way, the museum’s ...

Cyprus is not great at environmental stuff. Say what you will, we’re still ranking well in the lower half of the EU in the green stakes – just above Lithuania ...

Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zanettou said he hoped the refugee stamp would soon be replaced with a peace stamp, during the inauguration of an exhibition at the centre of Sefer ...

The aim is the resumption of the UN-led peace talks for the solution of the Cyprus issue, the Greek Cypriot side reiterates, ahead of the visit to Cyprus of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides presented the government’s future objectives and major reforms during a long meeting with the ministers at the Troodos presidential residence. The entire cabinet, as well as ...

A 57-year-old man who was drink driving caused a minor road accident in Limassol late on Friday. Police said the man was arrested after he was found with 98μg alcohol ...

A 26-year-old man who was found inside a stolen car in Paphos has been arrested, police said on Saturday. The specific vehicle was reported stolen by its 75-year-old owner on ...

Cyprus rejected Chevron Corp’s plan to develop the island nation’s offshore Aphrodite natural gas field, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou. Papanastasiou told Bloomberg ...

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian state after a deadly plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the volatile ...

South Africa put in a masterclass of forward power to thrash New Zealand 35-7 in their Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture at neutral Twickenham on Friday, the biggest ever loss ...

Chelsea won their first competitive match under coach Mauricio Pochettino with a 3-0 home victory over Premier League new boys Luton Town on Friday thanks to two goals by Raheem ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested in possession of 22kg of cannabis, Limassol police said on Saturday. Drug squad officers searched the house of the suspect located in Vasa Koilani village ...

Remnants of ancient bears and other mammals in Europe reveal the challenges and potential rewards of understanding why species went extinct. By Gareth Willmer In the prehistoric times of Neanderthals ...

Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service ...

Arsonists targeted a Limassol mosque early on Saturday, only hours after Muslims had gathered there to pray. Police said an unknown person approached the Jedit Mosque located in the old ...

Take the heat off with refreshing salad Make the most out of the summer and watermelon season says RODDY DAMALIS I have lived on our beautiful island for over 20 years, ...

What do visitors know about the occupation of the island? Alix Norman speaks to a selection of tourists to find out Cyprus is billed as sea, sun and sand – a ...

A brand-new festival will join the events calendar in September as the Larnaca Municipality organises the first Larnaca Jazz Festival. Over two days, a handful of the island’s jazz ...

Cypriot firm Ask Wire this week released a report detailing the value of the ten most expensive property sales transactions completed in July 2023, along with the cumulative value of the ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s historic mug shot, posted by a Georgia courthouse on Thursday evening, is being turned into T-shirts, shot glasses, mugs, posters and even bobblehead ...

Russia reported a new drone attack on Moscow in the early hours of Saturday, which again forced the authorities to temporarily shut down all three major airports serving the capital. ...

Russia’s military cooperation with Iran will not succumb to geopolitical pressure, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, following reports that Washington has asked Teheran to stop selling drones ...