Archive 2023

The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained three more senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, their party said, in defiance of international calls to restore ...

The Bank of Cyprus Group on Monday released a statement in which it confirmed that it has successfully completed the EU-wide stress test for 2023. The announcement by the bank explained ...

Unesco experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as Italy is not doing enough to protect the city from ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported on Monday night. Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, in ...

England’s Stuart Broad claimed the last two Australia wickets to secure a dramatic 49-run victory for his team in the final Ashes Test at The Oval on Monday and ...

Ukraine’s defence ministry signed an agreement with Turkish company Baykar Makina to build a service centre for the repair and maintenance of drones in Ukraine, the ministry said on ...

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday said all 15 judges in an historic first would take part in a hearing on arguments against a law Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist ...

Deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis met with Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Monday to discuss tourism development in the town and the surrounding area. The pair, who were joined ...

Italy’s economy performed surprisingly poorly in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, offering an uncomfortable outlook for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as her government tries to tackle the ...

Several bars and music venues on the island are welcoming August with a series of live music nights. Quaint spots in Nicosia, Paphos and rural villages host local musicians this ...

Cyprus’ emergency services held a mass casualty management exercise on Monday, with the aim of ensuring their readiness for possible future emergencies. The exercise, named Ippocratis 2023, was designed and organised ...

Police have issued hundreds of fines since the beginning of the year for businesses found to be operating without proper licensing or to be causing noise pollution, authorities said on ...

The north’s ‘parliamentary’ finance, budget, and planning committee met on Monday with a view to amending its law regarding the opening and operating of casinos. Casinos have, in recent ...

The Department of Town Planning and Housing on Monday issued the second call for proposals for a funding scheme aimed to enhance business activity within the walled city of Nicosia. ...

Two people were remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after being found with almost 40 kilograms of cannabis and cocaine on Sunday. The pair appeared in court in Paphos ...

More Koran burnings took place in Sweden and Denmark on Monday as the governments of the two Nordic countries said they were examining ways to legally limit such acts in ...

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air celebrated its six millionth passenger to either take off from or land at Larnaca airport on Monday. The airline gave a travel voucher to the ...

England’s Georgia Stanway is confident she can fill the leadership void in midfield left by the injured Keira Walsh when the Lionesses take on China in their final Group ...

An engineer who was arrested on Friday in Turkey as part of the ongoing Isias hotel case was released on bail on Monday. Mehmet Goncuoglu was caught on Friday in ...

Spending by tourists between January and May has surpassed the figures for 2019, according to data released by the Statistical Service on Monday and showing that 2023 is set to be a ...

A 10-year-old girl and her mother were among four civilians killed in a Russian air strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s home town on Monday, officials said, while his ...

Teachers in England have voted to accept a government pay offer, Britain’s largest education union said on Monday, in a boost for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to ...

Using Cyprus as his inspiration, one designer is putting the island on the map by turning plastic bottles into in demand scarves finds NIKI CHARALAMBOUS Although Michalis Pantelidis has been ...

Police on Monday issued another warning about phone scams, where people receive calls from unknown persons urging them to invest in get-rich-quick schemes. Using mobile phone numbers starting with 94, 95, 96, 97 and 99, ...