Archive 2023

A total of 102 irregular migrants were detected on three separate boats off the coast of Cape Greco on Tuesday. The first boat was spotted at 2:15pm around 10 nautical miles off ...

MPs on Tuesday warned that the Koshi waste management facility may be contaminating the water supply in the Aradippou area. The issue was brought up at the House agriculture committee, ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled as inadmissible an appeal by a Cypriot national that Cyprus authorities had violated his private and family life by ...

Is it really the Christmas period without a performance of a beloved festive fairy tale? For years, decades and centuries even, The Nutcracker has been performed worldwide in theatre halls, ...

The government on Tuesday sought to downplay the notion that it supports a clause in an EU bill currently under discussion that would allow European governments to spy on the ...

Almost two dozen suspects had charges brought against them by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) for failing to implement EU regulations and agreements on the Greek railway, where ...

A total of 943,978 people are now registered on Gesy, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday. Kanari was speaking at a high-level meeting of the World Health Organisation to mark 15 ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli insisted on Tuesday that “sabotage” was the cause of power cuts at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after six flights were cancelled on Monday due ...

An asylum seeker has died on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of England, British police and Home Secretary James Cleverly said on Tuesday. Earlier refugee charity ...

Turkish Cypriot leaders have rejected Israeli allegations that the north was being used by Iran to harbour terrorists with the aim of attacking Israelis in Cyprus. Israel had said on ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday hailed an agreement reached between the government and trade unions regarding low-wage civil servants’ pay as “a positive outcome for everyone.” He added that “...

By Joseph White This was the year the auto industry’s race toward an all-electric future took a detour. Heading into 2023, automakers were gearing up to invest $1.2 trillion by 2030 to ...

Nestled in old eucalyptus forests in Australia’s New South Wales region, an estimated 15 per cent of the state’s dwindling koala population is set to win some protection from ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to make a last-ditch plea to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia, though he ...

The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday and countries engaged in shuttle-diplomacy to seek a new draft agreement and try to close a rift over ending the world’...

Athena Shipilli Tsingi has been appointed Eurolife’s new General Manager, taking up the role as of November 1, 2023. Having joined the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) in September 2021, until June 2022 she ...

Cyprus along with seven other countries on Tuesday managed to get ‘midwifery: knowledge, skills, and practices’ registered on UNESCO’s list of intangible culture heritage, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou ...

Gunes Onar was on Tuesday named as Ersin Tatar’s special representative, replacing the retiring Ergun Olgun. Onar previously worked as Dervis Eroglu’s director of political affairs and undersecretary ...

Century Travel Group and Cruise.com.cy is delighted to announce its new partnership with Virgin Voyages as the only digital home in Cyprus for online bookings with Virgin Voyages. ...

The U.N. General Assembly appeared set to demand on Tuesday an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month long conflict between Israel and Hamas after the United States vetoed such ...

Cyprus and Armenia have reiterated their preparedness to confront unforeseen threats, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas said on Tuesday following a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan, on an official ...

The Nicosia Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week announced that the EduTourism initiative, which aimed at boosting educational tourism to amplify appreciation for cultural and natural heritage, concluded in November ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday highlighted the need for complete absorption of EU funds as he received the 2022 annual report from the Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Capo). He stressed this ...

Barcelona, and Geneva have been added to the Cyprus Airways schedule for the summer, while recently added flights to Brussels will continue, the airline said on Tuesday. During the summer ...