Archive 2023

The association of physiotherapists went on an all-day work stoppage on Thursday over disputes with the state health insurance organisation (HIO). Physiotherapists gathered in front of the HIO offices in ...

Premier League club revenues rose by 12% to a record 5.5 billion pounds in the 2021-22 season as European football capitalised on fans returning to stadiums after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ...

Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semi-final in Rotterdam on Wednesday and advance to Sunday’s decider. Croatia will play either ...

Paphos municipality on Thursday announced initiatives in the fight against drug addiction to take place in June. According to the announcement, on the occasion of international day against drugs, on ...

Sometimes, just sometimes, living in the only city away from the sea in Cyprus, Nicosia of course, can be quite tedious. Yes, I know, first world problems. After all, the ...

In today’s episode, fuel and electricity prices are set to rise as of July 1 following the expiration of relief measures for consumers introduced last year. Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

We asked a selection of people on the streets of Nicosia to recall the last time when they felt happy. Responses ranged from humorous to melancholy, to unexpectedly profound.

There is an urgent need for effective measures to deal with abuse and neglect of the elderly, the third-age observatory stated on Thursday, on the occasion of international elder awareness ...

The works of seven contemporary international artists are currently on display in the Limassol gallery Lumiere Contemporary Art. The Art en Vogue exhibition opened in early June and will run ...

The swearing-in ceremony of the new appellants of the Supreme Court takes place on Thursday at 10am, in the presence of President Nikos Christodoulides. The 16 new appellants were appointed on ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Philippines’ main island on Thursday, authorities said, halting some railway operations in the capital Manila. No casualties or major damage were reported after the ...

Paphos Police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man against whom a European arrest warrant was pending. According to police spokesman and head of CID Michalis Nikolaou, at 1.40pm, the wanted ...

DataArt reiterated its commitment to Cyprus’ business community DataArt, a global software engineering firm recently marked its first year in Cyprus, an event which coincided with the opening of its ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said one of his senior commanders was alive and well, dismissing reports that he had been killed or wounded in Ukraine. The commander, Adam Delimkhanov, heads ...

Limassol police on Wednesday took into custody another suspect for an investigated case of importation of 100g of cannabis resin, for which a 34-year-old was already issued a seven-day detention ...

Police in Nicosia on Thursday are investigating a bomb explosion at the offices of an insurance company on Athalassa Avenue. According to initial reports the bomb went off at 4.15 am, ...

The Cyprus Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) this week issued a statement welcoming President Christodoulides’ call to banks to follow proper loan restructuring procedures. The president’s comments ...

On Thursday the weather will initially be clear with increased clouds in the afternoon expected to bring isolated rains, mainly in the mountains. Winds will be south-westerly to north-westerly light ...

Shell (SHEL.L) will ramp up its dividend and share buybacks while keeping oil output steady into 2030, it said on Wednesday, as CEO Wael Sawan moved to regain investor confidence ...

British supermarket group Waitrose said this week it had reduced the price of more than 200 products as part of a 100 million pound ($126 million) plan announced earlier this year in the ...

Israel exported a record $12.556 billion in defence products last year, with new Arab partners under the U.S.-sponsored 2020 Abraham Accords accounting for almost a quarter of the business, the ...

Paphos district lifeguards have announced a two-hour work stoppage in protest of under staffing and other longstanding issues. In an official statement the lifeguards said they took the decision last ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides on Tuesday urged the authorities to take action against hate speech directed at the LGBTIQ+ community. She was responding to screenshots of such posts in the ...

The Czech centre-right cabinet on Wednesday approved seeking a 137 billion crown ($6.25 billion) loan from the European Union’s post-COVID recovery funds, part of efforts to boost its energy transformation while ...