Archive 2023

An appeal is expected to be filed within the day against a court of first instance verdict finding the former bishop of Kiti guilty of the indecent assault of a ...

Axiothea is ready to welcome back its loyal audience with a rich programme of artistic events bringing together places, cities and cultures. The festival will enable lovers of quality music ...

Police on Thursday night arrested another suspect following violence and hooliganism at the Apollon-Apoel football match in May. The latest arrest concerns a 24-year-old who had been wanted in connection ...

In today’s episode, over €30 million in pandemic support was disbursed to almost 5,000 beneficiaries who did not qualify, and no effort has been made to recover the money, MPs heard ...

Police in Paphos arrested two drivers under the influence of drugs on Thursday afternoon. According to police spokesman and CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, shortly after 7pm officers of the crime ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

The Pancyprian exams used by final year students to apply to universities in Cyprus and Greece began on Friday with the modern Greek paper, taken by all students. But this ...

The sincere relationship that OPAP Cyprus has forged with the Telethon drive continues unabated in 2023. A relationship that has operated seamlessly since 2012; even when the pandemic placed obstacles in the ...

After a chase, police in Limassol on Thursday night arrested a man involved in a chain of unfortunate incidents. During traffic control operations, shortly before 12.30pm, officers noticed three young ...

The government seems determined to go ahead with the ‘unfreezing’ of 1,851 positions in the public service as the little political resistance encountered when it took its proposal to the legislature ...

On Friday the weather will be partly cloudy, with dust observed at times, and a chance of light rains, mainly in the west. Afternoon rains or storms are expected in ...

Police in Larnaca on Friday are investigating a car fire which broke out overnight. According to the police, the fire started in a parked vehicle owned by a 22-year-old woman, ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 41-year-old man yesterday, in connection with an investigated case of car theft. According to police statement, traffic patrol officers stopped a car driven by the 41...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that he had received a phone call regarding his initiative towards more active EU involvement in the Cyprus issue, saying that there seem to ...

The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard, blanketing Washington, D.C., in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation’...

The number of registered unemployed individuals in Cyprus decreased to 10,357 at the end of May 2023, compared to both the previous month, as well as May of the previous year, according ...

Switzerland’s parliament has formally agreed to establish a parliamentary commission (PUK) to look into Credit Suisse’s (CSGN.S) collapse and rescue in a deal engineered by Swiss authorities, ...

Other US crypto exchanges are likely to be in the firing line after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week sued Coinbase and Binance, two of the world’s ...

The women’s organisation Pogo on Thursday called for a protest outside the Holy Synod when it meets on June 13 to decide the fate of the former Bishop of Kiti, ...

European Union ministers agreed on Thursday on how to share out the responsibility for looking after migrants and refugees, after 12 hours of negotiations got Italy and Greece to sign up ...

China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, but ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday it was lowering a safety alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, a day after warning that a new eruption had taken ...

Defending champion Iga Swiatek felt the heat as she booked a French Open final spot for the third time in four years with a 6-2 7-6(7) win over Brazilian Beatriz ...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that there would be a “negative impact” on the fate of a Black Sea grain deal from a blast which damaged a pipeline used to ...