Archive 2023

A global information campaign on handwashing is underway, to mark World Hand Hygiene Day, the Cyprus branch of the EU infection control committee (EUCIC) and the clinical microbiology society (CMI) ...

This weekend, Paphos will be transformed into a ground of open workshops with activities for all ages as the Access City Festival takes place. On Saturday in Kato Paphos and ...

Paphos municipality is set to host its annual ‘Anthesteria’ festival, devoted to a celebration of spring, flowers, and theatre, harking back to ancient Greece. The event is co-organised with the ...

In this episode, former President Nicos Anastasiades deemed the claims made by the former chairman of the sports ethics committee Andreas Papacharalambous “false, unfounded and vulgar.” Elsewhere, trade unions on ...

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a case of thefts of solar panerls committed last month in Paphos, police announced on Friday. The case was reported by ...

The French government must apologise to end a dispute over what Italy considers insulting remarks, including some on migrants arriving by boat, its foreign minister and deputy prime minister said ...

Police on Friday reported that a 71-year-old pedestrian was hit by a car while walking in Geroskipou. According to the police, the accident happened on Thursday morning around 10am. The 71...

Police arrested two people to help investigations into the fire which broke out at noon on Thursday in a rural area near the villages of Monagrouli and Pentakomo in Limassol. ...

Businesses across all industries are being advised to take action to control rising costs in the face of inflation, according to an analysis by PwC Cyprus’ Leonidas Stavropoulos and Nicos ...

The Cypriot government posted a surplus of €324.1 million for the first quarter of 2023, according to the preliminary fiscal results released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). This figure ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results on Friday with voters punishing his party after a year of political scandals, surging inflation ...

Eight people were killed and 14 wounded in Serbia’s second mass shooting in two days and a suspect was arrested, authorities said on Friday, causing horror in a nation that ...

On Friday the weather will be partly cloudy with possibility of light rains, mainly in mountains. In the late afternoon there will be increased low cloud cover with rains possible ...

The performance of the Cypriot economy remains strong, despite a weakening of growth momentum in the last quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Economics Research ...

India and Russia have suspended efforts to settle bilateral trade in rupees, after months of negotiations failed to convince Moscow to keep rupees in its coffers, two Indian government officials ...

Cypriots are disenchanted with the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, as most have said they will not even be attempting to watch the first such event in over ...

The VAT cuts on seven categories of products go into force today. This is a measure taken by the government, as a way of helping people cope with the surge ...

The United Nations on Thursday fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off Yemen’...

Oil major Chevron have begun drilling an appraisal well, the second, at their Aphrodite gas discovery offshore Cyprus, media reports said on Thursday. Estimated to cost about €100 million, the drill ...

A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U....

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called off a trip to Paris on Thursday, saying the French interior minister had offended Italy and its Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with unacceptable “insults“. ...

The Serbian government said it had introduced a set of measures on Thursday to prevent potential violence in schools a day after a 13-year-old boy shot and killed eight students ...

The interior ministry aims to have a communication with all the political forces, Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday after a meeting with centrist party Dipa. Among the issues discussed were ...

Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens of others it said were owned by Palestinian ...