Archive 2023

Italy’s right-wing government on Monday approved measures to boost job creation and workers’ pay, amid hostile reactions from unions and opposition parties over accompanying welfare cuts and looser rules ...

Two more flights are expected on Monday evening with people who were evacuated from Sudan, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Monday. So far, 2,200 people have arrived from Sudan, ...

E. Jean Carroll returned to the witness stand in her rape and defamation civil case against Donald Trump, after the judge denied a defense request for a mistrial. Trump’s ...

Workers can report incidents of violence or harassment through a new free-of-charge phone service that began operations on Monday. The service, which aims to provide support to any employee who ...

A 15-year-old girl was hospitalised in serious condition on Monday after the motorcycle she was a passenger on collided with a car the previous night. The minor underwent surgery and ...

The U.S. Treasury Department is encouraged that First Republic Bank FRC.N was resolved with the least cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund, and believes the U.S. banking ...

No new evidence emerged on Monday after on-site investigations following the disappearance of 31-year-old Angelos Perikleous last month, while six suspects remain in custody in connection with the case. Police, ...

It’s a political statement says hair historian STEFAN HANS From Paul Mescal at the Baftas to Emma Corrin’s Governors Awards “mixie” haircut, the 1970s-inspired shaggy mullet is everywhere. ...

Cyprus’ National Guard is participating in the multinational exercises “Iniochos 2023” and “Orion 2023”, as part of the wider framework of the operational training of its personnel, the force’s general staff ...

A tourist was found dead on an Ayia Napa beach on Sunday early afternoon according to Famagusta police. Jorgen Poulsen, aged 53, from Denmark was pulled unconscious from the water at ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N said on Monday it will buy most of First Republic Bank’s FRC.N assets after regulators seized the troubled lender at the weekend, ...

Negotiators for Hollywood writers and film and television studios engaged in 11th-hour contract talks on Monday to try and avert a strike that would disrupt TV production across an industry ...

As foreign states wind down their evacuations from Sudan, the United Nations warned of a humanitarian breaking point with no let up in fighting between rival military factions despite a ...

Workers marched across France in anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s increase in the retirement age on Monday, with police firing tear gas in Paris and the western city of ...

Cyprus Sports’ Organisation (Koa) will participate in the annual EU Sport Forum in Sweden, it was announced on Monday. Koa’s President Andreas Michaelides and the Director General, Mary Charalambous ...

A new memoir draws an accurate picture of a Cyprus long gone, of a hard yet simple life. ALIX NORMAN discovers the things we never knew about life on the ...

Cyprus’ European integration will only be achieved through the resolution of the national problem, the Government Spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, marking the 19th anniversary of the Republic as ...

A 54-year-old man was fined over the illegal possession of duty-free tobacco products. The arrest was part of a police operation in cooperation with customs officers following a tip-off regarding ...

After a surprise teaser promises a new season CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks back on the best so far Netflix fans were greeted with a most fantastic surprise this week, as the ...

A 33-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of stealing electronics from a store, confessed to four burglaries in Famagusta, according to a police announcement issued on Monday. The Famagusta resident was ...

Every May 18, cultural institutions around the world celebrate International Museum Day and Cyprus is no exception. Joining the international art community is the established Leventis Municipal Museum which in the ...

There is an evident keen interest in installing photovoltaics on roofs or elsewhere, and based on the government subsidy programme, photovoltaic systems operate by offsetting the electricity produced and consumed. ...

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager during a morning arrest raid that led to clashes in a refugee camp outside the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, ...

Three people have been arrested after presenting forged or stolen travel documents as they attempted to depart the island, police said on Monday. One person, a third-country national, was arrested ...