Archive 2023

A section of the Nicosia-Limassol highway will be periodically closed overnight for road improvement, starting on Tuesday, the Department of Public Works has announced. The closures will take place between 10...

The adoption of increased security around House Speaker Annita Demetriou and some of her family members, has nothing to do with her having filed a police report of fake news, ...

The District Court of Larnaca on Tuesday imposed a fine of €1,200 on a man caught driving close to twice the permitted speed limit on the highway. Police caught the 25-year-old ...

Mexican authorities found 103 unaccompanied minors mostly from Guatemala inside an abandoned truck trailer in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the government said on Monday, in one of the biggest ...

The University of Cyprus on Monday announced the launch of a new project, in which it will link with foreign organisations, aiming to stimulate excellence and innovation capacity at the ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mainly clear with gradually increased clouds from noon onwards expected to bring isolated rains, mainly in the mountains. The winds will be south-easterly to ...

North Korea said any move to shoot down one of its test missiles would be considered a declaration of war and blamed joint military exercise between the United States and ...

Ukraine’s top generals have vowed to keep defending the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces fought to tighten their siege and secure their first ...

Household deposit and lending rates in Cyprus experienced a slight decrease in January 2023, while the corresponding rates for non-financial companies increased, according to a report by the Central Bank of ...

The inflation rate in Cyprus reached 6.7 per cent in February 2023, with the Consumer Price Index increasing by 0.87 points to 112.88 points, compared to 112.01 points in January 2023, according to a report by ...

Costa Coffee has followed rival Pret A Manger in raising pay for its British store staff for the third time in a year. The coffee and sandwich chain, a unit ...

The Turkish Competition Board said on Monday it had decided to fine billionaire Elon Musk 0.1 per cent of Twitter’s gross income in Turkey in 2022, as his takeover of the ...

A call centre for any and all queries relating to benefits will go operational this week, the Social Insurance Services announced on Monday. A statement said the call centre was ...

For the majority of the political parties, public debate on the economic issues is little more than an opportunity to engage in populism, to pose as the defenders of the ...

British new car registrations rose by a quarter in February and almost half a million plug-in cars are expected to join the road by the end of 2023, according to preliminary ...

Two dozen people face domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta after they were arrested during violent clashes between officers and protesters at a police training center construction site, authorities said on ...

In January 2023, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 1.1 per cent in Cyprus and by 0.3 per cent in both the euro area and the EU, compared with December 2022, ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday said a compromise in the government’s judicial overhaul plan could be imminent even as protests against the reform continued to spread. Local media ...

A 42-year-old man suspected of possessing and distributing child porn was arrested in Limassol on Monday. Members of the cybercrime unit searched his home on Saturday and also seized two ...

The new government has put on hold a request for the release of around €3 million earmarked for the purchase of state vehicles, including 35 limos for officials, it emerged on Monday. ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday filed a police report over what she described a mud-slinging operation against her and her family. She citied there had been fake news articles ...

Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu emerged on Monday as the main challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in landmark elections expected on May 14, after a six-party alliance picked him as expected ...

A music evening coming to Rialto Theatre’s stage is dedicated to the art of jazz. Local and invited musicians will gather at the Limassol theatre to present a night ...

A 63-year-old man who tried to murder his wife in Tala last year was sentenced to six-month jail time with a three-year suspended sentence. The decision at Paphos criminal court ...