Greek rescuers comb through train crash wreckage
Rescuers resumed a search for victims of Greece’s deadliest train crash on Thursday, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that derailed and then caught fire in ...
Restaurant review: Yummy India, Larnaca
The second Friday of January is known as Quitters Day, the day people tend to give up on their new year’s resolutions. I lasted a little longer than that ...
Egypt to use daylight saving time again in a bid to save energy
Egypt will again use daylight saving time this summer after a seven-year gap, the cabinet said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of government efforts to save energy.
Last ...
Public cautioned over increased dust levels
High concentrations of dust will be observed in the atmosphere on Thursday according to data from the air quality monitoring network operated by the department of labour inspection.
The public, ...
FIFA appointment of supermodel Lima ‘baffling’
FIFA’s appointment of supermodel Adriana Lima as its global fan ambassador in a Women’s World Cup year is “baffling” and sends the wrong message to players and fans, ...
Djokovic targets elusive gold medal at Paris Olympics
Novak Djokovic said he is already looking forward to next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, as he seeks to win a gold medal that has so far eluded him ...
Man arrested on suspicion of burglary
A 39-year-old was arrested by police in Larnaca on Wednesday for allegedly being involved in a string of burglaries and thefts that took place between February 12 and 14.
According to a ...
A quartet of original one-act premieres in Cyprus
The island’s theatre scene will welcome new productions in the next couple of months and while the majority are in Greek, a new series of shows arrives in English ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, two Cypriot nationals were on board one of the two trains that collided in Larissa, northern Greece on Tuesday night, and are still missing.
Local media ...
Fire burns three cars in Limassol
A fire that broke out at around 1am on Thursday in Limassol’s area of Ayios Ioannis and that burned three cars parked nearby is being investigated as a malicious ...
Taxi driver attacked and robbed in Nicosia
A taxi driver in Nicosia reported he was robbed and wounded by the passenger he was carrying on Thursday morning shortly after midnight, police said.
According to a statement, the ...
Cyprus among top ten countries for retirement
Cyprus is among the top ten countries for people to retire to, with a focus on affordability, according to a study released on Wednesday by one of the UK’s ...
Moscow mulls possible use of nuclear arms to fend off US attack -RIA
A Russian defence ministry journal says Moscow is developing a new type of military strategy using nuclear weapons to protect against possible U.S. aggression, RIA news agency reported on ...
Hours after deadly train crash, Greece agonises over what went wrong
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called it an unspeakable tragedy but questions are being asked whether the fatal collision of passenger and freight trains on Tuesday night could have been ...
Traders relaxed as ECB starts running down massive bond holdings
Strong investor inflows into bond markets this year mean traders and bankers are confident the European Central Bank will have a smooth start to unwinding its huge bond holdings, but ...
Cyprus Business Now
The business turnover index in Cyprus experienced increases across all sectors of economic activity during 2022, compared to the previous year, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus ...
Investors pull around $6 billion out of Binance’s stablecoin
Binance’s stablecoin, Binance USD, has seen around $6 billion of outflows following a US regulatory crackdown on the company that issues the token, according to market tracker CoinGecko.
Paxos Trust ...
Wild dogs killing stray cats in Nicosia
A pack of dogs has been attacking and killing cats at the Pedieos linear park in Nicosia, a volunteer warned on Wednesday, urging the public to be careful.
The first ...
Our View: Minister will have a hard time ‘living up to society’s expectations’
During the handing over ceremony at the interior ministry, the new minister, Constantinos Ioannou, concluded his address thus: “I receive the baton of the interior ministry, with the pledge that ...
Man United through, Spurs out of FA Cup
Manchester United fought back from 1-0 down to overpower West Ham United 3-1 and reach the FA Cup quarter-finals as Premier League Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton suffered shock defeats on ...
Arsenal thrash Everton to go five points clear
Title-chasing Arsenal opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Gabriel Martinelli’s double eased them to a 4-0 thrashing of relegation-threatened Everton at the ...
Situation ‘critical’: Ukraine clings to Bakhmut as Russians advance
Ukrainian forces hung onto their positions in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut early on Thursday under constant attack from Russian troops seeking to claim their first major victory for ...
Prince Harry and Meghan have been asked to vacate UK home – spokesperson
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the house within the grounds of King Charles’s Windsor Castle estate they use when in Britain, ...
US looking at ‘all options’ if cannot resolve dispute over Mexico corn decree, says official
The United States will consider “all options,” including a formal trade dispute panel, unless Mexico addresses Washington’s concerns over Mexico’s plan to limit imports of genetically modified corn, ...