Archive 2023

Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over ...

A demonstration against supplying Ukraine with weapons for war with Russia attracted 10,000 people on Saturday, drawing criticism from top German government officials and a large police presence to maintain order. ...

Russia has halted supplies of oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, the chief executive of Polish refiner PKN Orlen PKN.WA said on Saturday, adding that the company would ...

Britain and the European Union are inching towards concluding talks on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and an agreement is possible, but by no means guaranteed, in the ...

The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, a day after the first ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff signalled on Saturday a possible further delay in Budapest’s ratification of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, saying a vote may ...

Thinking of buying a home in the UK? Try Lancashire! This north-western county has the third highest home ownership rate in the country, thanks to its real estate prices. Plus ...

By Les Manison In his campaign to become President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides promised that his government would be one of “broad social acceptance” and would represent ...

A 54-year-old grandmother and her 19-year-old grandson are behind stealing from a house owned by the chief of the police drug squad Ykan, CyBC radio reported on Saturday. The two ...

Candidate for the leadership of Disy, Demetris Demetriou on Saturday said he would wait to see the intentions and choices of president-elect Nikos Christodoulides before shaping the party’s strategy ...

Outgoing health minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday called on his successor to embrace public hospitals and health professionals, underlining that public hospitals are the backbone of the health system. Hadjipantela, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Saturday said that the Anastasiades administration’s highest priority was the steady development of rural areas and improving the standard of living for those with ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘labour minister’ Hasan Taçoy on Saturday said that 3,800 earthquake victims from Turkey have found refuge in the north since the beginning of the month. Citing data from ...

Limassol municipality said on Saturday it will take part in the city’s big carnival parade with three floats satirising the recent election battle, the glacial progress of the country’...

The 5th CASSINI Hackathon organised by CIP Citizens In Power in Cyprus and held under the auspices of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization is coming for three days as of ...

More than one hundred tons of aid has been collected in Cyprus for the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey, director of Limassol Port Panayiotis Agathocleous said on Saturday. Speaking ...

A Syrian man who had earlier this week escaped police custody was on Saturday remanded for eight days by the Larnaca District Court. The 23-year-old was taken there under draconian ...

Police on Saturday said a 56-year-old professor arrested at Larnaca airport on February 16 due to an outstanding international arrest warrant, appeared before the Larnaca District Court on Friday. The 56-year-old ...

A 52-year-old man was on Saturday remanded in police custody for six days after being arrested for people smuggling when a boat carrying 21 men, women and children arrived in the ...

SHERYL BARRINGER on how the beloved treat gets its flavour, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient Whether it is enjoyed as creamy milk chocolate truffles, baked in a devilishly ...

Police on Saturday said the remaining three people arrested as part of investigations into the homophobic attack at a Tepak LGBTI event are set to be released later in the ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘minister of transport and public works’ Erhan Arikli on Saturday said that a new airline based in the north will carry out its first flight on April 16. In ...

A new agenda of concerts, album presentations and workshops are coming to Technopolis 20 next month as the Paphos venue hosts the island’s artists. Starting off its March programme is ...

The Cyprus residents who have remained coronavirus-free for three years “Will this jinx me?” asks Sara. “If you write about me not having had Covid, will I catch it next ...