Archive 2023

House president Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday it was grossly offensive that some quarters were suggesting that as a leader she would be guided from ‘behind the scenes’. “There cannot ...

A teacher was stabbed to death by a 16-year-old pupil on Wednesday at a Roman Catholic high school in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz in southwestern France, government officials and the ...

China pledged to deepen cooperation with Russia on Wednesday as U.S. President Joe Biden prepared to meet leaders of NATO’s eastern flank – highlighting geopolitical tensions ahead of the ...

Police in Paralimni said the fire that destroyed the car of a 54-year-old resident at midnight on Tuesday was set maliciously. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday, Paralimni ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will put forward a proposal during his meeting with President-elect Nikos Christodoulides for bicommunal cooperation on earthquake response in Cyprus. The pair are due to ...

Real estate company Altia on Wednesday announced that it has officially started its operations in the Cypriot market. The company highlighted the fact that it is the fastest-growing property company ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The ability of our species, present and prehistoric, to endure whatever the elements or other people inflict on us, and survive tragedies such as the earthquakes ...

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday announced that the Cabinet has approved a bill amending the Income Tax Law, allowing for an additional tax exemption, in the form of a capital ...

In a round, steel, turtle-back-like instrument you find peaceful music. It is true, the sound a handpan creates is serene, and that instantly creates a calming state for both the ...

The ongoing trial at the Nicosia court over the ‘golden passports’ took a new turn on Wednesday that led to another postponement until March 8, this time over the composition of ...

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (BOCCF), as main coordinator of the Horizon 2020 research programme ‘Redefining the Future of Culture Heritage, through a disruptive model of sustainability’ (ReInHerit), in collaboration ...

Britain’s big supermarkets say they have never been more competitive on price, yet their customers are still flocking to German-owned discount stores Aldi and Lidl. And the discounters’ supermarket ...

Paphos quarry workers said on Wednesday that there is a “glimmer of hope” after the government announced a six-month delay and four-month objection period to the freshly publicised Akamas plan. ...

Cabinet on Wednesday decided to postpone implementing the Akamas local development plan for another six months, as part of efforts to find ways of fulfilling all the goals it sets ...

Subsidies for electricity bills have been extended for another two months in a bid to tackle inflationary pressures, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. The budget amounts to €30 million for the ...

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS) lost her latest appeal against the UK government’s decision to take away her citizenship ...

Real Madrid always seem to save their best for Europe, with Liverpool the latest victims of the Champions League’s comeback kings in a remarkable 5-2 defeat at Anfield on ...

Trucks carrying Coca Cola roll across the border into Russia, tourists return from abroad laden with Zara’s latest designs, and local online marketplaces snap up IKEA’s furniture stocks. ...

The crypto market is quickly recovering from a draining 2022. There is a massive uptick in trading volumes despite the wavering economic landscape. Solana (SOL) and Aave (AAVE) are some of ...

Goals from Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo gave dominant Napoli a comfortable 2-0 victory at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. Napoli, bidding ...

Cypriot company ALCO Filters, which recently renewed its collaboration with Vladimiros Tziortzis, the pilot of the Italian Academy Motorsports team, has been with the Cypriot star at one of the ...

Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader Tufan Erhurman said the election of Nikos Christodoulides as president gives new hope for the resumption of the Cyprus talks. In a letter sent to ...

Turkey’s central bank used $7 billion of reserves in the last two weeks to help steady the lira in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, and reserves could remain under pressure ...

A 26-year-old was caught under the influence of drugs and with 1.3 g of cannabis, police in Paphos said on Wednesday. According to police, the individual was stopped by an officer ...