Archive 2023

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus amounted to 90,549 visitors in January 2023, compared with 43,944 during the same month of 2022, marking an increase of 106.1 per cent year-on-year, according to a report released on Friday ...

A phone line with direct access to Green Point staff has been put into operation for residents with the aim of improving services, the Nicosia waste disposal council announced on ...

One more person has been arrested in Turkey on Friday, for the collapse of the Isias hotel, which collapsed during the devastating earthquakes, killing 35 members of a Turkish Cypriot school ...

A concert that aims to support children with special needs will be held in Limassol shortly. The Rockin’ Blues – Fundraising Concert will do exactly as it states; raise money for ...

After weeks of being in recess, plenum is most likely set to reconvene on March 9, parliament’s secretary general Tasoula Ieronymidou said on Friday. Parliament had temporarily paused its operations ...

The Cypriot National Guard and US forces wrapped up a four-day training exercise on Friday at the Stavrou Stylianidi camp in Kornos, the ministry of defence announced. The 173rd Airborne ...

Thousand of dollars were withdrawn from the bank account of the manager of a Limassol-based company, after he fell prey to a message from scammers on his phone. According to ...

Goldman Sachs said it was expecting the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three more times this year by a quarter of a percentage point each, after data this ...

Sustainable coastal tourism was the topic of discussion on Friday at a workshop organised by the Ineia community council in neighbouring Droushia. The workshop, a cross-border initiative with Greece, came ...

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk could start in Saturday’s Premier League game at Newcastle United after recovering from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him for over a month, ...

Knocked off the top spot, winless in three games and misfiring in front of goal, Arsenal’s surprise quest for the Premier League title has had a February to forget. ...

A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who passed highly sensitive information to Russia and was paid for his “treachery” was jailed for more than 13 years in ...

A tree planting event is to be held at the fire-stricken village of Melini, in Larnaca, to mark the 27th anniversary of the movement, the Green party announced on Friday.. ...

Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in ...

Cyprus’ university of technology (Tepak) signed a memorandum of understanding with the foreign ministry on Friday, offering scholarships for master’s programmes for third-country nationals. There will be €45,000 available for ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday it was “obvious” Ukraine would not be the last stop of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and that it was vital the West ...

The government facilitated 1,172 returns of people to their country of origin in January, according to Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. The 1,172 returns is a huge boost of 469 per cent compared to ...

Where do you live? I live in Dierona village with my parents. What did you have for breakfast? Toast and a hot coffee Describe your perfect day A perfect day ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Friday emphasised the importance of organ donation in creating a more just and equal society during the inauguration of Nicosia general hospital’s revamped transplant ...

When I saw the trailer to this show, I thought that it was going to be childish, but in the end I was pleasantly surprised. It turned out to be ...

Doctors declared U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, healthy and “fit for duty” on Thursday after a physical examination that included removing a lesion from his chest and declaring him free ...

A 46-year-old was imprisoned for 60 days on Friday after a drunken rage led to him being found guilty by the Famagusta court of disturbing the peace, public insults, illegal entry, ...

French duck farmer Herve Dupouy has culled his flock four times since 2015 to stop the spread of bird flu but as a wave of deadly outbreaks nears his farm once ...

A 32-year-old man accused of the attempted kidnap of a minor was freed on a €4,000 bail on Friday and is due to next appear in court on April 11. The incident ...