Archive 2023

The last weekend of 2023 looks set to be a full one with plenty of exciting events are happening around the island. Get ready for more live music, festive fun and ...

Police on Thursday said a 22-year-old and a 26-year-old were arrested as part of an investigation on thefts in Limassol and Nicosia. According to the police, the 22-year-old was arrested ...

Two young women who crashed their vehicle into a Larnaca roundabout on Thursday morning have escaped with only slight injuries, after the vehicle also caught on fire. According to the ...

Police in Paphos arrested five persons on Wednesday for illegal gambling. According to police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, officers carried out a raid on the premises – a café – where they found ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday fined a man for illegal possession and transportation of an unregistered gun and illegal hunting activity. According to the police, the man was spotted around 5...

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves ...

Household hazardous waste collection units will be temporarily operating in Limassol and Paralimni, it was announced on Thursday. According to the municipalities’ announcement, the purpose of the initiative is to ...

Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, with the U.N. health agency saying thousands of people were trying to ...

Police on Wednesday arrested three people in Larnaca suspected after they were caught driving with cocaine and cannabis in their vehicle. According to the police, the men, aged 19, 22, were arrested ...

Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli on Wednesday said that Cyprus’ role as a prominent, internationally recognised maritime centre will be further enhanced in the coming year. Speaking to the ...

Thursday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 21C in the interior, 22C on the coasts and 13C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-westerly to north-easterly, ...

Consulting and advisory firm PwC Cyprus recently announced that it successfully organised an event entitled “A New Reporting Obligation on VAT” at its state-of-the-art experience centre. The event focused on ...

Toyota Motor’s (7203.T) global production jumped 11 per cent in November to a record level, bouncing back from last year’s supply chain disruptions and benefiting from robust demand both ...

Half of Russia’s oil and petroleum exports in 2023 will have gone to China while India’s share has risen in two years to 40 per cent, Russia’s state news ...

The scheduled route of the British naval vessel identified as RFA Lyme Bay, which was tasked with transporting humanitarian aid to Gaza via Cyprus was changed due to security concerns, ...

It took Archbishop Georgios III a year to show his true colours. Almost 12 months after his enthronement, he issued fire and brimstone message for Christmas, indicating he would continue the ...

The U.S. military’s air strikes on Monday in Iraq aimed to deter Iran and Iran-backed militia groups from conducting or supporting attacks on United States personnel and facilities, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday paid tribute to the former President of the European Commission Jacques Delors, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98. In a post on ...

A Turkish court refused on Wednesday to release the newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay despite a Constitutional Court ruling that his rights to security, liberty and to be elected ...

A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in ...

An Israeli military reservist has been killed in the Gaza Strip just weeks after he successfully auditioned on a TV show that picks the country’s submission for the Eurovision ...

Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, a founding father of the European Union’s historic single currency project, died on Wednesday at the age of 98. Delors, an ardent advocate of ...

As the season’s festivities continue island-wide, music enthusiasts are in for a treat as more live performances celebrate the end of the year. On Wednesday night, Curly Wolf Bar ...

A 59-year-old was arrested in Nicosia on Wednesday after members of the drug squad Ykan found five strips of paper allegedly infused with a synthetic drug in his car. Additionally, ...