Archive 2023

The official emblem which will be used for the celebrations to accompany the coronation of Britain’s King Charles in May was unveiled on Friday, with the design giving a ...

Argentina forward Lionel Messi is on the shortlist for the FIFA Best Male Player award, joined by Paris St Germain team mate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, ...

Life as Everton coach could not have got off to a better start for Sean Dyche but all eyes will be on Anfield in the latest round of Premier League ...

With just a few days left to go, the island is getting ready to celebrate the 2023 carnival with a long week of events. Kickstarting the festivities is a series of ...

The bodies of 35 members of the youth volleyball team from Famagusta have now been found in a hotel devastated by Monday’s earthquake in Adiyaman, Turkey, Turkish Cypriot authorities said ...

All roads towards the higher reaches of Troodos remain closed to all cars on Saturday afternoon due to the weather conditions. Specifically, those are the Karvouna-Troodos road, Prodromou-Troodos, Platres-Troodos, and ...

Well oved dessert has it roots in England, and several other European locations finds ANDRY VOSKARIDOU Considered as an iconic American dish, the apple pie has been enjoyed and celebrated ...

With Valentine’s Day approaching, Alix Norman heads around the world to find competing destinations because, contrary to what you’ve been told, Cyprus isn’t the only one! Cyprus ...

By Kemal Aslan, Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the ...

By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld The Biden administration on Friday added six Chinese entities connected to Beijing’s suspected surveillance balloon programme to an export blacklist. The new restrictions ...

International air travel demand remained strong in December 2022, capping off a year of recovery for the sector, according to a report released this week by the International Air Transport Association (...

The four-day workweek has numerous benefits for the organisations that implement them, both in terms of employee satisfaction, but also to their customers, according to a piece of analysis released ...

The presidents of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) on Friday announced that they have signed ...

By Charles Ellinas The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister organization of The Economist, published the 2022 edition of its annual ‘Democracy Index’ in the first week of February. Another respected ...

The near total plastic bag ban comes into effect on February 18 where they will no longer even be sold, with a few minor exceptions. The ban covers thin plastic carrier ...

In announcing his backing for Nicos Christodoulides’ candidacy, on Thursday, former justice minister, Ionas Nicolaou, cited several reasons for his decision, some of which were shining examples of misinformation. Why ...

The two presidential candidates, independent Nikos Christodoulides and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis battled it out in a final debate on CyBC TV on Friday night. The debate started with each candidate ...

Belgian prosecutors arrested one lawmaker and took another in for questioning on Friday in connection with a corruption scandal that has hit the European Parliament. The cash-for-influence scandal began in ...

A US fighter jet on Friday shot down over Alaska a high-altitude object that was the size of a small car, on the order of President Joe Biden, the White ...

Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President ...

A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, ...

As his parents fought wildfires threatening their home in southern Chile, 13-year-old Lucas Cespedes decided to take action, ferrying firefighters across the local river in a small yellow rowing boat ...

A man in Paris fired shots from his balcony window in Paris’ 15th district and the police have intervened, a police source said on Friday, adding no-one was injured. The ...

Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing of ...