Archive 2023

Israeli air strikes targeted Damascus airport on Sunday, forcing incoming flights to be diverted elsewhere, a war monitoring group and a Syrian pro-government newspaper said. The Syrian Observatory for Human ...

Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen wrapped up a year of unprecedented dominance with his record-extending 19th win in 22 races at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. ...

Hamas said on Sunday it had released a hostage from Gaza who held Russian citizenship over to the International Red Cross, adding that it had taken the action in appreciation ...

Christos Patsalides has announced his intention to run to be the first elected governor of the Paphos district in 2024. Patsalides served as Interior minister under President Tasos Papadopoulos and then ...

The Israel-Hamas war is a crisis but, in terms of energy, what happens is dependent on the extent and duration of the fighting. The concern is that the main combatants ...

Listening to a French early morning broadcast the other day while stuck in a seemingly eternal traffic jam, I learned that Paris is considering banning SUVs. Perhaps Nicosia could follow ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Nicosia on Sunday, suspected of stealing a car and committing numerous traffic offences. Police received a call at around 6am from a member of the ...

Navigating the complex interplay of geopolitics and geoeconomics By Panayiotis Tilliros The world is currently witnessing a tumultuous period marked by three significant wars that have far-reaching geopolitical, geoeconomic and ...

The government has allocated €11.2 million in the 2024 state budget for the purchase and lease of firefighting aircraft, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Sunday. The money will go towards the ...

The Technopolis venue has a busy few week ahead finds ELENI PHILIPPOU With a busy time coming up as Christmas nears, Paphos venue Technopolis 20 will host several music nights and ...

Terry Venables, the former manager of England’s national football team and Tottenham Hotspur, has died aged 80 after an illness, his family said on Sunday. Venables guided England to the ...

An article in the Cyprus Mail (EU threatens legal action against Cyprus for environmental failures, November 17) makes clear that Cyprus really deserve some serious legal actions from EU and no ...

Fibre optic internet cables will be installed in every single home in the north in 2024, according to ‘public works minister’ Erhan Arikli. Arikli was speaking at an event hosted by ...

People belonging to vulnerable groups should stay indoors, the Labour inspection department said on Sunday, as high concentrations of dust have been detected in Cyprus’ air. The department also urged ...

Akel members have approved four changes to the party’s structure aimed at modernising the party. With the relevant motions having been approved by a majority of the more than 1,000 ...

The UBP, the largest political party in the north, is set to hold its next party conference in September. The move was announced on Saturday by party leader and ‘prime ...

Giorgos Perdikis has told Green Party members “for God’s sake come and talk to me about it” if they have a problem with how the party is being run ...

The government attaches great importance to the promotion and strengthening of rural areas and mountain villages, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. Ioannou was speaking at the opening of ...

‘Given Akrotiri’s size, capacity and proximity to the Middle East, it’s hardly a far-fetched hypothesis’ Both Nicosia and London have denied the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) on the ...

Talks over a possible return of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures to Athens are not advancing quickly enough, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday as he prepared ...

A Palestinian farmer was killed on Sunday after he was targeted by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip’s Maghazi refugee camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, underlining the fragility ...

A lifelong dedication to all things green has paid off with a healthy basil plant over 2.5 metres tall Yiannakis Ioannou, a seasoned gardener with a lifelong passion for nurturing nature’...

Demolition work began on Saturday at Kythrea’s health centre, after the building was deemed unsafe during earthquake proofing checks. Speaking at the commencement of demolition works, the north’s ‘...

I am a resident of Yermasoyia and I am writing to share a persistent issue that has been affecting the quality of life for myself and many others in the ...