Archive 2023

Patients with leukaemia in need of chemotherapy are on a long queue as the haematology department of the Limassol General Hospital has exceeded its capacity, patients’ rights groups said on ...

Shortly after Hamas militants took hostages during their deadly assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, the government of Qatar contacted the White House with a request: Form a small team ...

The annual growth rate of Cyprus’ Composite Leading Economic Index (CLEI) remained positive in October 2023, despite a slight deceleration, according to the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre. Based on ...

The Construction Materials Price Index in Cyprus experienced a marginal decrease of 0.13 per cent in October compared to the previous month, according to the latest report from the state’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, accompanied by ministers is travelling to Belgrade on Wednesday for the third Cyprus-Serbia intergovernmental summit. The president is set to have a private meeting with the President ...

Wednesday will be mild and partly cloudy with periodic dust in the air from the evening onwards. Temperatures will rise to 23C in the interior, 22C on the east coast, 24...

New car sales in the European Union rose 14.6 per cent in October, boosted in part by a big jump in sales of fully electric cars, while hybrid electric vehicles accounted ...

Pay awards from British employers rose in the three months to October thanks to rising public sector salaries but private sector pay deals – which are closely watched by the Bank ...

By Olivia Skordi Black Friday is “celebrated” on November 24 this year. This event started in the United States to mark the Christmas season by promoting extreme price discounts and offers ...

The saga of the Aphrodite gas field continues, although according to the latest information from Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou, there is a possibility it would reach its conclusion, in some ...

The ability of Cypriot banks to reduce operating costs while investing in digital transformation will be key to offsetting inflationary pressure and still-high credit provisions, rating agency Standard and Poor’...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos defended the government’s position over the war waging between Israel and Gaza, telling MPs that Cyprus is approaching the idea for a humanitarian corridor “realistically”. ...

Cyprus’ accession to the Schengen Area and the Visa Waiver program are one of the foreign ministry’s top priorities for next year, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. ...

U.S. forces were attacked at an airbase west of Baghdad early on Tuesday and a U.S. military aircraft responded in self-defence, U.S. officials said, in the first ...

A mountain development commissioner is set to be appointed within the next two months, an agriculture ministry confirmed on Tuesday amid mounting criticism from MPs at the House commerce committee. ...

A man was arrested in northern Nicosia on Tuesday for masturbating in the middle of a road. The man was later taken to court and charged with obscene exposure, before ...

North Korea successfully placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Tuesday, its space agency said, defying international condemnation from the United States and its allies. Officials in South Korea ...

Most of the anti-corruption authority’s budget for 2024, around €1.2 million, will be spent on investigating complaints filed before it, officials said on Tuesday. According to the authority, the complaints are ...

Attorney General George Savvides confirmed on Tuesday that his service was reviewing the case details surrounding a 2012 fatal road accident, for which no one has been held accountable for over ...

As December rolls in, a new art exhibition will be added to Nicosia’s art scene. Marina Solonos will present her first solo showcase next month at Kasteliotissa Hall. The ...

Members of the House refugee committee will visit Brussels next week to urge EU officials to put pressure on Turkey to help find Cyprus’ missing persons. According to committee chair ...

The cancer committee of the Cyprus patient associations’ federation (Osak) on Tuesday urged for the inclusion of a National Cancer Institute in the health ministry’s 2024 budget. “The need for ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, an extended heat wave and drought have shortened the incubation period for thousands of turtle hatchlings released into the river by biologists as part of a ...

By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner The US will lay out the first international strategy to commercialise nuclear fusion power at the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai. Fusion could ...