Archive January 2024

Britain’s rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight. Scotland was ...

Germany’s chemicals sector, Europe’s largest, is starting to feel the pinch from delayed shipments via the Red Sea, becoming the latest industry to warn of supply disruptions that ...

Water levels of in the vast majority of the islands’ dams are well below half of their capacity, it emerged on Monday. Low rainfall last year coupled with a prolonged ...

President Nikos Christodoulides departs on Monday for Strasbourg, where he is set to address the plenary session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on Tuesday. During his stay ...

Twenty-year-old Nick Dunlap became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991 by capturing The American Express title on Sunday in La Quinta, Calif. Dunlap ...

Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska and Czech giant-killer Linda Noskova continued their stunning runs into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday as Daniil Medvedev added another familiar face to ...

Social workers and district welfare office staff announced on Monday they will hold a one-hour work stoppage in protest against ongoing staff secondments to outside departments, which weaken the service. ...

Following numerous requests from the public, two interactive and educational exhibitions are coming to Nicosia. Eksagon Exhibitions will bring the Heracles, the 12 Labors and the Ice Age events to the ...

Spain received a record number of foreign tourists in 2023, 17 per cent more than the year before and up 1 per cent from the 84 million who came in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, ...

The right to a prior hearing is a fundamental right enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Article 41(1)(2), which provides that every person has the right ...

In today’s episode, a homeless woman was found dead in an abandoned home in Limassol over the weekend. An autopsy set to take place on Monday is expected to ...

Paphos District Court issued a three-day remand order on Saturday against a 26-year-old man to facilitate investigations into a case of forgery. According to the police, the man had been ...

The cat sterilisation programme for municipalities, communities and registered non-governmental organisations, which was started in 2023 will continue through 2026, the Cyprus Animal Party announced on Monday. The party recalled that cabinet ...

Two Greek soldiers were attacked in Athalassa park in Nicosia on Sunday evening. Police on Monday reported that the two 24-year-olds were attacked by a group of unknown perpetrators, while ...

Police arrested a 30-year-old man in Nicosia for illegal drugs possession with intent to supply, the force announced on Monday. Officers arrested the Nicosia resident around 10pm on Sunday when ...

Authorities on Monday were looking for a migrant for the second day in a row to no avail, after he jumped into the sea. The Joint Rescue Coordination Center told ...

Former Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas went public on Sunday with his disappointment over President Nikos Christodoulides’ handling of the cabinet reshuffle, saying he found out minutes before the official announcement ...

The Lymbia exit to the Nicosia-Larnaca highway is to be closed overnight on Monday, January 22, due to roadworks, the Department of Public Works announced. The works will be taking place ...

Monday will start off clear with clouds and isolated rains expected as the day progresses, mainly in the mountains and west. Thin dust will be suspended in the air at ...

Israel’s plan to destroy Islamist Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza is not working and the European Union must pursue efforts to create a “two-state solution” despite Israeli opposition, EU ...

A landslide in southwest China’s Yunnan province in the early hours of Monday has left at least 47 people from 18 households missing as rescue operations are underway in snowy sub-zero ...

Tech shares helped power the S&P 500 to its first record high close in two years on Friday to confirm a bull market, while European stocks registered weekly declines ...

Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) wrapped up 2023 on a high note, with listed securities exceeding €4 billion, according to the CSE’s figures published for December. The General Index reached 136,01 points, representing ...

Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 demolition of Bournemouth that extended their unbeaten league run to 14 games on Sunday. The visitors ...