Archive January 2024

Hezbollah launched explosive drones at an army base in northern Israel on Tuesday, declaring the attack part of its response to recent Israeli assassinations in Lebanon, as sources reported three ...

Base Element’s snap mobile application received a Gold Award for outstanding UX design excellence at the 2023 London Design Awards. snap is an innovative service-booking app for the beauty and ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his latest mission to rein in the Gaza war, told Israeli leaders on Tuesday there was still a chance of winning acceptance ...

Cyprus’ Archbishop Georgios on Tuesday called on the UN to “take on its responsibilities” and protect the human rights of a people which has been suffering for years. His statements ...

Two 32-year-old men from Cameroon have been arrested and remanded for three days in the north, as the main suspects in the murder of Ayca Alav two weeks ago, reports ...

Freight costs have increased dramatically as a result of the Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, with some ships now going round the Cape of Good Hope to ...

A 52-year-old woman suspected of conning people out of over €400,000 by pretending to be a real estate agent was arrested and remanded for seven days, authorities said on Tuesday. Complaints ...

The Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (CYS) and the Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association (GBCY) have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen business connections and opportunities between companies in the UK and ...

The electricity authority’s new photovoltaic park which was inaugurated in Akrotiri on Tuesday will help the island move away from power generated from fossil fuels. But, “the penetration of ...

I don’t know whether choosing to read the sequel of a book that I found offensively awful is behaviour that would be categorised as morbid curiosity or sadomasochism, but ...

Former France and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has spoken of his mental health battles, saying he “must have been in depression” throughout his career. The 46-year-old ended his glittering 20-year ...

FA Cup holders Manchester City face a tricky trip to Tottenham Hotspur, while in-form Aston Villa have been drawn to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the fourth round. Third-placed ...

Volkswagen’s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on ...

The third week of January will welcome the seventh solo exhibition of artist George Mavros as he presents a new body of work titled This is our Cyprus. The exhibition ...

In today’s episode, four new ministers are expected to take up their duties on Wednesday, following President Nikos Christodoulides partial and widely anticipated cabinet reshuffle. In other news, there ...

Fatal traffic accidents in the Paphos district increased in 2023, compared to the previous year, assistant police chief, Michalis Nikolaou, said on Tuesday. Nikolaou said the increase was slight, with a ...

Activist investors are expected to launch more and bolder campaigns for change among European companies in the year ahead, advisers told Reuters, after a record number in 2023. Europe was for ...

Netflix (NFLX.O) has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in a federal court in California that accused the streaming entertainment company of hiding the extent to which account-sharing was ...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd reported a likely 35 per cent drop in fourth-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, much worse than analysts expected as weak consumer demand persisted in many of its ...

On Tuesday increased cloud cover will bring isolated rains mainly in the west, the mountains, and on the south coast. Dust will be observed in the atmosphere from time to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has attended the inauguration of a revamped permanent exhibition space for the British Period at Nicosia’s Leventis municipal museum, praising the institution for its 40-year-long contribution ...

In an official announcement by the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities informed recipients of the monthly Blind and the Severe Mobility ...

According to a report released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), in November 2023, Cyprus witnessed a notable 1.6 per cent increase in retail trade volume compared to October. This positive trend ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday warned of a continuous increase in the number of complaints it has received, pointing to a notable surge compared to previous years. In a ...