Archive December 2024

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) said Thursday that it has cancelled a second-division football match scheduled for this weekend after being alerted to suspicious betting activity. The game in question, ...

Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a total ceasefire is reached in the conflict with Turkey in ...

Amazon.com AMZN.O workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the ...

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Iran and Houthi-related entities, according to the Treasury Department website which listed a number of individuals, companies and vessels that had been ...

A French company has agreed to buy a significant stake in the Great Sea Interconnector project, media reports said on Thursday. Bloomberg broke the story, naming the company as Meridiam ...

There were fewer schools per students in primary education during the 2022-2023 academic year compared to the previous year, according to a survey released by the Statistical Service on Thursday. ...

Accusations of corruption erupted in Paphos on Thursday between local authorities regarding the decision to grant a permit to a hotel in Latsi. Polis Chrysochous Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi accused Paphos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday sent back to parliament a law passed two weeks ago that makes illegal transactions in liquid assets of over €10,000. The president refused to sign off ...

Live music, street parties, Christmas markets, comedy specials… this month has it all. Ot, to be more specific, this Friday night has it all! And this comes ahead of an ...

Just days before the Christmas holidays begin, local musicians host special festive events to spread the holiday spirit. Trimiklini village in the Limassol district is up next with a total ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the Ukraine war with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis in a phone call on Wednesday, his ministry said on Thursday. Switzerland hosted a peace ...

Cyprus this week requested from the European Commission the fifth tranche of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), a statement said on Thursday. Pending approval from Brussels, the ...

The north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek “should not have lasted for two minutes” after it came to light that seven newborn babies had been fed ethanol in northern Nicosia’...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday congratulated the 2024 graduating class of the military police, wishing them well on their new role as keepers of law and order in the army. ...

A dovish message from the Bank of England on Thursday dented the outlook for sterling, one of the year’s best performing major currencies against the dollar, while bringing a ...

The central bank of the United Arab Emirates cut its base rate applied to the overnight deposit facility by 25 basis points on Wednesday, from 4.65 per cent to 4.40 per cent, effective ...

Ukraine launched six U.S.-made long-range ATACMs missiles and four British-made Storm Shadow missiles at Russia’s southern Rostov region on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday. ...

A Paris court convicted a brother of French international footballer Paul Pogba and five others on Thursday of attempting to extort the World Cup winner, French media reported. Mathias Pogba ...

Trust in institutions and the media is lower in Cyprus compared to the EU average, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey released on Thursday. The survey, conducted between October and ...

Central banks from Brazil to Indonesia scrambled to defend their struggling currencies on Thursday, hours after the Federal Reserve jolted markets by indicating it may not cut rates by much ...

Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou on Thursday called on the public to be patient as waiting times at state hospital A&E departments began to skyrocket. This is due to ...

The Akamas municipality hosted between 700 and 750 civil marriages in 2024, generating approximately €420,000 in revenue, according to marriage officer Stella Demetriou. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Demetriou described the year ...

Israeli airstrikes on Syria are violations of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and “must stop,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. Since a lightning rebel offensive ...

Reigning world champions Argentina have kept top spot in the final FIFA men’s world ranking of 2024 for a second consecutive year, with no changes in the top 10 of the ...