Archive 2024

Trade union Sek reiterated its commitment to defending workers’ rights and advocating for the effective implementation of collective agreements at its nationwide conference in Nicosia on Tuesday. The union highlighted ...

The case in which Donald Trump was convicted on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star should be paused in light of his election victory to ...

The Diatopos Contemporary Art Centre, in collaboration with the El Greco Gallery in Limassol, presents a new exhibition by Paris Sergiou titled El Greco Meets Paris, opening on Saturday. What’...

President Nikos Christodoulides has been let off the hook for some €55,000 the audit office had called on him to return to state coffers, after the attorney-general nullified the findings former ...

President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted the need for greater efforts to address young people’s concerns during the fifth National Youth Assembly held at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday. “The state ...

Hundreds of people, many dressed in white Tshirts, crowded into and around the Archangel Michael church in Frenaros on Tuesday for the funeral of the three young men killed in ...

Efforts to open new vehicle crossing points in Nicosia will continue with determination, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting with Turkish ...

The United States was not surprised by Russia lowering its threshold for a nuclear strike and does not plan to adjust its own nuclear posture in response, the White House ...

Spain will legalise about 300,000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years as it seeks to expand its labour force in the face of an ageing population, Migration Minister ...

Nicholas Zoe Foundation is catching its breath following a hugely successful Movement Challenge ‘Every Step Counts’. A testament that, when people come together, ‘Every Breath.. Every Step Counts’, and miracles ...

By Richard Boxall Sri Lanka Lions’ all-rounder Sadesh Gimhan had a day to remember on Sunday. His transport to his team’s quarter final match in the BAOFinancial Autumn T20 ...

By Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness A deal at the COP29 climate talks on trading carbon credits could see billions of dollars move into emissions-reduction projects this decade but after ...

The mediation proposal from the labour ministry regarding the collective agreement in the ready-mix concrete sector is still being evaluated, general secretary of trade union Sek Andreas Matsis said on ...

Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the “Elden Ring” game, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the technology giant looks to add ...

By Artorn Pookasook Marauding monkeys won’t face slingshots anymore in the historic Thai city of Lopburi, where they have been rounded up and sterilised after turning rampant over the ...

A small number of Cypriot passport holders were listed on Tuesday on the UK’s financial sanctions list, including one businessman allegedly linked to Roman Abramovich, former owner of Chelsea ...

The House refugee committee on Tuesday called for an increase in allowances given to Greek Cypriots living in areas of the north and those who chose to return to their ...

The third phase of Larnaca’s sewerage system will be ready in 36 months and will connect the communities of Dromolaxia, Meneou, Kiti, Pervolia and Tersefanou to the system at a ...

The municipality of Larnaca on Tuesday expressed its sadness after thieves stole the Santa from one of its recently installed Christmas decorations. “The municipality of Larnaca expresses its deep sadness ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court will announce its ruling on the law concerning wealth declarations – known as ‘pothen esches’ – on Wednesday. The court announced the ruling will be made at 11am ...

The first mobile desalination units will be ready in October 2025, the water development department said on Tuesday. The department added that Cyprus was top of Europe regarding per capita storage ...

Police in Limassol intervened on Monday night to prevent a suspected robbery when two masked people were spotted in a vehicle outside a kiosk in Polemidia. A 14-year-old was arrested ...

Over 3,000 drought-resistant and aromatic plants have been planted in areas of Cyprus farmland at risk of desertification, the environment commissioner said on Tuesday. By 2026, the EU co-funded LIFE-AgrOassis project aims ...

Child poverty is a very real problem in Cyprus which cannot be ignored, and affects fundamental rights ranging from education, health and protection from every form of abuse, Children’s ...