Archive 2024

The town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina’s eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem. Thousands of the green-yellow-red birds have invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according ...

The value and volume of turnover in Cyprus’ retail trade saw a notable increase in August 2024 compared to August 2023, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the report, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides clarified on Thursday that the upcoming trilateral meeting on 15 October will not have an open agenda. The President convened the National Council for October 7 at 11am am ...

The first weekend of October is here and this Friday, Saturday and Sunday will treat us to Oktoberfests, art exhibitions, street parties, book festivals and flea markets as a new ...

 MSCI’s global equities index fell with Treasury yields on Tuesday as investors shied away from riskier assets while oil futures rallied on concerns about supply after Iran launched missiles ...

A brawl in a Nicosia apartment led to the injury of a 31-year-old, who climbed off a third-floor balcony to avoid being arrested. At around 8.30pm on Wednesday, police were ...

U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to overturn ...

Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday thanks to a brilliant late Jhon Duran while a Salah assist and goal gave Liverpool a 2-0 over ...

London’s Canary Wharf financial district wants to convert swathes of empty office space into other uses including hotels, two executives at the landlord told Reuters, as it responds to ...

The Middle East crisis and the EU’s new institutional cycle are on the agenda of the Med9 ministerial meeting, to kick off at 9.30am at the new Nicosia town ...

Israel’s military said it killed 15 Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon on Thursday and bombed Beirut after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year ...

The 41-year-old rubbish truck driver, who had been involved in a traffic accident on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, near Moni in Limassol, died of his injuries on Wednesday night. Giorgos Philippou, ...

A car bomb exploded at 3am on Thursday in Limassol. Police said the car was being used by a 78-year-old and was parked in Ayios Athanasios area. The blast was ...

Limassol led the way in Cyprus’ high-value real estate transactions in August 2024, contributing significantly to the total of €20.9 million in sales across the island, according to real estate analytics firm ...

Low pressure is affecting the region on Thursday, with clouds and isolated showers expected later in the day. Weather on Thursday will start out mainly fine. Winds will be a ...

Investors and analysts expect Nike to lower annual forecasts on Tuesday when it posts quarterly results, the company’s first earnings report since announcing a new CEO earlier this month. ...

As Costas Kadis heads to Brussels for his decisive grilling at the European parliament before being given the Commission’s oceans and fisheries portfolio, the cloud of scandalous mismanagement of ...

Iran carried out its largest-ever attack on Israel on Tuesday night launching a barrage of missiles, which it said were aimed at military installations. The aerial defences of Israel, supported ...

The north’s Gecitkale (Lefkoniko) air base “may be used” by the Turkish air force if tensions continue to rise in the Middle East, the north’s air traffic controllers’ ...

Paphos is to restore ties with its network of sister towns in Greece, Salvation of Paphos Movement town councillor Michalis Hadjimitsis said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

The “informal dinner” to be attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will take place on October 15, Tatar’s office said ...

The head of the north’s citrus export company Cypfruvex, which is accused of having trafficked hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals and left them to live in squalid conditions in camps ...

A six-year-old child from Paphos was hospitalised on Wednesday after being run over in the town. The boy was reportedly run over on Athens avenue, which connects the former district ...

Group of Seven (G7) leaders expressed “strong concern” on Wednesday over the crisis in the Middle East but said a diplomatic solution was still viable and a region-wide conflict was ...