Archive 2024

State officials on Monday pleaded with MPs to quickly pass a bill approving a 1.5 per cent general increase in the salaries of public-sector workers, but some lawmakers pushed back. The 1.5 ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday in comments directed at Iran that there was nowhere in the Middle East beyond Israel’s reach, two days after Israel killed the ...

Cyprus’ new police chief Themistos Arnaoutis was sworn in on Monday afternoon, along with new deputy chief Panikos Stavrou, after President Nikos Christodoulides fired its leadership over the escape of ...

Pensioners in Nicosia will mark the International Day of Older People, celebrated annually on October 1 since 1990, with a protest outside the finance ministry on Thursday in response to what trade ...

An appeal filed by business owners against the north’s new minimum wage was rejected by the north’s minimum wage determination commission on Monday. The commission convened on Monday ...

NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s “reckless Russian nuclear rhetoric”, outgoing NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters in an ...

Roads around Nicosia are to close for parades to celebrate Cyprus’ independence day. Iosif X Iosif avenue in Strovolos will be closed from the intersection with Spyros Kyprianou avenue to ...

The percentage of mixed feeding for infants – breastmilk and formula – has risen from 65.7 per cent in 2010 to 88.3 per cent in 2022 and Cyprus’ national strategy for increasing breastfeeding for the years 2024 ...

A 57-year-old man was found dead in the early hours of Monday after falling from his balcony. According to a police statement, the incident occurred at around 12.40am, when the ...

A man was issued a fine of 33,926TL (€886) in Kioneli after being filmed throwing sunflower seed shells out of his car’s window. The man had been filmed while waiting ...

A calamitous performance by Manchester United in their 3-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday has put Erik ten Hag back in the hot seat but the beleaguered manager said ...

Sofronis Avgousti was announced on Monday as Cyprus’ new men’s national football team manager. He signed a two-year contract, which will see him remain in post until November 2026. His ...

The customs department on Monday said that it had made “significant seizures at Larnaca and Paphos airports” between September 27 and 29. According to a statement released by the department, customs officials ...

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56-year-old woman in a road traffic accident on Monday morning. The woman was driving a car on the motorway between ...

Ambassadors from Arab countries in Cyprus held an “emergency meeting” on Monday morning to discuss a joint plan of action to support Palestine and Lebanon. The meeting was announced by ...

Two people were found dead in a wildfire which, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled near a rugged mountainous area in the central Greek region of Corinth on Monday, Greek ...

Tourism in Cyprus remains an important part of the economy, but Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis warns against complacency. During an event celebrating World Tourism Day 2024 on Friday, in ...

Think like a tourist for a moment. What’s a Cyprus must-see? What’s the one site or place or attraction you’d recommend any visitor should not miss? Depending ...

Cyprus is at its “maximum state of readiness” for a potential evacuation of European Union and third country nationals from Lebanon, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Monday. Gotsis ...

Britain will become the first G7 country to end coal-fired power production on Monday with the closure of its last plant, Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar in England’s Midlands. It will ...

With 2025 less than 4 months away, the quest for the next Toncoin (TON) exceptional cryptocurrency and the new Rexas Finance (RXS) token has commenced. Dual-purpose tokens have been popular with both ...

Russia launched several waves of drones targeting Kyiv early on Monday, with air defence units successfully defending the city during the attack which lasted over five hours, Ukraine’s military ...

Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Qassem, in his first public address since Israel assassinated the group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah last week, said the movement is ready to confront any ...

Prison guards on Monday staged a spontaneous protest in front of the Central Prisons, following the dismissal of the acting director of prisons Charalambos Philippides. Speaking to the media, the ...