Archive 2024

British house prices rose by an annual 2.2 per cent in July, the fifth monthly rise in a row but the pace of increase cooled and was below a revised 2.7 per ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has appointed Yoshi Katsuda as regional head for the Middle East based in Dubai, Japan’s largest bank by assets said in a statement released this ...

Scientists have uncovered a mystery surrounding the extinction of dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants that once roamed Cyprus before the arrival of the first humans. During the Late Pleistocene, Cyprus ...

It was inevitable that the decision by the Supreme Constitutional Council to sack Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides for inappropriate conduct would be met with anger and suspicion by many people who ...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said on Wednesday that the union will not endorse any U.S. presidential candidate despite polling that showed a majority of members backed Republican candidate ...

Canada is further reducing the number of study permits it will grant to foreign students and tightening eligibility for work permits in a bid to cut down on the number ...

Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source ...

Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who stood against President Nicolas Maduro in July’s election, on Wednesday said he was forced to sign a letter accepting a ruling from the ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half of a percentage point on Wednesday, kicking off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy with a larger-than-usual ...

Young entrepreneurs from Cyprus on Wednesday received awards from Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands and founder and president of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. ...

Tupperware Brands TUP.N filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware late on Tuesday, succumbing to mounting losses due to poor demand for its once popular colorful food storage containers. Its ...

The film Animal, co-produced by people in Cyprus was one of five nominated for the LUX 2025 European Cinema Prize on Wednesday. The five nominated films were announced by President of ...

The majority of political parties on Wednesday lambasted developments at the Supreme Constitutional Court that led to Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides being fired from his post. In parliament, a House ethics ...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey would not stop deepening ties with the East, including the BRICS group of nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), even as ...

More queerness is coming to Nicosia this month as the Goethe-Institut Cyprus presents Queer As German Folk – an exhibition created in 2019 by the Goethe-Institut New York and the Schwules Museum ...

The mass pager attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon has turned the spotlight on Israel’s secretive Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence unit, which a Western security source said was ...

The dispute between Attorney-General George Savvides and Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides, which led to the sacking of the latter for inappropriate conduct by the Supreme Constitutional Court, had gone on for ...

An aeronautical military exercise with Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy called Enomia 5-2024 was successfully held to the southwest of the island between September 12 and Wednesday, the defence ministry said. ...

Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group’...

Melco Resorts & Entertainment, developer and operator of City of Dreams Mediterranean, on Tuesday evening hosted an event to promote Macao’s status as a travel, leisure, and business destination. ...

House President Annita Demetriou signed Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides’ dismissal on Wednesday, after the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled he should be fired for inappropriate conduct. Demetriou signed as acting President of ...

A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday after having been convicted of robbing a simit shop in northern Nicosia. Jude Tutku Candas said the boy ...

In a courtroom that was packed to the brim, an audible sob followed the news that Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides was fired on Wednesday. The hearing lasted two hours and at ...

Three men were arrested in Dhekelia on Monday morning for trapping songbirds in the British bases area, it was announced on Wednesday. The three men were discovered using mist nets ...