Archive 2024

A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two lorries, the police announced on Wednesday. He was arrested on Tuesday after investigations into the theft and “malicious damage” ...

A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of ...

Interview with Oleg Silakov and Phillip Gladkov, co-founders of Gameram In this exclusive interview, Oleg Silakov and Philipp Gladkov, co-founders of the social gaming network Gameram, share insights into their ...

The now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou was paying invoices to a student recruitment agency for students who did not exist, according to witness testimony in ...

Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus reached 554,923 people in August 2024, an 8.5 per cent increase compared to 511,387 in August 2023, according to a report released on Tuesday from the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). From ...

Wednesday’s weather is set to be mostly clear across most of the island, with locally increased cloud cover at times. Temperatures will rise to a warm but not scorching 32 ...

Britain’s housing market recovered momentum in September, as the Bank of England’s first interest rate cut in more than three years and greater political certainty after July 4’s ...

The big decision over the fate of Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides’ job is expected to be announced today at the Supreme Constitutional Court. Inevitably a high-stakes case, the hearing is ...

By Anastasia Korae Cities worldwide are increasingly adopting pedestrian-friendly and bicycle-friendly policies, amid growing concerns over the climate crisis and the need to reduce air and noise pollution. These efforts ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus’ (CBC) decision to publish the interest rates being charged by each bank for different types of loans and the rates paid on deposits is a ...

Liverpool celebrated their return to the Champions League after a year’s absence with a 3-1 victory over AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, overcoming a shaky start with ...

Aston Villa made an impressive return to Europe’s elite as they began their Champions League campaign with an accomplished 3-0 victory away to Swiss club Young Boys on Tuesday. ...

Three people were slightly injured on Tuesday in a fire inside Greece’s second-biggest oil refinery west of Athens, the company said in a statement. The fire broke out on ...

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart met on Tuesday with Nicosia’s mayors from both sides of the divide. This was the first meeting between Nicosia ...

Three bills aimed at tackling undeclared work are expected to head to plenum in the first half of October, chairman of the House labour committee Andreas Kafkalias said on Tuesday. ...

Revenue generated from gambling in 2023 exceeded €1 billion, marking a 79 per cent jump compared to 2020 the National Betting Authority said on Tuesday. Presenting an overview of the industry between 2020 and 2023, the ...

A significant documentary film for Cyprus titled Skammata directed by Danae Stylianou will be screened in Nicosia and Limassol soon. The film’s premiere will be held on Tuesday, September 24 ...

A pro-Palestine protest is set to take place on Wednesday outside a Doing Business with Israel summit, it was announced on Tuesday. “In three weeks, one full year of genocide ...

The banner unfurled at the basketball match between Greek club Panathinaikos and Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv in Nicosia reading 50 years of illegal occupation, no one forgets “reflects a sad ...

Residents and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as they prepared for flood waters that have wreaked havoc and killed ...

A one-off payment of €350,000 was granted to beekeepers on Tuesday to help them weather ongoing difficult economic circumstances. The decision was taken during a meeting of the cabinet. “Due to ...

The strong value Eurolife offers its customers via its reliability, protection and innovation saw it crowned the top life insurance company in Cyprus at the World Finance Insurance Awards for ...

MPs of the House ad hoc committee on demographics on Tuesday lashed out at the National Agency for Demographic and Family Policy (Evdop), saying it has no concrete plans for ...