Archive 2024

Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, hospital officials said on Thursday, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend. Kenyan and Ugandan ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) this week announced that it has imposed a total administrative fine of €50,000 on Cypriot investment firm (CIF) IC Markets (EU) Ltd. According to ...

A grenade was found on farmland in the Nicosia district on Tuesday evening. According to the police, the grenade was found by an individual at around 6.45pm. The police were ...

The condition of the two-year-old girl who got hit by a car in Limassol on Tuesday remains critical but stable, according to state health services organisation (Okypy) Charalambos Charilaou. Speaking ...

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo dismissed suggestions he had considered ending his international career in the near future, adding that post-Euro criticism did not worry him. Portugal host Croatia in their ...

Emma Navarro takes on Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula plays in-form Czech Karolina Muchova at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday as home fans dare to dream ...

American Jessica Pegula knocked world number one Iga Swiatek out of the U.S. Open 6-2 6-4 on Wednesday to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final. The sixth seed threw ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court will be announcing its ruling on September 18 on the attorney-general’s request for the dismissal of the auditor-general on the grounds of inappropriate conduct. In a ...

A 42-year-old was arrested on Wednesday night in connection with two burglaries committed in August in Nicosia. The first case was reported on August 17 by a Nicosia resident, who said ...

The White House is scrambling to put forward a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages by Hamas in the coming days, two U.S. officials, ...

Hello September, hello new season of events! To welcome the first weekend of September, which often feels like the start of the year in many ways, the cultural agenda brings ...

A 23-year-old has been arrested in connection with illegal possession of property, after police caught him red-handed trying to break into parked cars. At 1.15am on Thursday, a policeman, off ...

Cocaine and an improvised explosive device were confiscated by the police during a raid on a house in Limassol and an 18-year-old was arrested. Having secured a search warrant, the ...

The US filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content ...

Top seed Jannik Sinner broke through Daniil Medvedev’s defences to win 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-4 in a seesawing U.S. Open quarter-final on Wednesday. Sinner beat Medvedev in this ...

Cyprus’ Turnover Value Index for the transport and storage sector reached 139.4 units in the second quarter of 2024, marking an increase of 1.8 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...

Low pressure and an unstable air mass are affecting the region. The weather on Thursday will be mainly fine, with clouds forming locally and isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms and ...

A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has reported a rise in interest rates on consumer loans, which increased to 6.67 per cent in July, up from 6.18 per cent in the previous ...

Eurozone business activity received a boost from France hosting the Olympic Games last month but the malaise in the bloc is likely to return once the Paralympics wraps up as ...

Britain’s services activity grew last month at the fastest pace since April and price pressures eased, according to a survey that pointed to a more benign inflation outlook and ...

Airbnb (ABNB.O) this week asked New York City to reconsider regulations on short-term rentals that went into effect in September 2023, citing higher prices for travellers and zero impact on ...

Pressure has been piling on the government this week after Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for being a ‘member of a ...

It seems the Turkish Cypriot leadership enjoys presenting itself as the wronged and unfairly treated side in Cyprus. This sentiment was fueled a couple of a weeks ago by the ...