Archive 2024

The north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu on Thursday implored Turkish holidaymakers to choose to travel to the north instead of to the Greek islands for their holidays. Speaking to ...

Serbia on Thursday signed a landmark agreement with France’s Dassault Aviation AM.PA for the purchase of 12 new Rafale fighter jets for 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion). The agreement, signed by ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday he has asked the bloc’s members to consider imposing sanctions on two Israeli ministers for “hate messages” against Palestinians, ...

More than half of Libya’s oil production, or about 700,000 barrels per day, was offline on Thursday and exports were halted at several ports as a standoff between rival political ...

An F-16 fighter jet used by Ukraine crashed on Monday, Kyiv’s military said, the first such loss reported since the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made planes in ...

Liverpool were drawn on Thursday to face champions Real Madrid when they return to the Champions League, which has been expanded to a 36-team league format. The revamped competition has ...

The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children ...

Rescue workers on Thursday located a 31-year-old man who had been reported missing after he went for a swim in the Peyia area in Paphos. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre ...

A man from Limassol reported to police on Thursday that he had fallen victim to a scam involving cryptocurrencies, where he claimed to have lost $260,000. According to the 49-year-old’s ...

The finance ministry reiterated on Thursday it’s not in a position to evaluate the mooted Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector project as several parameters remain unknown, while the cost-benefit analysis provided ...

A special kind of shadow theatre performance will be held in Kato Moni this Friday, bringing the spotlight on a favourite character – Karagiozis. The Treasure Hunt performance is a shadow ...

Five tenants are refusing to vacate government refugee homes, causing delays to the ‘ktizo’ renovation project, it emerged on Thursday. The interior ministry is struggling to find a solution as ...

Napoli have signed Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea, the Serie A club said on Thursday. Financial details of the transfer were not revealed by either club but British media ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades’ decision to make four contract advisers permanent civil service employees has set a precedent that more former advisers are seeking to benefit from, it emerged on ...

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Thursday to deepen ties with Britain over defence, security, migration and energy after a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Paris. Starmer and ...

The Committee of Media Ethics Cyprus (CMEC) strongly condemns the disclosure in some of the media of details concerning under-investigation sexual crimes, including abuse, abduction and exploitation, with victims who ...

Former supreme court judge George Arestis was on Thursday appointed as Special Adviser to the government on matters of ethics, the presidency announced. President Nikos Christodoulides finalised the appointment which ...

Cyprus decided on Thursday to ratify and implement the International Labour Organisation’s convention on eliminating violence and harassment at work, through three bills that will now be sent to ...

A pitbull which mauled its owner was shot dead by its owner’s neighbour on Wednesday night. The dog’s owner, aged 61 years old, was reportedly sitting in his garden ...

Maintenance work at the Saint Charalambos church near the Famagusta village of Akanthou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Thursday. The church ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday discussed ways to “speed up” the exploitation of natural gas discoveries in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi. ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Thursday met with Elam party leader Christos Christou where they discussed immigration and crime. Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou also attended the meeting. Hartsiotis described it ...

Nicosia said on Thursday it is “completely satisfied” with the outcome of informal discussions in Brussels between EU foreign ministers and Turkey’s chief diplomat, as EU states reiterated the ...

England’s interim manager Lee Carsley named uncapped Angel Gomes, Tino Livramento, Morgan Gibbs-White and Noni Madueke in his first squad on Thursday. Carsley, appointed interim manager following Gareth Southgate’...