Archive 2024

Britain has revived its attempt to give police wider powers to impose conditions on street protests, a decision that a civil rights group said showed a worrying disregard for the ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday reposted a lewd social media remark about Vice-President Kamala Harris, the latest in a volley of demeaning attacks by Republicans against Trump’s ...

By Nicholas Jenkins Banksy fans were delighted in August as nine animal-themed murals by the street artist appeared across London in as many days. Speculation is rife about what deeper ...

President of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Thursday said that hotels on the island have had a robust tourist season in 2024. This is despite a modest decline ...

Cyprus is a treasure trove of breathtaking landscapes, and there’s no better way to experience its diverse beauty than by hitting the road. From winding coastal routes to mountain ...

ProvaDent is a dental formula that helps to support optimal dental health. The manufacturer has formulated this supplement to maintain a healthy oral system. The ingredients used in the formula ...

The incident involving the transfer of a six-month-old baby with a head injury from the Paphos general hospital to a private hospital in Limassol after the computed tomography (CT) scanner ...

Oil prices steadied on Thursday, after two losing sessions as supply concerns over Libya returned, while a smaller-than-expected draw in US crude inventories sapped demand expectations. Brent crude futures had ...

If you thought festival season ends when August does, think again. Just as summer does not really end in Cyprus (not for a while anyway), neither does the festival agenda. ...

Efforts are ongoing to arrange a tripartite meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York next month. Sources close ...

We are delighted to announce that Ayia Napa Marina will be the Naming Sponsor of the International Sea Tourism Festival 2024 (ISTF). The festival will take place over October 25-28, 2024, at ...

“Hope For Children” CRC Policy Center (HFC) and XM are pleased to announce the expansion of their collaboration, aiming to broaden the educational empowerment programmes for children across Cyprus. With ...

Turkey’s foreign minister hopes to make progress on improving Ankara’s rocky ties with the European Union on Thursday when he attends a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels ...

The natural gas market should never have been labelled as emerging, as Cyprus could have already had 40 per cent cheaper energy if the market was open to competition, George Chrysochos ...

The last time Liana spoke to her husband Husain before he was captured by Ukrainian troops, he said what he always told her: “Everything is fine.” Husain, a 21-year-old conscripted ...

Most Palestinians shopping for hungry families can only stare at the meagre offerings in Gaza City’s street markets, frustrated that soaring prices and shortages of food are pushing essential ...

The government on Thursday lifted the last remaining Covid-19 restrictions, Health Minister Michael Damianos said. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he said people would no longer be required ...

A report published on Thursday revealed that an email from the deputy tourism ministry sparked panic within the tourism company TUI. The incident drew heavy criticism from MPs, who accused ...

The unemployment rate in Cyprus decreased to 4.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, as reported on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). This marks an improvement from the ...

Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and ...

Social welfare services were called to help 53 cases of human trafficking in the first half of 2024, amid efforts to improve support to victims, it emerged on Friday. According to figures ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue reached €385.2 million in June 2024, marking a 6.6 per cent rise compared to €361.5 million in the same month of the previous year. According to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), ...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes on Thursday announced that its mortgage-to-rent scheme, launched in December 2023 to protect vulnerable homeowners, has already attracted over 2,500 applications. Ahead of the scheme’s deadline ...

 New Zealand are expecting a hostile reception on and off the pitch at Ellis Park on Saturday when they meet South Africa in the first clash between the southern hemisphere ...