Archive 2024

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday it would launch a market study into so-called pure protection insurance product sales, amid fears that the design of some commission structures ...

Five high-profile court cases are set to dominate the headlines in the upcoming weeks, ranging from the contentious golden passports trial, the fate of the auditor-general’s job and Thanasis ...

“The exploitation of the natural gas deposits, the pipelines, the electricity interconnectors, the terminal stations and everything else we are discussing in the meeting, will remain, yet again in the ...

French president Emmanuel Macron declared the Paralympic Games open on Wednesday after a glorious ceremony in which competitors were celebrated by joyful volunteers and spectators on a sweet summer night. ...

There are “projects” in the pipeline over the maintenance and restoration of the historic Saint Phanourios cave near the Kyrenia district village of Ayios Georgios, the bicommunal Technical Committee on ...

A man who was arrested on Sunday after having handed himself in to the Turkish Cypriot police after he illegally crossed from the Republic to the north was jailed for ...

A total of 100 people who were revealed to have been living in squalor in a camp near Morphou filed reports to the Turkish Cypriot police that they had been trafficked, ...

Two Turkish nationals were detained pending trial for people trafficking on Wednesday after a deadly boat chase with the Greek coastguard off the island of Symi on Aug. 23. A 39-year-old ...

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will campaign together on Wednesday in Georgia, a state that Democrats narrowly won in 2020 and could play a decisive ...

The government is “examining the possibility” of declassifying Cyprus’ energy market from its current status as “emergent”, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Cyprus’ energy market is currently classified ...

As the events marking the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion continue, an upcoming concert in Larnaca brings together renowned singers from Cyprus and Greece. The Memories of Famagusta – 50 Years ...

Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele have been the two best golfers in the world in 2024, head and shoulders above their competition. But neither of their decorated resumes includes a FedEx ...

Ukraine’s top diplomat said on Wednesday that the biggest problem faced by Kyiv as it battles Russia is that its allies are afraid of approving new policies to support ...

Cyprus’ authorities “have not seen” the financing plan for the Great Sea Interconnector project, the finance ministry’s permanent secretary George Panteli said on Wednesday. Speaking at an extraordinary meeting ...

Britain and Germany’s leaders agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to work on an ambitious treaty covering issues from defence to trade that would be part of a reset of ...

The government on Wednesday denied it had failed to report all the advisers and their duties, amid reports that a list of 31 advisers to the presidential palace and ministries was ...

Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week after being displaced from their ...

By Tom Cleaver The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Republic’s electricity authority (EAC) a total of $2 million (€1.8m) for the supply of electricity during the month of ...

Ukrainian troops are intent on retaining the Russian territory they have seized for “some period of time” and an expected Russian counteroffensive will be a difficult fight, CIA Deputy Director ...

A total of 132 chickens were killed after being attacked by dogs in a chicken coop near Lapithos, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 7.30...

Two people were arrested at Larnaca airport on Wednesday after customs department officers found significant quantities of contraband tobacco in their luggage. In the first incident, customs officers inspected the ...

A fire under control in Akrotiri on Wednesday, after three firefighting aircraft battled the flames. Fire trucks from the British bases and forestry department were also deployed to the scene, ...

Designated users of Turkish Cypriot properties on Mackenzie beach, Larnaca protested outside the interior ministry on Wednesday over plans by the government to sign contracts with people subletting their properties. ...

SAS said on Wednesday it has exited US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, with the Scandinavian airline’s CEO hailing a “new era” with a stronger balance sheet and new owners. Sweden-based ...