Archive 2024

Serdal Gunduz, the 30-per-cent shareholder and secretary-general of the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou, who stands accused of 98 charges of fraud, falsifying documents, money laundering, ...

Atletico Madrid have signed Argentine forward Julian Alvarez from Premier League side Manchester City on a six-year contract, the LaLiga club said on Monday. Financial details about the transfer were ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday pilloried Nicosia for actions he said put the entire island’s security at risk amid rising tensions in the Middle East, even accusing ...

There were world records, doping suspicions and more gold for Katie Ledecky but the Paris pool will long be remembered as the launch-pad for Leon Marchand. The “French Michael Phelps” ...

A group of around 60 delivery drivers from different companies gathered near Limassol’s old port on Monday to protest against the recent wave of violence against them. Shouting slogans and ...

Baker Tilly Klitou and Partners Limited has been appointed as the External Auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2023 to 2027, according to an announcement released on ...

Portfolio managers at hedge funds have retrenched from some of their riskier positions after a volatile week for markets. A brutal selloff and recovery in global markets in the past ...

Greece’s worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads ...

Israeli forces pressed on with operations near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday amid an international push for a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and prevent ...

Ayia Mavri, Koilani, Lemesos To many the Koilani village-based winery could be the pioneer for the establishment of regional wineries. Koilani is in the heart of Krasochoria, the wine villages ...

On the highest step of the Olympic podium, U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner wept, tears trickling down her face as her country’s national anthem serenaded her for a ...

The 64-officer mission set to fly to Greece in the early hours of Tuesday has been called off. Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the Greek government has changed its request ...

A church trial will begin on August 30 seeking to defrocks Archimandrites Nektarios and Porfyrios for unethical acts in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal. The indictment is based on the charges ...

The parents of one of three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed event in northern England last month called for an end to the nationwide rioting that followed their deaths ...

By Petros Olympios, CFA Recent research shows that as family expenditures keep rising, incomes remain fixed or even shrink. At the same time, total household debt is increasing across globally, ...

The man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a caravan from the suburb of Yenikent in Kioneli is a Greek Cypriot, it emerged on Monday. The man appeared ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine was trying to undermine Russian stability with its incursion into the south of the country, but it would not succeed. “The ...

The American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo (AUB Mediterraneo) and the Pafos Regional Board of Tourism (PRBT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 2, 2024 to promote collaboration, joint initiatives and ...

Oil prices rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday, extending gains from the previous week’s more than 3 per cent rise, as US recession fears eased while geopolitical tensions ...

How many Marias do you know? Give yourself a point for each one. Ten points if they’re a Maria Georgiou; together these two make up the most common full ...

The fire which broke out near the Limassol district villages of Souni and Zanatzia is “manageable”, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Monday. The fire had broken out shortly ...

Disy MP and former party leader Averof Neophytou has accused President Nikos Christodoulides of generating “delusions” about the Cyprus problem. Neophytou, who had also run for president in 2023, said over ...

The Paphos district government announced on Monday that their offices will be closed on Friday. They also listed telephone numbers which residents can call should they encounter serious issues. Residents ...

Around $2.3 billion in dollar and euro bills have been shipped to Russia since the United States and EU banned the export of their banknotes there in March 2022 following the invasion ...