Archive 2024

A quad bike ended up in the sea after plunging off a 90-metre cliff on Sunday at the Baths of Aphrodite on the Akamas peninsula, in Paphos. According to Paphos ...

August’s cosmic full moon is a highly-anticipated event every summer. Big, bright and all-powerful, the full moon will arrive this month on August 19 and what better way to mark ...

There is a lot of theoretical discussion about which is more beneficial for the government, to build or rent offices, or even buy ready office buildings on the open market. ...

The state stands by its unwavering determination to end the impasse in the Cyprus problem and resume negotiations, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Speaking at the annual commemoration of Archbishop ...

Russia on Monday evacuated parts of another region next to Ukraine after Kyiv sharply increased military activity near the border just days after its biggest incursion into sovereign Russian territory ...

By Ioannis Tirkides When the Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate from a range of zero to 0.1 per cent to 0.25 per cent, arguably to stem the yen’s ...

For US chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different. About seven years ...

When Mike Hopkins was approached about leading Amazon Prime Video, his view of the streaming service matched one held widely in Hollywood — it was nothing more than a perk for ...

Police on Sunday arrested a 62-year-old man in Paphos for investigated cases of financial fraud involving real estate. According to the police, the two cases of fraud were reported to ...

Collaboration between Europe and Africa on support for small business start-ups is heralding in a new era for EU-Africa cooperation on innovation. By Andrew Dunne From her offices in Cape ...

Monday’s weather will be mostly clear with periodic clouds bringing a chance of mountain rains. Temperatures will rise to 39C in the interior, 33C on the west coast, 35C ...

South Korean auto maker Hyundai Motor Company will invest 1 billion baht ($28 million) to set up a facility to assemble electric vehicles and batteries in Thailand, the country’s Board of ...

This is the second part of an account of the experiences of the 19-year-old National Guardsman, Kratinos Pyliotis who served as a sergeant at an artillery unit in Athalassa, in 1974. ...

Two men were arrested in Morphou after throwing stones at an army barracks on Sunday. The pair were arrested at around 1.30am on suspicion of having caused a “general disturbance” ...

Residents in two areas near Athens were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as dozens of firefighters battled to contain blazes fuelled by strong winds and hot temperatures. Near the village ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had launched an incursion into Russian territory to “restore justice” and pressure Moscow’s forces, in his first acknowledgement of Kyiv’s surprise offensive into ...

Construction of a monument in Paphos to the Greek Revolution of 1821 was completed on Sunday. The monument is located within the town’s municipal garden. Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos said ...

Concerns have been raised by long term residents of Peyia about the state of the municipality’s “foreign” cemetery. Residents contacted the Cyprus Mail this week seeking answers about the ...

A climber scaled the north face of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday, the last day of the Olympics, before he was met by police mid-way up, French media ...

The sewage treatment plant in Mia Milia is to be upgraded, following the announcement of a tender signed by Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Sunday. Harmanci said the ...

The appointment of the new Turkish ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim was made official by the Turkish government on Saturday evening, with the appointment appearing in the country’...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Over the last 15 years, particularly after the financial crisis of 2008, the role of central banks (CBs) in developed economies has expanded and become even ...

The problem of power cuts hitting the north has been “solved”, the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s general manager Dalman Aydin said on Sunday. The north had seen power ...

August is a great time to visit Cyprus’ mountain and rural villages, to find solace in their cooler climate and traditional fun in the many local festivals that are on ...