Archive 2024

The war in Ukraine and the looming US presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this month but, away from the public stage, the alliance’s military planners have ...

A 34-year-old man is intubated at Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care unit with heatstroke, the state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday. “Yesterday afternoon, a 34-year-old man was ...

Loan disbursements from international financial institutions have reached €92.75 million so far in 2024, according to a statement released on Thursday by the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO). The office explained that ...

The fake news bill submitted by the government and backed by the legal service is dangerous for democracy, Akel MP Irene Charalambides charged on Thursday as she wrote to the ...

Part of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway will be closed on Thursday night for maintenance works, police said. Traffic will be diverted through the old Nicosia-Limassol Road. Roads in Limassol will also ...

A video showing a British police officer kick and stamp on a man’s head during an arrest at Manchester airport in northern England sparked a protest outside a police ...

Cyprus is “interested” in the role of a European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, President Nikos Christodoulides said. According to a report published on news website Politico on Thursday, Christodoulides said ...

Argentina coach Javier Mascherano said he had never witnessed such a circus after a pitch invasion triggered a dramatic and long-delayed climax to the country’s 2-1 loss to Morocco ...

New Zealand Football CEO Andrew Pragnell called on FIFA to take urgent action over a spying scandal involving Olympic champions Canada at the Paris Games and said failure to do ...

A 25-year-old motorcyclist injured in an accident a day ago, has died, police said on Thursday. The motorcyclist had been involved in a crash on Wednesday in Paphos, when a ...

The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week introduced a new application that brings the myth of Aphrodite to life using audiovisual means, after it had previously identified a need ...

In the heart of every home lies the living room – a space where comfort meets style, and memories are made. Whether you’re curling up with a good book, entertaining ...

“We all need to be cautious when discussing our country’s tourism sector, which is vital to the daily lives of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens,” according to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that “it is time to reunite the last divided EU member state” during a reception at the presidential palace for the American Hellenic Educational ...

Firefighters were called to the village of Arsos in the Limassol district late Wednesday night to tackle a large fire that broke out shortly before 1am. According to Fire Service ...

In true summer fashion, this weekend is dedicated to the island’s festivals. A handful of them are on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, bringing festive, cheerful times to every ...

Maru Mora-Villalpando had been living in the United States for 21 years when a letter arrived at her door with a deportation notice. It was 11 months into Donald Trump’s presidency, ...

A 54-year-old man from the Philippines, a crew member of the Singapore-flagged cargo ship ‘Maersk Calabar’, was airlifted to the Paphos general hospital on Wednesday. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (...

The met office has issued a yellow warning for heavy thunderstorms and hail for Thursday, valid from 12:00 until 18:00. According to the met office, isolated heavy thunderstorms are expected to affect ...

Barcelona cannot absorb an ongoing, unbridled growth in the number of tourists and has to impose restrictions so as not to become a “theme park” without residents, the mayor of ...

Israeli forces recovered late Wednesday the bodies of five hostages killed in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and held in Gaza since, the Israeli military said. Maya Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarden teacher, ...

President Joe Biden addressed the nation for the first time since dropping his reelection bid, saying he decided to forgo personal ambition to save democracy in a sedate Oval Office ...

Recent reports in the Daily Express about a supposed “panic” in Cyprus’ tourism industry due to a “huge drop” in bookings have been deemed outdated and sensationalist by local industry ...

Shares in French luxury giant LVMH (LVMH.PA) fell more than 6 per cent on Wednesday and were on track for their biggest one-day drop since October 2023 after its second-quarter sales ...