Archive 2024

I’m not a big football fan myself but I am fascinated by the way fans get worked up when their team is playing. It is obvious the adrenaline is ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday called for negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem to resume. Speaking during his arrival at the European Political Community summit in ...

2024 marks 50 years since the Turkish invasion, and throughout the year several events and cultural performances remember that harrowing summer of 1974 that changed the course of history for the island and ...

Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, called on Thursday for closer cooperation in Europe to advance support for Ukraine and tackle the continent’s most pressing problems: illegal migration, ...

Mali’s armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video showing a man in Malian military uniform cutting into a corpse in front of his peers, the army chief ...

Former Disy MP, lawyer Rikkos Mappourides is being sent to the Cyprus Bar Association disciplinary council for participating in companies – including in the north – providing managerial services without a permit. ...

A man was attacked while out for his morning walk on Thursday in Polemidia and taken to hospital with knife wounds. The man told the police that an unknown person ...

The 24-hour strike slated to take place across public hospitals on July 23 has been cancelled, unions announced on Thursday. Peo and Sek unions said the state health services (Okypy) had ...

Issues arising around the controversial hiring of presidential and ministerial advisers are being put on hold until September, when the House ethics committee convenes after its summer recess. Until then, ...

The number of British tourists travelling to the north has halved since 2003, according to reports published on Wednesday. Newspaper Yeni Duzen’s columnist Cenk Mutluyakali wrote on Thursday that he ...

BBF, the Official Sponsor Partner of the Limassol Nautical Club (LNC) for the year 2023-24, proudly attended a Press Conference held at the LNC premises on Friday, 12 July 2024, for the ...

Building material prices have decreased, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) The Construction Materials Price Index for June 2024 stood at 117.47 points (with 2021 as the base year ...

A police officer has been suspended as he faces a criminal trial for charges related to domestic violence and raping his wife, it emerged on Thursday. His wife reported him ...

Cyprus will receive an additional €30 million in funding from the European Commission for upgrades to its coastal surveillance system, part of an effort to manage migration. The upgrades will be ...

Israeli forces bombarded the Gaza Strip’s historic refugee camps in the centre of the enclave and struck Gaza City in the north on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, and ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament and social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou announced he will vote against Ursula von der Leyen when the European Parliament decides whether to ratify her ...

The Polish airline LOT has announced the resumption of its flights to Larnaca Airport, with four per week during the winter season. According to a press release from the deputy ...

After endless wrangling, the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project was pronounced dead on Thursday by the Chinese-led construction firm CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC). In a statement, the firm slammed ...

Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Thursday said the construction of the Paphos marina is an “urgent need”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said the project “will bring ...

American Justin Leonard struck the opening tee shot as the 152nd British Open started in slightly overcast conditions at Royal Troon on Thursday. Leonard, the 1997 Open winner, was playing with ...

Some 45,000 police will secure the Paris Olympics’ July 26 opening ceremony, with over 100 heads of state and government set to attend, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding no changes were ...

About 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid is being sent to Gaza through Cyprus’ Amalthea corridor to Ashdod port by Kuwaiti “Al-Salam association for humanitarian and charitable works”. Kuwait’s embassy in ...

EU’s border management Incumbent European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Thursday to revamp border management, strengthen Frontex and Europol, and to put forward a new approach ...

Israel must be banned from any football-related activities for violating FIFA’s statutes amid the war in Gaza, according to an independent legal analysis by lawyers who specialise in international ...