Archive 2024

Attorney General George Savvides has been threatening Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides with his dismissal for months, addressing him in a “derogatory and humiliating manner”, Michaelides told the Supreme Constitutional Court ...

Archbishop Georgios on Monday night said it was Paphos which “overturned the junta’s plans”. Paphos, he said, “rescued Makarios and allowed him to flee abroad to defend the interests ...

Natasha Lappa has secured a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics, representing Cyprus in women’s windsurfing. The 22-year-old, who trains with the Limassol Nautical Club, qualified after the withdrawal of ...

By Richard Boxall The new Cyprus Premier League was launched on Sunday, with victories for Nicosia Select XI and Limassol Select XI over the Cyprus national squad. This tournament is ...

On June 27 and 28, BE OPEN Foundation took part in the panel sessions of the MED9 Ministerial Summit for Education for Sustainable Development and the UNECE Forum on ESD: Empowering Youth ...

By Philippa Tracy Who doesn’t love a good murder mystery? I certainly love a page-turner, a crime novel as well as a good family drama searching for some deeper ...

A series of fun artistic workshops are taking place this July in downtown Nicosia, inviting participants of all ages and backgrounds to get to know Cyprus’ arts and craftsmanship. The ...

A 24-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Monday after police found three kilograms of cannabis during a search of his house. The cannabis was located in three separate bags: ...

Humanitarian aid gathered in Cyprus will reach Gaza “no matter what”, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. Singh was being questioned over the state of the temporary jetty, which ...

The European Union announced sanctions against five Israeli individuals and three entities, describing them as responsible for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the West Bank and ...

Four people were killed and several wounded by gunfire in the vicinity of a mosque in Oman, the Omani police said on Tuesday, a rare breach of security in one ...

Painted motifs were found on the interior walls of the mosque in the Paphos district village of Terra, as restoration work on the mosque began.  The motifs were discovered under ...

Three vehicles were damaged after a bomb exploded at a residential property in Strovolos in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said the explosion occurred at around 3.30am, with ...

Tuesday’s weather will once again be hot across the country, with temperatures inland set to rise to 39 degrees Celsius, while the southwest and west coasts will see a maximum ...

South Korea will face “devastating consequences” for dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets over North Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, citing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s ...

Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful two days after a would-be ...

The Cyprus Mail recently interviewed Roman Gurskiy and Kirill Gurskiy, managing directors of GEM Capital, to explore their journey from EY to GEM Capital, their investment strategies, and why Cyprus ...

British luxury group Burberry (BRBY.L) on Monday sacked its CEO and named former Coach boss Joshua Schulman to replace him, as it promises a “more familiar” look and presses ...

US technology firm InterDigital and a patent licensing platform on Monday won their bid to throw out a London lawsuit by Tesla (TSLA.O), which was seeking a patent licence ...

Kuwait’s budget is projected to show a deficit of 5.6 billion dinars ($18.33 billion) for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, with expenses estimated at 24.5 billion dinars and revenues at 18.9 billion dinars, according ...

Cyprus spent a total of €44.4 million on hosting Ukrainian refugees in 2022 and 2023 after Russia invaded their country in February 2022. The figure was released Monday as part of an answer to ...

In a special session of the House of Representatives on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of ‘twin crime’ of the coup and occupation attended by the president, the party ...

Hungary on Monday accused the EU Commission of cherry picking after it said it would not send its commissioners to informal meetings organised by the Hungarian EU presidency, effectively downgrading ...

Waving flags and dressed in Spain’s red and yellow colours, tens of thousands of people jubilantly greeted the country’s triumphant Euro 2024 men’s football team on Monday during ...