Archive 2024

Canada expects to increase its defense spending to the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product by 2032, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, in Ottawa’s first timeline commitment ...

Art and womanhood take centre stage this July as KTIRION 53 – a space for hosting and supporting artists – begins its residency programme ROOMS by presenting the works of three women Cypriot ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday took formal delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project – the mooted subsea electric cable linking Cyprus to Greece. The dossier ...

“Wish you were clean” is a phrase all too familiar for beachgoers in Cyprus, a country where clean coasts are rarer than rain. Volunteers are turning wishes into reality, however, ...

Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday. Kyiv ...

The House health committee on Thursday agreed that the law on the registration of doctors should be amended for those deciding to practice or further their education abroad. Specifically, the ...

Civil aviation employees are threatening to escalate their actions after a two-hour work stoppage failed to prompt government action on staffing issues, it emerged on Thursday. According to a statement ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has blamed “procrastination” for the failure to recover state land illegally exploited in Paralimni for the past 39 years. In a report made public on Thursday and forwarded ...

The north’s ‘government’ was on Thursday ridiculed by environmentalists after releasing its latest beach cleanliness report. In previous years, the reports had contained data and statistics pertaining to the ...

Establishing a multi-currency crypto payment method for worldwide distribution calls for various strategic moves that businesses have to make to guarantee success.  This all-inclusive guide describes these processes and offers ...

By Natalie Coulter Roblox is an online platform that allows users to create games and play those designed by others. A self-described “ultimate virtual universe,” it is hard to pinpoint ...

More cases of spirits such as vodka and whisky than of wine are set to be sold globally, a report from the World Spirits Alliance predicted on Wednesday, as drinking ...

The tourism sector in Cyprus faces a significant downturn this year, with an estimated 30,000 fewer visitors and a loss of approximately €25 million, according to the president of the hotelier’s ...

A Greek court has handed a five-year prison sentence to three civilian men who took vigilante action and held 13 migrants and refugees in a trailer, believing they were involved in ...

The Mari blast was a murder that killed the hopes and dreams of the young, Popi Christoforou, mother of the twins Christos and Miltos said on Thursday during the memorial ...

The Cyprus association of hospitality venues (Pasika) on Thursday called on newly elected mayors and municipal councils to be vigilant and stringent in granting permits for public events, stressing that ...

China is the birthplace of tea, and the people there have a long history of drinking the brew dating back to antiquity. It has become a cornerstone of Chinese culture; ...

Residents of Gaza City were trapped in houses and bodies lay uncollected in the streets under an intense new Israeli assault on Thursday, even as Washington pushed for a peace ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) this week commented on the latest results from the European Innovation Scoreboard 2024, which once again reaffirms Cyprus’ progress in the field of innovation, classifying ...

The lawyers of a man arrested on suspicion of operating a pyramid scheme on Thursday hit out at the media, insisting their client is innocent and that the media had ...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday denounced NATO’s summit promise to grant eventual membership to Ukraine and said Russia should work towards the “disappearance” of both Ukraine and ...

The spire of the gothic cathedral of the French city of Rouen in Normandy caught fire on Thursday during renovation works, television images showed. The cathedral, one of France’s ...

Cow breeders on Thursday said a meeting called by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou to discuss halloumi production incentives is unnecessary. In an announcement, cow breeders said the meeting, slated for ...

The church’s investigative committee examining the sex and money laundering claims against two monks in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal is expected to file its findings to the ecclesiastical ...