Archive 2024

A 39-year-old man has been handed concurrent prison sentences for burning down the Paphos municipality Christmas tree in January. The Paphos district court passed sentences for torching and destroying the ...

A spontaneous two-hour work stoppage at Larnaca and Paphos airports on Tuesday morning over understaffing did not impact passengers at the airports, airports operator Hermes said. Airport service and traffic ...

 “I have heard that people’s zeal and interest is higher than in the first round [of Iran’s presidential election],” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranian TV just ...

A 53-year-old in Paphos was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday for burglary. The Paphos district court ruled the sentence would begin on April 11, 2024, the day the man was ...

Bob Menendez sold his power for money and gold to help Egypt’s government and businessmen who showered the once-powerful senator and his wife with bribes, a prosecutor said on ...

A low intensity improvised explosive device caused extensive damage to a sliding glass door on Monday when it exploded outside the house in Mazotos. The explosion appears to have occurred ...

The number of homes worth $10 million or more that were sold in Dubai held steady in the first half of the year despite a drop in listings, an industry report ...

Isolated showers and possibly a storm are on the horizon for Tuesday, mainly in the mountains and inland. Keep your umbrellas handy for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday too, as rain ...

One person was killed, two power substations and an oil depot caught fire after Ukraine launched “tens” of drones in a series of “massive” attacks launched across several Russian regions, ...

Building permit issuance in Cyprus saw a rise of 8.3 per cent in the period from January to April 2024, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, according to a ...

Skydance Media and Paramount Global (PARA.O) agreed to merge, the companies announced late on Sunday, scripting a new chapter for one of Hollywood’s oldest studios. The companies agreed ...

British fintech company Revolut’s CEO Nikolay Storonsky will cash in part of his multibillion dollar stake in the company as part of a $500 million share sale, according to a ...

There is now no humanitarian aid from Cyprus left in the secure area on the beach in Gaza where the temporary jetty was once anchored, United Nations World Food Programme (...

The farewell letter by the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin did not deal with the specifics of her failed mission. These would probably be included in the ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday staunchly denied ever suggesting a two-state solution, while he called former Disy party leader Averof Neophytou bitter. In an interview on the ANT1 podcast, ...

Emotions ran high for Novak Djokovic on Monday as he angrily lashed out at Wimbledon fans following his three-set demolition job over young Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round, ...

 President Joe Biden refused to abandon his reelection campaign on Monday as he sought to stave off a possible revolt by fellow Democrats who worry the party could lose the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday suggested there would be news even next week over the Larnaca port and marina project. “Very soon there will be an announcement, even next week. ...

MPs on Monday reviewed the government’s request for an extra €351 million in spending, just days before the supplementary state budget heads to the House plenum for a vote. The ...

A medical association on Monday said it was preparing ‘necessary legal action’ against the Health Insurance Organisation amid a spat between the two. The diagnostics association (Pasydike) stressed it was ...

A 44-year-old old man was sentenced to six years in jail on Monday after he was found with around 6kg of cannabis. The sentence was handed down at Larnaca criminal ...

Lawmakers were skeptical on Monday when the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) requested an extra €8.4 million to run the port in Larnaca after the contract with a private company – Kition Ocean ...

Mixed reactions followed the open letter published over the weekend by Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal Cyprus envoy – some dismissed it as generic and tone-deaf to the ...

It has now become a staple of summer in Cyprus to wait for a Kostis Maraveyas concert. Every year, the popular Greek singer adds Cyprus gigs as part of his ...