Archive 2024

Hundreds of people have been repatriated after they were found to be living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, it was reported on Saturday. According to a police announcement, 201 people ...

The ‘stop-start’ US temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was due to be towed back to Ashdod in Israel yet again due to high seas expected over the weekend, ...

Germany’s remarkable record in the knockout stages of the European Championship enters a new chapter in Dortmund on Saturday, with Denmark standing in the way of more glory for ‘...

Music and more music will sound in Paphos as its renowned cultural centre Technopolis 20 celebrates its 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a series of live music evenings will be ...

Familiar opponents Italy and Switzerland meet in the Euro 2024 last 16 in Berlin on Saturday, and while familiarity hasn’t bred contempt, there is also no fear from the Swiss in ...

A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money-laundering under cases linked to the Panama Papers and “Operation Car Wash” scandals, the country’s judicial branch said in a statement ...

President Joe Biden said on Friday he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race ...

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday held informal discussions with members of the House Finance Committee during their technical assistance mission to Cyprus. The visit was ...

Social media platform Reddit said this week that it will update a web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI ...

OkSeven content-licensing sellers of music, image, video and other datasets for use in training artificial intelligence systems have formed the sector’s first trade group, they said this week. The ...

A union representing Hollywood film and television crew said on Tuesday it has reached a tentative three-year deal with major studios that includes agreed-on pay hikes and guardrails against the ...

Various issues relating to pensioners have been pushed to the fore recently, mainly due to the deaths of several elderly people from heatstroke. Leaving aside that according to the Lancet ...

The stance of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights on the use of mobile phones in schools raises questions, with her agreeing to a ban in primary schools and a ...

Nvidia (NVDA.O) short sellers have raked in nearly $5 billion in paper profits from the AI chip designer’s sharp selloff over just three sessions earlier this week, according to ...

Boeing’s BA.N Starliner spacecraft won’t return its two astronauts from the International Space Station until after engineers spend “a couple weeks” on testing to investigate the spacecraft’...

The International Monetary Fund on Friday said its executive board approved a $2.2 billion disbursement to Ukraine for budget support after completing a fourth review of the war-torn country’s four-year, $15.6 ...

Civil rights groups warned that Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outdoors would exacerbate homelessness, while some politicians welcomed ...

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has released a video statement published by Theresa Villiers, confirming Conservative support for the efforts of Cypriots to negotiate a settlement to reunite the island ...

A 19-year-old was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday as a suspect in yacht burglary, police said. The burglary is believed to have happened from April to May 2024 in Limassol ...

Global credit rating agency, Morningstar DBRS, has upgraded its growth forecast of the Cypriot economy by 0.3 per cent in 2024 and by 0.1 per cent in 2025, compared to its forecast last March.  ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, while in Cyprus this collaboration ‘has been crucial in cultivating ...

A 20-year-old man on Friday was found guilty of a rape in Ayia Napa last summer and sentenced to eleven years in jail, according to a decision by the Famagusta ...

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to federal regulatory power on Friday by overturning a 1984 precedent that had given deference to government agencies in interpreting laws they ...

Two monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal requested on Friday to replace their attorney at a hearing to unfreeze their assets, which was eventually postponed by the court ...