Archive 2024

Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders looked set for new electoral gains on Thursday as the Netherlands kicks off four days of voting in the European Parliament election held across the 27 EU ...

A 40-year-old man reported for drunk driving was expected on Thursday to appear before the Nicosia district court for immediate trial. According to a police announcement, the man was spotted ...

Three passengers set to board a flight to Britain were remanded on Wednesday for possession of duty-free goods in their luggage. The customs authorities had found 392 boxes of 200 cigarettes each ...

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison will not be included in Gareth Southgate’s final 26-man England squad for Euro 2024 and has left the training camp, British media reported on Wednesday. ...

Cyprus’ Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis visited London this week, where he held a series of meetings with major tourism organisations and airlines to discuss the outlook for British ...

More than one in four Germans have no interest in the upcoming Euro 2024 hosted by their country, the biggest sports event in Germany in almost two decades, a poll conducted ...

A meeting set for Thursday between nurses’ trade unions Pasydy and Pasyno and the state health services organisation (Okypy) has been moved to Monday. The postponement was confirmed by Okypy ...

World number one Iga Swiatek holds a commanding 10-1 record over Coco Gauff but the top seed feels the American has matured since she burst on to the scene as ...

Three 17-year-olds have been arrested for the fire on Tuesday at the Oroklini facility for unaccompanied minors. Police said testimony had been obtained and they will be taken to Larnaca ...

A 37-year-old man, who allegedly fired shots into the air and then attacked the policeman chasing him, was arrested on Wednesday night in Limassol. Police found firecrackers in his possession ...

Investigations into how a 64-year-old father of two girls was electrocuted on Wednesday, in Argaka, Paphos, are continuing. Police said the 64-year-old appears to have been repairing the swimming pool ...

Another weekend is here bringing cultural entertainment to Nicosia, Paphos, Limassol and Larnaca. Discover the events, concerts, film nights, exhibitions and wine celebrations happening over the next few days. The 6×6 ...

Net new loans in Cyprus increased by €20.9 million in April 2024, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). Specifically, according to the report, net ...

Moving letters from veterans were read out as ceremonies took place in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus released a report this week indicating a decline in deposit rates for April, while loan interest rates fluctuated across categories during the same period of ...

The Industrial Turnover Index in Cyprus decreased by 4.4 per cent in March of this year, when compared to March 2023, dropping to 132 units, with 2021 acting as the base year set at 100 ...

Israel hit a Gaza school on Thursday in an airstrike that it said targeted and killed Hamas fighters inside, while a Hamas official said 40 people including women and children were ...

President of the Larnaca Hoteliers Association Marios Polyviou on Wednesday reported a slight decrease in tourist bookings in Larnaca compared to last year, noting that arrivals to the island are ...

Eurozone business activity expanded at its quickest rate in a year in May as growth in the bloc’s dominant services industry outpaced contraction in manufacturing, according to a private ...

Britain’s markets regulator is expected to narrow down plans to name companies under investigation, four lawyers told Reuters, after a government and industry backlash labelled the proposals misjudged and ...

Zara owner Inditex (ITX.MC) reported a pick-up in recent sales from its Spring/Summer collections, boosting its shares on Wednesday as the world’s top fashion retailer delivered quarterly ...

The use of energy by EU households in 2022 dropped to its lowest amount since 2016, also significantly dropping compared to 2021, while energy use in Cyprus returned to its 2019 levels, according to ...

Pressure on the government to take in the 27 migrants trapped in the buffer zone for close to a week is being stepped up by Unficyp and the UNHCR. On Wednesday, ...

The script was ripped up at Roland Garros on Wednesday as ailing second seed Aryna Sabalenka and off-colour fourth seed Elena Rybakina were sent tumbling out in the quarter-finals. Hampered ...