Archive 2024

Greek police have arrested a Turkish national, the suspected leader of a criminal group wanted by Ankara for a range of crimes including manslaughter, Greek police and intelligence sources said ...

Tennis great Serena Williams will host the 2024 ESPYs in July, ESPN announced on Tuesday. The 23-times Grand Slam champion, who retired after the 2022 U.S. Open and is widely regarded ...

Hundreds of police fanned out across northern France on a massive manhunt for a fugitive gangster known as “The Fly” on Wednesday, a day after he was sprung from a ...

Britain’s King Charles has unveiled the first official portrait of himself since his coronation last May. The portrait by artist Jonathan Yeo depicts Charles against a background of vivid ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he was “profoundly shocked” after Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot. “Profoundly shocked by the attempt against the life of the Slovak ...

MPs on Wednesday derided attorney-general George Savvides’ position regarding his decision to not prosecute former police drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos for refusing to answer questions put to him by ...

Palestinians commemorated the 1948 “Nakba” or catastrophe, on Wednesday, marking the time when hundreds of thousands were dispossessed of their homes in the war at the birth of the state of ...

Live music performances are coming up in Paphos, and particularly at cultural centre Technopolis 20, as it organises a series of entertaining evenings. This Wednesday, guitarist, baritone and composer Sotiris Kasparides ...

President Nikos Christodoulides praised the Cyprus Association of Large Investment Projects for its contribution to the economy, while also stressing the importance of public-private sector collaboration in order to address ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico isno longer in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in an assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting on Wednesday, a government minister said. ...

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur for Varosha Piero Fassino visited the city on Wednesday, marking his second visit to Cyprus since undertaking the role. Fassino arrived ...

By Iacovos Iacovou On May 9th, 1950, the foundations were laid for the creation of the greatest ever peace project in human history. It was back then that the French Foreign ...

The Paphos criminal court on Wednesday handed down sentences of 15 and nine years in prison to two men aged 27 and 35 respectively, after finding them guilty of charges related to drug ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy postponed all his foreign trips as the battlefield situation continued to deteriorate on Wednesday and Kyiv said fighting raged in the northeastern border town of Vovchansk in ...

European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides is to visit London to speak at a conference on the “crisis” of antimicrobial resistance on Thursday. The conference aims to solve increasing levels ...

Israeli troops battled militants across Gaza on Wednesday, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge of the more than seven-month ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism announced on Wednesday that the license renewal process for self-catering accommodation units, including villas, houses, and apartments, has started. This process will solely be conducted ...

Three people aged 32, 46, and 50 will go on trial in December before the Larnaca district court for charges related to extortion and threat of violence, stemming from incidents that took place ...

A fire was raging on Wednesday afternoon at an old cinema in Limassol’s Turkish Cypriot quarters. The ceiling of the old Apollon cinema completely collapsed as a result of ...

Pedalion Yachting, Cyprus’s leading purveyor of maritime luxury, proudly announces its exclusive partnership with the quintessential Italian shipyard, Apreamare. This distinguished collaboration introduces an exceptional line of yachts to ...

The Swiss government on Wednesday announced it had gifted Cyprus CHF1.05 million (€1.1m) for the construction of a voluntary return centre for migrants. The centre will be operated by the ...

Joining in with global celebrations of International Museum Day on May 18 are several Nicosia museums and cultural institutions. Throughout this week, and especially on Saturday, those in Nicosia will get ...

Human Design 101: A personal exploration by SARA DOUEDARI As someone with a keen interest in astrology, I have always been fascinated by what the stars and planets suggest about our ...

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday branded as “unacceptable” statements by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who has called on Lebanon’s authorities to open the ...