Our View: Heavy-handed police hotel raid is overkill
It defies belief that more than two dozen police officers raided a hotel in Paphos to check for workers employed illegally. Such a large number of police officers would not ...
Real Madrid stun Bayern with late fightback to reach Champions League final
Real Madrid showed they remain Europe’s comeback kings as Joselu’s late double rescued them from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2...
Israel, Hezbollah trade fire, Israeli minister warns of ‘hot summer’ at Lebanon border
Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in south Lebanon and Hezbollah said it had launched explosive drones and rockets at Israeli targets on Wednesday as Israel’s defence minister warned of ...
Spain’s ex-soccer chief Rubiales to stand trial for kissing player
Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jenni Hermoso after a High Court judge admitted the case, the court ...
Over 14% of children are victims of cyber bullying
Just over 14 per cent of children in Cyprus have fallen victim to cyber bullying at least once or twice in the last few months, research carried out by the Health ...
Tatar rejects trilateral with UN and Christodoulides
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday he rejected a UN proposal suggesting a trilateral meeting with UN secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin and President Nikos Christodoulides.
According to ...
UK will expel Russian defence attache over ‘malign activity’
Britain will expel Russia’s defence attache, remove diplomatic status from some properties and limit the length of Russian diplomatic visas in response to what Home Secretary James Cleverly called ...
Murray to make return from injury at Geneva Open
Briton Andy Murray will make his comeback from injury at this month’s Geneva Open after the former world number one was handed a wildcard by the organisers of the ...
Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine power grid
Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants and blackouts in multiple regions, officials said.
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Polish MEP from Elam’s Euro group meets Tatar
Polish member of the European Parliament Tomasz Poreba met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Tatar’s official residence in northern Nicosia on Wednesday.
After meeting with Tatar, he ...
MPs reject president’s referral of police law
The House legal committee on Wednesday moved to reject President Nikos Christodoulides’ referral of a law aimed at granting the police chief powers to appoint specialist staff.
Independent MP Kostis ...
Larnaca port workers call off strike (Update 4)
An indefinite strike at the Larnaca port was called off on Wednesday, after the workers and the managing company Kition agreed to meet with each other under the auspices of ...
AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID vaccine globally as demand dips
AstraZeneca said it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic.
The company also said it would proceed ...
Art exhibition at Ekate captures the human spirit
A new art exhibition opens in Nicosia this month at Ekate (Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts) featuring artworks by Anthoula Simadiakou. The Wanderer, whose Greek title is ‘Periplanomeni’, is set ...
Olympic flame arrives in Marseille amid tight security
The Olympic flame reached Marseille, just outside the Old Port, amid tight security on Wednesday, 79 days before the Paris 2024 Games Opening Ceremony.
More than 150,000 people are expected to attend the ...
Second arrest made over torching of police car
Police in Limassol made a second arrest on Wednesday in connection with the torching of a police car on Easter Saturday night.
Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriakou explained that the ...
US ambassador’s meeting with president focuses on aid corridor
US ambassador Julie Fisher discussed the humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza with President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday.
The two met at the presidential palace, where Fisher explained that the US ...
‘No reason why Cyprus can’t have a big-time F1 driver’
By Alexa Shkuratova at the Miami Grand Prix
In the world of Formula 1, talent knows no borders, but opportunities sometimes do.
Sean Kelly spoke to the Cyprus Mail about the ...
Chestertons Global launches in Cyprus
Leading international real estate firm, Chestertons Global, has announced its expansion into the Cyprus property market with the launch of Chestertons Cyprus Residential. The agency will initially operate out of ...
30kg of smuggled lamb meat seized at crossing point
A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday.
They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled ...
Old GSP stadium area project to be finished in autumn
The project to renovate the area of the old GSP stadium in Nicosia will be completed in the autumn, Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday.
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OPAP Cyprus supports Red Cross efforts eighth year running
On May 8, 2024, Minister of Health Michael Damianos officially launched the island’s Cyprus Red Cross (CRC) Pancyprian Fundraiser, held again this year with the support of OPAP Cyprus. The ceremony ...
Cyprus drops to 51st place in digital competitiveness rankings
Cyprus has fallen to 51st place in digital competitiveness among 64 countries in 2023, marking a six-place drop compared to 2022, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Economics Research Centre (...
Another Tory MP defects to opposition Labour Party
A lawmaker in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party defected to the opposition Labour Party on Wednesday, the second to do so in less than two weeks, criticising what ...