Archive 2024

Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law mandating that from now on any criminal trial be carried out by a court in whose district the offence in question ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Thursday that President Nikos Christodoulides is ready to start talks on the Cyprus problem immediately. Speaking at a conference reviewing the ministry’s one-year ...

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny wrote an autobiography before he died which will be published later this year, his widow Yulia Navalnaya said on Thursday, revealing the existence of a ...

Last year authorities collected €700 million in taxes more than they did in 2022, the Tax Department said on Thursday, while conceding there was room for improvement. Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markidis told ...

Limassol district court dismissed on Thursday four consolidated lawsuits against the now-defunct Laiki Bank of Cyprus, the Central Bank of Cyprus, and the Republic of Cyprus concerning the 2013 haircut. The ...

Ready to be swept away into a world where reality blurs and imagination reigns? A magic show by Mental Val, an award-winning Cypriot magician, is coming up this weekend to ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou Cyprus is in talks with “all involved parties” as part of its efforts to resume the maritime aid corridor to Gaza, while donations are ...

The Anti-Cancer Association received numerous donations for its Christodoula march on Thursday, ranging from state actors to political parties. The donations were collected at the Eleftheria Square kiosk, with representatives ...

O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a ...

The death of the Bangladeshi migrant worker has revealed “in the most tragic way” how certain rings continue to profit off cheap labour and illegal employment, Akel charged on Thursday. ...

A high school pupil who was sexually abused by his classmates is still at the same school as his abusers a month and a half after the incident, Dipa MP ...

Doctors and other Gesy service providers are “on the end of verbal attacks” because patients are uninformed, House health committee chairman Efthimios Diplaros said on Thuesday. Speaking at the committee ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry has announced the second phase of the New Business Activity Support Plan, amounting to €20 million. This Plan forms part of the “THALEIA” Programme ...

The I-STARS project, aimed at promoting sustainable tourism in Europe, has completed the selection process of a total of 125 tourism businesses from Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Spain, each receiving ...

Short sellers betting against MicroStrategy have lost $1.92 billion since March, according to data from S3 Partners, highlighting the hit from a rally that has helped the stock outperform bitcoin . The ...

By Jayden Greenwell-Barnden Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen (2024) is the latest series to reimagine the age-old trope with which it shares its name. So what exactly is a ‘gentleman’? And ...

The Bank of Cyprus proved its resilience, navigating the rough seas of the 21st century and emerging stronger, said group chairman Takis Arapoglou in an event the 125th anniversary of ...

In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, altcoins fight for dominance and investor interest amidst huge volatility and innovation. While giants like Solana (SOL) and emerging tokens such as Pepe (PEPE) ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed the new pact among EU states dealing with migrants and asylum seekers, calling it “a step in the right direction” as political parties here ...

Following the demands of the modern era, PwC Cyprus has strategically integrated ChatPwC – an innovative generative artificial intelligence assistant (GenAI) – into its operations, thereby granting its people the ability to ...

The House audit committee will discuss the issues between the government and Kition Ocean Holdings, who are managing the revamp of the Larnaca port and marina, which has stalled over ...

‘When the war breaks out in 1974, he is one of 40 soldiers commanded to keep the hotel under their control until the very end.’ ALIX NORMAN reads the most powerful novel ...

There is no shortage of live music performances this season and as we move down the calendar and into summer, they will only multiply. Coming up in the next few ...