Fiery plane crash kills 179 in worst airline disaster in South Korea
The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it ...
UK business confidence dips in December
British business confidence fell to its lowest level of 2024 in December but employers were a bit more optimistic about the wider economy, while separate data showed a pre-Christmas rise in ...
Can ChatGPT solve the Cyprus problem?
Sometimes in moments of boredom, retired old Cyprob junkies with nothing better to do and to keep themselves amused however briefly on a rainy December morning might decide to ask ...
North furious over Republic’s natural gas drilling plans
The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Saturday reacted with upset over the Republic’s stated plans to recommence drilling for natural gas in the seas off the coast of Cyprus ...
Village of Karpasha ‘a point of reference’ for Christmas tradition
The Kyrenia district village of Karpasha is a “point of reference” for tradition and cultural heritage during the Christmas period, humanitarian affairs commissioner Anna Aristotelous said on Saturday.
Speaking at ...
Man arrested over apartment arson which left elderly mother in intensive care
A 30-year-old man appeared in court on Saturday charged with having deliberately started a fire in an apartment which led to his 70-year-old mother being admitted to intensive care with ...
Gazprom says it will stop gas exports to Moldova from January 1
Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday it would suspend gas exports to Moldova from 5am GMT on January 1 due to unpaid debt by Moldova.It said the company reserved ...
Lebanon returns 70 officers and soldiers to Syria, security official says
Lebanon expelled around 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes, a Lebanese security official and a war ...
Israel detains medics after hospital raid, health officials say
Israeli forces detained dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, the enclave’s Health Ministry said.The Israeli military raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital ...
Greek Cypriot side ‘awaiting official response’ over crossing points meeting
The Greek Cypriot side is “awaiting an official response” regarding a meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over the prospect of opening new crossing points ...
Been drinking and your heart’s fluttering?
By Caleb Ferguson and Sabine Allida
It’s the time of year for workplace Christmas parties, and gatherings with family and friends. Maybe you’ll drink a lot in one ...
Thousands protest in Turkey to demand bigger hike in minimum wage
Thousands of people protested in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Saturday to demand a bigger hike in the minimum wage, chanting slogans calling on the government to resign and waving ...
Dead body found on construction site near Paphos
A dead body was found on a construction site in the Paphos district village of Kissonerga on Saturday.
Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said the body was found ...
Finland moves tanker suspected of undersea cable damage closer to port
Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil earlier this week on suspicion it had damaged an ...
British PM Keir Starmer’s brother dies aged 60
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s younger brother Nick has died after struggling with cancer, a Downing Street spokesman said on Friday.“Nick, 60, died peacefully on the afternoon of December 26...
Austria to purchase 12 Italian fighter jets
Austria plans to buy 12 Italian-made M-346 FA fighter jets to replace Saab 105 planes which it decommissioned at the end of 2020, the government said on Saturday.Citing military sources, newspaper Krone ...
‘There is no Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, but a Turkish Republic of Cyprus’
“There is no Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, but a Turkish Republic of Cyprus,” Turkish parliamentary defence committee chairman and ruling AK Party MP Hulusi Akar said on Saturday.
Akar, ...
UK’s Starmer asks regulators to prioritise economic growth, Sky reports
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has asked the country’s regulators, including the financial and competition watchdogs, to remove barriers to growth in an effort to revive a sluggish economy, ...
Azeri crash
Putin apologises to Azerbaijan over ‘tragic’ airliner crash
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s leader for what the Kremlin called a “tragic incident” over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air ...
Three Victorian Christmas recipes to try at home
By Lindsay Middleton
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted ...
Afghan Taliban forces target ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for airstrikes
Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defence ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside Afghanistan.The statement from the ...
WHO chief describes ordeal during Israeli strike on Yemen airport
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen’s main airport carried out by ...
Ustel says new Morphou hospital will be completed in 2025
Construction of the new Morphou hospital will be completed in 2025, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday night.
He was speaking after the signing of a new ...
‘Our advice is good because it has no vested interests’
By Philippa Tracy
Three founding members of the Cyprus Residents Planning Group (CRPG), have been recognised for their services to the UK community in Cyprus. The organisation was set up ...