Archive 2024

Findings of the analyses completed on water samples from the Achna dam are worrying, the Greens party said in a statement on Wednesday. The party noted that a month has ...

Real chippy draws in Larnaca crowds Sometimes you just don’t know what you fancy for lunch and can’t be bothered to decide what to have and prepare it. ...

Kobbie Mainoo gives England a different profile of midfield player, manager Gareth Southgate said on Tuesday as he weighs up his options for Euro 2024 after his side salvaged a late 2...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou travelled to Israel on Wednesday to meet his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen. The pair are set to discuss the planned electrical interconnector which, if constructed, will ...

Two Cypriot short films, ‘Buffer Zone’ and ‘Taxi’ recently received international visibility and acclaim, the culture ministry announced. Savvas Stavrou’s multi-award-winning short film “Buffer Zone” received the award for ...

Russian oil firms face delays of up to several months to be paid for crude and fuel as banks in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) become more ...

The restoration of the Hamidiye mosque will send a “tangible and positive message”, the United Nations’ senior political affairs officer on Cyprus, Philippe Baudin said on Tuesday. He said the ...

In a Colombian storyteller, THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who has lived through drama – stepping over dead bodies on the way to school – but finds medicine in stories It’s ...

There are three incipient famines in the world today, and politics is at the root of all of them. That’s not unusual, actually: famines are almost always political events. ...

With the 22nd edition of Cyprus Film Days just around the corner, its programme has begun taking shape. A varied and daring line-up of films grappling with major social and ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides said green taxation will begin by the end of 2024 and not on April 1. Meanwhile, over 3,500 people will be elected in Cyprus on June 9. ...

As the birthplace of a civilization which outlived many others Cyprus is an island full of history and boasts a wine industry with roots going back for several millennia. Nowadays, ...

Unions on Wednesday said that state broadcaster (CyBC) employees should be paid by Friday, following announcements staff would strike for one hour twice a day as of March 29. Following a ...

Partners of British citizens or those with indefinite leave to remain can apply for leave to enter or remain under Appendix FM and Appendix FM(SE). Though the rules can ...

A 39-year-old man wanted for crimes in Germany and Israel is to appear before court on Wednesday to commence his extradition process. According to the police, the man was arrested ...

Estonian President Alar Karis will meet with President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. According to Government Spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis, Karis, whose visit was scheduled from March 26-28, ...

Wednesday will be intermittently cloudy with dust in the air and temperatures rising to 26C in the interior, 23C on the west coasts, 25C on the remaining coasts and 17C ...

Australia’s Northern Territory on Wednesday imposed a two-week youth curfew in the tourist town of Alice Springs, a day after a mass brawl involving 150 people, many of them armed ...

The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that it officially saw a net negative income of $114.3 billion in 2023, a record loss tied to expenses related to managing the US central bank’...

The European Commission this week released a report noting that Cyprus’ economy is on a healthy trajectory, expecting both GDP to grow and inflation to decrease. However, it added that ...

Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) reached an estimated $30 billion settlement to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants, with some savings likely to be passed on to ...

Boeing’s board has begun the search for a big-hitter to take the helm of the troubled planemaker following the turbulent tenure of CEO Dave Calhoun, with many industry executives ...

A major bridge collapsed in the US port of Baltimore after being struck by a container ship, plunging cars into the river below. Here is what carmakers and other companies, ...

Limassol was named on Tuesday as one of 23 cities to be awarded with the European Union’s Mission Label for its climate neutrality goals. The European Commission said the label “...