Archive 2024

Israeli warplanes struck Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, hitting a facility belonging to Hezbollah and killing at least one member of the Iran-backed group, ...

The municipality of Paphos has installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance to mitigate future instances of damage at the Park of Colours, it announced on Tuesday. The decision follows numerous complaints ...

Elam and an ex-police chief were linked to the ongoing church scandal involving suspected money extortion and sex between monks at the Osios Avakoum monastery on Tuesday. It emerged that ...

Myths about the Cypriot dialect were effectively dispelled recently at the Second Science Café, organised by the University of Cyprus (UCY) with the support of the Bank of Cyprus (BoC). ...

Injured Gabriel Martinelli missed training ahead of Arsenal‘s Champions League last-16 return leg against Porto at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday but manager Mikel Arteta refused to rule out ...

Lidl Cyprus and Lidl Plus are ushering in spring with a special competition that will offer gifts to 50 lucky Lidl Plus app users. Specifically, until Sunday, April 7, every Lidl Plus ...

At its recent annual general meeting the Greek Cypriot Brotherhood approved a resolution to the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the Cyprus issue, it announced on Tuesday. The resolution ...

Producer group OPEC and the International Energy Agency, the world’s most closely watched forecasters of oil demand growth, are further apart than they have been for at least 16 years ...

By Richard Boxall The new cricket season had its first classic match when MSN Punjab Lions held on for a 3-run win over Sri Lankans at Ypsonas in the BAOFinancial ...

Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer said he is confident Mauricio Pochettino’s “project” will bear fruit, though fans may have to be patient for a couple of seasons before the club ...

World number one Novak Djokovic was stunned 6-4 3-6 6-3 by lucky loser Luca Nardi in the third round of Indian Wells on Monday, a victory which the 20-year-old Italian ...

In a recent review, I wrote about how unease and pretty sentences aren’t enough to make a good novel. This week, I find myself reviewing another novel that is ...

Ukraine pounded targets across Russia on Tuesday with at least 25 drones and seven missiles, Russia’s defence ministry said, in a sweeping attack that one local official said had left ...

A group exhibition exploring the otherworldly, the magical and the dreamy in art is set to open this month in Nicosia. Titled Manifestations: Views of the Otherworldly in Painting and ...

In today’s episode, the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin said “a lot of ideas” had been raised at her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. Elsewhere, the ecclesiastical ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating a fire which broke out in a car the early hours of Tuesday in Paphos. According to police, at 3.30am officers received the information about ...

The humanitarian aid ship Open Arms finally set sail on Tuesday accompanied by another vessel, inaugurating the operation of the ‘Amalthea’ Larnaca to Gaza sea corridor. President Nikos Christodoulides and ...

Bitcoin hit a record high on Monday above $71,000, as the surge in the biggest cryptocurrency showed no signs of slowing down. Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday became the latest ...

A 52-year-old man, named as Panayiotis Andreou, lost his life in an accident that occurred shortly after midnight on Monday in Nicosia. The man had been riding his motorbike on ...

Tuesday will be clear and mild with temperatures rising to 23C inland, 22C on the coast, and 16C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north- to south-easterly, light ...

Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since ...

According to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) report ‘Registration of Motor Vehicles’ for the period January-February 2024, vehicle registrations increased by 45 per cent. Furthermore, the share of electric vehicles has reached 3.1 ...

European stock indexes fell from recent record highs on Monday, and Wall Street looked set for losses, as traders grappled with an uncertain economic outlook and waited for U.S. ...

University of Leicester scientists have rediscovered 46 ancient sites with uncovered evidence of quarries and tombs located within the Dhekelia British military base in Cyprus. Archaeologists from the UK’s Defence ...