Archive 2024

The Turkish Cypriot police on Friday published the contents of seizures made at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point in the space of 24 hours on Thursday. The items were confiscated from ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) and the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation during a ceremony held in Nicosia. The signing ceremony took place ...

Where do you live? I live with my husband and three kids in Limassol. What did you have for breakfast? My breakfast is usually just a coffee. Describe your perfect ...

Reconstruction of a section of Nicosia’s old city walls which collapsed in 2022 is complete, the Bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage announced on Friday. The collapsed section was located ...

Thousands of Russians chanted Alexei Navalny’s name and said they would not forgive the authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest in Moscow on ...

France and Germany joined calls on Friday for an independent inquiry into the deaths of dozens of Palestinians awaiting aid in Gaza, an incident which Israeli media said could weaken ...

Cockfighting, a centuries-old practice steeped in tradition and controversy, has taken on a new form in the digital age with the emergence of live streaming platforms like sv388 and alo789. ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas Police were collecting testimony from partygoers in Limassol on Friday, where four armed robbers stole over €20,000 worth of money and items. Speaking to Cyprus ...

Turkish Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek hit back at the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Friday following criticism levelled over his re-election campaigning in the north. “Tahsin Ertugruloglu is ...

Attorney-General (AG) George Savvides on Friday hit back at what he called criticism after the legal service advised the Nicosia court to suspend the trial of a Turkish Cypriot lawyer ...

Cyprus’ Business Cycle Index recorded an increase in accommodation and food services during the fourth quarter of 2023, along with a decline in professional activities, according to a report released this ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry this week announced the extension of the deadline by six months, for approved applicants, to fully implement their investment proposals under the first ...

In a marathon session that extended into the early hours of Friday, the House unanimously approved the budget of the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) for 2024. At the same time, the ...

With the change in the season comes a string of annual events to look forward to finds ELENI PHILIPPOU Cyprus truly comes to life in spring. Flower fields bloom, the ...

On the last day at university, Dev and Em meet each other at a leaving ball. From different worlds, they work their way through a bottle of champagne and wind ...

Parliament’s passing of a bill to create a deputy ministry for migration was met with dissatisfaction by non-governmental organisation Kisa’s executive director, Doros Polykarpou, on Friday. Speaking to ...

With the aim of planting 10,000 thousand trees in fire-affected areas of Cyprus, as well as cleaning beaches, promoting cycling, and raising public awareness of the green transition and movement, the ...

Iranians voted for a new parliament on Friday in an election seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s legitimacy at a time of growing frustration over economic woes ...

More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, a condition linked to an increased risk of numerous serious health problems, according to updated estimates from the World Health ...

The U.S. Senate soundly defeated an effort to stop the $23 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey, which President Joe Biden’s administration approved after ...

The solo exhibition of visual artist Yiannis Sakellis will open at the Blue Iris Art Gallery in Paphos this weekend exploring the beauty of the female body and its subsequent ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced this week that it expects a 2.2 per cent increase in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2023, following a substantial 5.1 ...

Century Travel Group, the only cruise specialist in Cyprus, is pleased to announce that the well-known and well-loved British cruise line Marella Cruises will return to Cyprus in 2025. Century Travel ...

Parliament on Thursday night unanimously approved the budgets of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and State Health Services (Okypy). Okypy’s total budget for 2024 foresees expenditure totalling at €761.8 million, and ...