Archive 2024

The alternative schooling pilot programme for children with severe socio-educational challenges will be housed at the environmental information centre in Athalassa national forestry park, according to teachers’ union Oelmek leader ...

The Supreme Court ordered the state to pay a further €3,000 in punitive damages to each of two citizens who were beaten up by members of the police force. The citizens ...

Tourism revenue in Cyprus reached €454.1 million in September 2024, according to the statistical service’s passenger survey. This marks a 6 per cent increase compared to September 2023, when tourism revenue stood at €428.4 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides told young people on Friday the government was working on a number of initiatives to get them more involved in democratic engagement, including lowering the voting age ...

Cyprus recorded a general government surplus of €1.43 billion, equivalent to 4.2 per cent of GDP, between January and October 2024, according to a report from the statistical service. This was more than ...

Ireland’s two main governing parties looked on course to return to power as polls opened on Friday, thanks to a giveaway October budget and a loss of momentum by ...

A good beginning for people who want to get into anime is Noragami, even though its release date of 2014 makes it quite old in anime terms. And the plot is ...

A Greek police officer has been arrested on suspicion of assisting a transnational cocaine trafficking ring by leaking confidential investigative information to its members and helping them cover up illicit ...

Russia is waging a “staggeringly reckless campaign” of sabotage in Europe while also stepping up its nuclear sabre-rattling to scare other countries off from backing Ukraine, Britain’s foreign spy ...

Three individuals suspected of involvement in a large drug trafficking ring appeared before the Limassol court on Friday for a re-remand hearing. The court granted a new seven-day remand to ...

This Christmas season, Ayia Napa Marina becomes, once again, the ultimate holiday destination for kids and adults alike! Over December 8-29, the Marina’s Christmas Village is returning, amplifying the ...

Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral will reopen its doors next week to tourists and the Catholic faithful, five-and-a-half years after fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece, one of the French capital’s most ...

Getting reliable internet abroad can be a challenge. From limited WiFi at the airport to the scramble for local SIM cards, staying connected often feels like a hassle. Even once ...

An exciting agenda lies ahead with Christmas events organised by the Nicosia Municipality. Mayor Charalambos Prontzos highlighted that the Christmas Village, hosted for the second year in Laiki Yitonia, will ...

From Taylor Swift’s new Eras Tour book priced at $39.99 and sold only at Target, to a $50.99 Jessica Simpson puffer coat at Walmart, marked down from $84.99, major U.S. retailers ...

Newly enlisted special forces soldiers are able to fully respond to any situation and fulfil the expectations of their role, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said on Friday. He was at ...

The Finance Ministry on Friday launched the a new support scheme for print media, inviting eligible applicants to submit their applications either in person or by registered post by December 13, 2024. ...

A Limassol man was arrested on Thursday night, for possession of stolen items, police said on Friday. The goods were found in the possession of a 41-year-old man, who has ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) this week announced that a business delegation, forums, and B2B meetings were held in Bratislava and Prague on November 26 and 28,respectively. ...

The European Union’s ambassador to Georgia said on Friday that Tbilisi’s move to effectively halt its EU accession bid until 2028 was “heartbreaking” and he also condemned police violence ...

Children whose parents were forced to send them to Greece after the 1974 Turkish invasion for their own safety are “a tragic story” that has been kept under wraps for decades, ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou this week announced that €363 million in funding schemes are being implemented to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cyprus. “The development of small and medium-sized ...

The fire service is warning about the risk to lives from cluttered common areas in apartment blocks and haphazard parking outside these buildings. The warning was issued at the House ...

When Russian missiles hurtle towards the Ukrainian power plant and employees scramble for the bomb shelter, a handful of workers stay above ground in a control room protected by sandbags ...