Archive 2024

Turkey is still interested in buying 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday after the United States advanced the $23 billion sale of its F-16 fighter jets ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou In a strongly worded statement, Attorney-General George Savvides said he would be referring lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou to the bar association for potential disciplinary offences, ...

All roads leading to Troodos were reopened on Thursday afternoon, having been closed for much of the day. The police noted, however, that roads leading to the highest mountain peaks ...

European Union leaders unanimously agreed on Thursday to extend 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in new aid to Ukraine, the chairman of the summit said, overcoming weeks of resistance from Hungary and ...

Copper prices set to soar by more than 75 per cent over next two years Mark Rachovides, chairman of Venus Minerals and a member of Euromines, the voice of the European ...

The trial of the driver of a pickup truck which crashed into another vehicle and killed its four occupants on New Year’s Eve was postponed on Thursday. The man’...

Hamas is unlikely to reject a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received from mediators this week, but will not sign it without assurances that Israel has committed to ending the war, ...

Two people received eight-day custodial remands on Thursday after having attempted to smuggle 33 kilograms of cannabis into Cyprus via Paphos airport. The pair, aged 28 and 20 years old, had arrived at ...

Private debt in Cyprus, including households and non-financial companies, reached 206 per cent of GDP at the end of the third quarter of 2023, according to a report released this week by ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will have a new meeting with the UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, on Friday at noon, he announced on Thursday on arrival ...

TechIsland, the largest technology association in Cyprus, and member company Adsterra, on Thursday announced the launch of “Advocate For Yourself,” an educational programme under the Women in Tech Cyprus initiative. ...

Discovering Prague for the first time, ELENI PHILIPPOU is enchanted by the old, new and mysterious Right at the heart of Europe, a Bohemian gem awaits. On a crisp winter ...

The head of the association of hospitality sector owners (Osika) Neophytos Thrasivoulou said attendance at leisure centres nationwide currently hovers around 30 per cent, making January one of the most difficult ...

A financial product that enables banks to shed risk from loan portfolios is gaining more popularity among lenders in the United States, with investors and lawyers devising new structures to ...

Patients’ safety is a top priority in the formulation of health-related policies, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Thursday. Damianos was speaking following the introduction of a new international standard ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) has begun its comparison of doctors’ salaries from 2022 and the second half of 2023 when quality criteria and performance indicators were introduced, it emerged on Thursday. ...

The youth camp in Lapithos was put to use on Thursday to house people forced to flee their homes during floods and storms on Tuesday night. The north’s ‘deputy ...

Oil prices rose on Thursday, supported by signals from the US Federal Reserve on a possible start to rate cuts and on new support measures for China’s embattled property ...

Some 290,000 Finnish workers began two days of strike action on Thursday to protest against the right-wing government’s planned labour market reforms and proposed cuts to social welfare. Companies and ...

When Yolanda Kalantzi and Georgia Ampatzidou fell in love eight years ago, they said the idea of getting married was “science fiction” in deeply conservative Greece, where LGBT+ couples cannot ...

The euro hit a seven-week low on Thursday as the dollar rose after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back against bets of a US rate cut as soon as ...

Tankers carrying Russian oil have continued sailing through the Red Sea largely uninterrupted by Houthi attacks on shipping and face lower risks than competitors, according to shipping executives, analysts and ...

Coronavirus vaccinations for anybody over the age of 18 will be carried out at the Athienou health centre on February 10, the municipality announced on Thursday. The municipality said the health ministry ...

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is sure to be in Las Vegas for the Feb. 11 Super Bowl showdown with the San Francisco 49ers but whether his girlfriend, mega-pop ...