Archive 2024

A landmark event, held in December 2023 in Cyprus, has opened new pathways for the island’s students aiming to forge successful UK careers. The event, a collaborative effort between Cypriots ...

In today’s episode, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou proposed the deployment of armed police on the streets. Meanwhile, Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was handed a small fine for ...

Pakistan’s top civilian and military leaders will carry out a security review on Friday on the standoff with Iran, the information minister said, after the neighbours carried out drone ...

Time to taste the spirits! This January, Moondog’s Bar & Grill is set to host the 4th Nicosia Whiskey & Rum Experience and it is expected to be a ...

Two people were arrested in Paphos on Thursday night after being found in possession of tools which could be used to facilitate a burglary and an electric scooter for which ...

A 28-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night for drunkenly attacking a policeman. According to the Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou, police descended on Poseidon ...

Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan is looking to use the lender’s first investor day in a decade to show shareholders it can replicate the success of its investment bank ...

Paphos police announced on Friday the arrest of a man in connection with the torching of a police officer’s car. The man, aged 43 and from Limassol, was arrested on ...

The U.S. launched new strikes against Houthi anti-ship missiles aimed at the Red Sea on Thursday, as growing tensions in the region’s sea lanes disrupted global trade and ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy, with light rain possible in the afternoon. Temperatures will rise to 20 degrees Celsius inland, 21 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and 11 degrees ...

According to the annual data published by Eurostat, the EU exported 32.1 million tons of waste to third countries in 2022, marking a 3 per cent decrease from 2021. Concurrently, waste imports to the ...

Cyprus needs to formulate a national strategy to tackle organised crime, according to Cypriot professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Cyprus Andreas Kapardis. Speaking to the ...

Under pressure from the media, some parties and the auditor-general, the government has decided to rationalise the law surrounding multiple pensions. Permanent secretary at the finance ministry Giorgos Panteli said ...

Mexico and Chile expressed “growing worry” on Thursday over “an escalation of violence” after several months of war between Israel and Hamas in a referral to the International Criminal Court (...

The U.S. launched new strikes against Houthi anti-ship missiles aimed at the Red Sea on Thursday, as growing tensions in the region’s sea lanes disrupted global trade and ...

There is “no way” to solve Israel’s long-term security challenges in the region and the short-term challenges of rebuilding Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state, U.S. ...

Germany’s finance minister predicted a higher level of growth in the mid-term in Germany and said his party would counter the rise of the far-right by tackling the problems ...

The Russian Federation on Thursday announced that it is barring entry into its territory to Cypriot officials connected with the deportation from the island of a Russian national last October ...

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to the 2024 budgets of six semi-governmental organisations, but ‘crossed’ those funds related to procuring services from the private sector. ‘Crossing’ a spending ...

The fine for illegally parking in a space reserved for the disabled will go to €500, up from €300 now, under a bill discussed in parliament on Thursday. The legislative proposal belongs ...

The government took a swipe at the UN on Thursday, calling on it to be objective in the way it presents events and facts after it took offence by statements ...

The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides on Thursday stressed the importance of implementing safeguards for AI-driven tools in healthcare, underling the need for human oversight. Speaking ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has promised a pro-solution think tank that he will take under consideration their proposals that the Guterres Framework serve as the baseline for moving forward reunification talks, ...

A new photographic exhibition is about to open in Limassol showcasing the work of Erato Kantouna, the first female photographer in Cyprus and Greece to be awarded the distinction Excellence ...