Archive 2024

Paphos police arrested a 37-year-old woman on Thursday for a case of assault against a police officer, resisting lawful arrest and impersonation. According police, the woman of African descent was ...

The severe weather overnight lead to earth slides, rockfalls and wood obstructing Limassol roads on Friday, while authorities are busy clearing up the network. Police announced that the Limassol-Agros road ...

Outgoing EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy Josep Borrell is in Cyprus on Friday and Saturday to meet Israeli and Palestinian civil society organisations, according to a ...

An 84-year-old man involved in a traffic accident in Limassol was on Friday in hospital in serious condition. He was injured on Thursday morning around 11am while riding his motorcycle ...

Friday will be partly cloudy with rains and isolated storms expected, initially on the coast and later spreading to the rest of the island. Hail is also forecast. Temperatures will ...

Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in response to the U.S. and UK’s allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced ...

Britain borrowed more than expected in October, according to official data that showed the challenge facing finance minister Rachel Reeves who says she will fix the public finances as well ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) govennor Christodoulos Patsalides on Thursday addressed the Economist annual summit, highlighting the European banking sector’s resilience, while also addressing the challenges and risks facing ...

Berkay Ucar has almost given up hope of finding work after his eight-month search only generated a few unsuccessful interviews. Living with his parents in the capital Ankara, 24-year-old software ...

The trial hearings into financial aspect of the Avakoum monastery scandal, which was originally scheduled for Thursday, have been postponed to December 19. The hearings for archimandrites Nektarios Georgiou and Porfyrios ...

The debate over installing CCTV cameras in public spaces was discussed at the House legal committee on Wednesday, highlighting the always-tricky balance between security and privacy. At the House, proponents ...

The Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp’s trip to Israel has been postponed, the ministry said on Thursday, confirming an earlier report by Dutch News Agency ANP. “Under the current ...

Heavy gunfire erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Thursday evening after security forces moved to arrest the former head of the intelligence service, according to Reuters reporters and ...

Scientists have taken a close-up picture of a star apparently in its death throes, surrounded by gas and dust as it heads toward its demise in a huge explosion called ...

The House on Thursday passed an amendment to a law that significantly reduces the fines imposed on corporate entities for not declaring their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) on time. Under ...

Cyprus has received a total of €126 million net in funds from the EU for 2023 and is set to gain much more by 2027, Cypriot member of the European Court of Auditors (...

With just over a month to go until Christmas, the festive season is upon us! Approaching soon to spread festive cheer through music is a series of Christmas-themed concerts by ...

The police force on Thursday received a gift in the form a surveillance drone which it said it would put to use immediately. Equipped with state-of-the-art thermal cameras, the drone ...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace his former nominee ...

ExxonMobil will drill a well offshore Cyprus in January in its pursuit of natural gas, a senior executive said on Thursday at an energy and geopolitics event in Nicosia. “We’...

Derbyshire’s Repton School has announced that Olympic coach Jamie Main will be its Director of Swimming as of January 2025. The award-winning School has enjoyed a string of swimming accomplishments ...

Road transport department director Andreas Nikiforou on Thursday told the House transport committee about the crimes committed by children on school buses. One child, he said, had brought a plastic ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) govennor Christodoulos Patsalides on Thursday addressed the Economist annual summit, highlighting the European banking sector’s resilience, while also addressing the challenges and risks facing ...

Knowing how to weld, install electric equipment or repair an air conditioning system can be a key part of being able to obtain a trades-oriented job. Today, however, numerous employers ...