Archive January 2025

NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Monday the alliance’s military capability targets may require members to spend as much as 3.7% of GDP on defence but this figure could be ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has postponed the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations for a second time because of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. ...

President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration would cancel student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, targeting those who attended schools that defrauded students, those with permanent disabilities and public ...

The intensity of greenhouse gas emissions in Cyprus decreased by just over 26 per cent from 2013 to 2023, according to data published by Eurostat on Monday. This compared to a drop of 32 ...

More than 900 Syrians have withdrawn their asylum applications over the last month, the government said on Monday. In a post on X, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said that ...

A night of creativity and expression is on the horizon. A spoken word event will be hosted at Windcraft Music Centre in Nicosia on February 9. With just over a month ...

Cyprus could up its spending cap if it convinces Brussels that the models the latter uses systematically ‘downgrade’ the island’s economic indices, the head of the Fiscal Council asserted ...

The Greek Cypriot Brotherhood in the UK welcomed in the New Year on Sunday with the annual cutting of the vasilopita. The cutting was blessed by Archbishop Nikitas while 140 members ...

Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, won enough support to become Lebanon’s next prime minister after a majority of lawmakers backed him for the post ...

Following a complaint from a company director, police in Limassol are looking into a fraud case involving the theft of €700,000. A 45-year-old man was taken into custody by police on ...

A 57-year-old woman got scammed online and ended up losing tens of thousands of euros. The woman reported to the Limassol police on Monday, that she found a website advertising ...

Climate activists from Just Stop Oil painted over the grave of British naturalist Charles Darwin at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday. Two activists entered Westminster Abbey – Britain’s site ...

House president Annita Demetriou expressed her commitment to deepening collaboration with Spain during a meeting on Monday with the Spanish congress president, Francina Armengol Socias. The Spanish delegation, which includes ...

Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in Los Angeles, potentially hampering efforts to extinguish two stubborn wildfires that have leveled whole neighborhoods and claimed the lives of ...

The Australian Open first round continues with fifth seed Daniil Medvedev, home favourite Alex de Minaur and Italy’s Jasmine Paolini among those in action, while Taylor Fritz battles Jenson ...

A Nicosia football club will be facing trial this week over the non-payment of €2.3 million in social insurance contributions, it emerged on Monday. It is apparently the first such trial ...

Israel posted a budget deficit of 19.2 billion shekels ($5.2 billion) in December, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, citing high expenses to finance the wars with the Palestinian Islamist militant group ...

In a move aimed at addressing challenges faced by the media sector, President Nikos Christodoulides, announced an initiative for dialogue with all involved stakeholders to find solutions to the sector’...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted to make the UK an artificial intelligence “superpower”, promising to take a pro-innovation approach to regulation, make public data available to researchers ...

Novak Djokovic was seriously rattled early on by inspired American teenager Nishesh Basavareddy but rallied for a 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory on Monday to keep his bid for an 11...

It began with a theft.   The theft itself wasn’t unusual – Cyprus is all too used to its artefacts being plundered. In our time, we’ve lost the Kanakaria mosaics, ...

Chelsea will look to build on their FA Cup win at the weekend to get their Premier League form back on track when they face Bournemouth, manager Enzo Maresca said ...

In a world increasingly defined by constant activity and conflict, one simple yet profound movement is gaining momentum. Donondo, created by M1a0 Shan (https://x.com/m1a0shan) ...