Archive February 2025

The government cannot issue a decree outlawing the levying of administrative charges by car dealerships to replace faulty airbags, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday. Speaking after the day’...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hit back on Wednesday at Donald Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was trapped in ...

A 72-year-old man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of having aided and abetted a crime and of having interfered with judicial proceedings, with the police believing he is connected ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria’s capital Damascus, ...

Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents and incarcerated for nearly five decades while maintaining his innocence, was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday after ...

Minimum wages in 19 professions in the hotel industry are getting a 3.54 per cent increase, retrospectively from January 1, after the cabinet issued a decree on Wednesday as part of the sector’...

Supermarkets across the island are wrapping up their participation in a test run of the e-kalathi application, whose goal is to benefit shoppers by increasing competitiveness and transparency. The app’...

Deputy Minister for Shipping Marina Hadjimanolis, is set to visit Brussels to participate in the high-level roundtable, ‘Fisheries and Oceans Dialogues: Help Design the European Ocean Pact’. This follows an ...

Cyprus’ electricity network is set to bear more pressure over the coming days, due to the cold spell forecast for Thursday onwards, increasing demand for heating. “Things will be difficult. ...

A kid-friendly rave is coming up this carnival season for families and partygoers of all ages. On Saturday, Rave Baby Rave is hosting the Cyprus Kids Carnival Family Rave at ...

The association of building contractors Oseok has warned that acute labour shortages in sectors like construction, tourism, and retail were stalling economic growth. As the supply of skilled and unskilled ...

Emergency calls to 112 will soon be handled by Civil Defence, which is actively preparing for the transition. Civil Defence spokesman Panayiotis Liassides told the Cyprus Mail that EU regulations require ...

The electricity supplied to the Republic of Cyprus by the north was provided free of charge, the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek workers’ trade union El-Sen leader Ahmet Tugcu said ...

Environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou will lead a group of 35 students on a tour of the abandoned village of Fasli in the Paphos district on Thursday and Friday as part of ...

By Mandy Hagstrom and Justin Keogh Callisthenics is a type of training where you do bodyweight exercises to build strength. It’s versatile, low cost, and easy to start. Classic ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he will visit London with the aim of persuading Cypriots based in the United Kingdom to return to the island. “On May 21, I will ...

Pep Guardiola acknowledged on Tuesday that he was playing mind games with his assessment that Manchester City had only a “one percent” chance of eliminating holders Real Madrid in the ...

Turkish Cypriot athlete Kemal Elektrikci on Wednesday announced that he will complete a 24-hour swim to “show that we stand against the bastards who committed the donkey massacre” in Karpasia ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest rate of people working remotely in Europe in 2024, at just 22 per cent, a sharp contrast to the Netherlands, which topped the chart with 83 per cent. This ...

President Donald Trump’s administration targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists and tax enforcers for dismissal, as a federal judge gave the green light for its unprecedented remaking of the US ...

Light from Light is the title of a new solo exhibition by Alexandros Yiorkadjis opening at the Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos next month. Curated by Daphne Nikita, the exhibition ...

With the support of XM, in collaboration with Deloitte Cyprus, the ARIS business acceleration programme offers startups the strategic partnerships, mentorship and resources they need to accelerate their growth, increase ...

The sound of hammer blows and welding drifted from the Skaramangas Shipyard near Athens last month as workers repaired the bow of a large tanker, while other vessels waited to ...

Police have arrested two more people, aged 28 and 53, for an investigated case of real estate fraud in Limassol. Two persons aged 45 and 46 had previously been taken onto custody following their ...