Archive April 2025

The dictionary defines a ‘horse whisperer’ as “someone who is skilled at training horses using gentle, non-violent methods based on understanding horse behavior and psychology.” By that standard, the only ‘...

Nearly 300 special constables (Sea) serving in the Cyprus police force are set to leave their posts this summer as their fixed-term contracts expire, sparking discontent and potential protests among officers ...

The search for the tourist who went missing after renting an inflatable boat and taking it into the sea from the port of Latchi has been unsuccessful so far, Paphos ...

Top Swiss officials will this week test whether big commitments to the U.S. can help secure relief from import tariffs, after pharma giant Roche followed its cross-town rival Novartis ...

A sweltering heatwave has gripped Cyprus, with temperatures hitting 33C inland on Wednesday, but relief is on the way as cooler air and even thunderstorms are forecast by the weekend. ...

Twenty-six people were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory, police said on Wednesday, the worst such attack in ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he would cut back significantly the time he devotes to the Trump administration from next month and spend more time running his many companies. The ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised down its forecast for Cyprus’ economic growth, projecting a rate of 2.5 per cent of GDP in 2025. This is significantly lower than its ...

Limassol is entering the most demanding phase of its European Capital of Culture 2030 campaign, with a clear focus on delivering an ambitious yet realistic programme, according to Andreas Pittas, chairman ...

The European Central Bank could hit its 2 per cent inflation target in the coming few months but the broader economic outlook is far too uncertain for the bank to provide ...

Credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS has flagged significant uncertainty regarding the impact of tariff policies on global sovereign credit ratings. In a newly published report, the agency highlighted that tariffs, ...

Eurozone firms were reporting improved business momentum in the weeks leading up to the Trump administration’s early April tariff announcement, mainly reflecting an incipient recovery in the industrial sector, ...

Six months after having appointed a religious coordinator, President Nikos Christodoulides has yet to assign him any official duties, reports said on Tuesday. According to daily Haravghi – affiliated to the ...

The lambradjia lunacy produced a fatality on Saturday. A 22-year-old man was killed when a big wooden pole that youths were trying to place on a lambradjia hit him on ...

The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, without saying why, though an Israeli newspaper linked the decision to ...

The Cyprus consumers’ association has accused the ministry of labour of treating consumers unfairly by refusing to appoint a representative for them in a key European Union advisory body. In ...

The search for a 35-year-old foreign tourist who went missing off the coast of Cyprus has intensified after his rented boat was found adrift, with no one on board. The ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to halt his invasion of Ukraine across the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace deal with U.S. President ...

The Trump administration will respond in court to Harvard University’s lawsuit seeking to block a federal funding freeze imposed after the institution rejected a list of White House demands ...

Barbers and hairdressers have complained about unfair competition from shops that do not keep normal hours and even operate on Sundays and public holidays, media reported on Tuesday. The complaints ...

Fires were once again lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ in northern Nicosia on Tuesday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...

One of the most exciting young string quartets to emerge from Italy in recent years is coming to Cyprus for a one-night-only concert in Nicosia. The Shoe Factory in the ...

For more than two years, traffic cameras on one of the main arteries of the Nicosia suburb of Engomi have not been in operation following the failure to renew a ...

In a market where yesterday’s newcomers become tomorrow’s blue chips, savvy investors are turning their eyes to the next wave of altcoin gems. One eye-catching token is Mutuum ...