Archive June 2025

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will meet Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens on Thursday, according to reports. The Cyprus News Agency reported that Holguin will meet Gerapetritis ...

Can the worlds of classical ballet and Zorba the Greek collide? It seems so as a highly anticipated production this year brings a unique celebration of Greek spirit, movement and ...

Petrolina informs the public that messages are being sent to mobile phones (SMS) and emails which misleadingly appear to originate from Petrolina or/and its executive members. Accordingly, it informs ...

At least 24 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local health authorities said, in the latest ...

A car was completely destroyed by a fire in the Larnaca suburb of Oroklini in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos said the fire broke ...

Nursery school workers across Cyprus went on strike on Tuesday, demanding better pay and conditions. Their trade unions, Paseu-Peo and Ouuk-Sek, said on Tuesday morning that they had sent various ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ voted in the early hours of Tuesday morning to relax its laws relating to the operation of casinos, following a full day of arguments over the ...

Iran is poised to reject a U.S. proposal to end a decades-old nuclear dispute, an Iranian diplomat said on Monday, dismissing it as a “non-starter” that fails to address ...

Portuguese police have launched a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal’s Algarve region where the British three-year-old disappeared in 2007, following a request from German authorities, the country’s ...

Tuesday’s weather is set to be mostly clear across most of the island, though clouds may gather and isolated rain and even the odd storm may be possible late ...

Ukrainian attacks triggered power cuts over swathes of Russian-controlled territory in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in Ukraine’s south, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity, Russia-installed officials said ...

Cyta secured four gold and one bronze award at the Cyprus Technology Awards 2024, earning recognition for projects that enhance digital accessibility, sustainability, and user experience across the country. The gold ...

The construction of a new port in the Limassol district village of Pentakomo would have “immediate and irreversible environmental impacts”, ornithological charity BirdLife Cyprus’ campaign coordinator Tasos Shialis said on ...

The Cyprus electricity market will open to independent producers in mid-September and from October 1, the trading in electricity will commence. The opening up of the market, which was meant have ...

Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has been elected president of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, securing 167 votes out of 174 cast by member states in ...

Three-time champion Novak Djokovic reached a century of wins at the French Open on Monday by making the quarter-finals in straight sets against Cameron Norrie while fellow seeds Jack Draper ...

UN chief’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday afternoon in Istanbul, as part of her latest round of regional consultations. The ...

The European Commission said on Monday it would make a strong case this week for the United States to reduce or eliminate tariffs even after Donald Trump said he would ...

Greek-Cypriot TikTok personality Nikos Peletie has reportedly been arrested for alleged offenses of sexist rhetoric and incitement to violence following public complaints raised by women’s rights groups. According to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar formally kicked off his campaign to win re-election on Monday evening, bringing together the three political parties which have endorsed his campaign for his first ...

The trial of former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki continued on Monday before the Nicosia District Court, with testimony from two former presidents of the Cyprus Youth Organisation (Onek) and a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday met with his Albanian counterpart, Igli Hasani, to discuss regional developments, including Albania’s accession to the European Union and the Cyprus problem. Kombos ...

Girls in Cyprus reported gambling more than boys in physical locations, drinking more alcohol, and using more synthetic drugs, but they scored lower than boys and below the threshold on ...

The suspect in an attack on a pro-Israeli rally in Colorado that injured eight people was being held on Monday on an array of charges, including assault and the use ...