Archive January 2025

It was very disappointing to see House president and Disy leader Annita Demetriou attend the memorial service for General Georgios Grivas in Limassol on Sunday and also take part in ...

The Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, has stated that he is still awaiting a reply from President Nikos Christodoulides on the potential opening of a crossing point at Mia Milia. ...

At least three US lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the Trump administration announced a federal funding pause, even as the White ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, the prime minister’s office said in a statement ...

A new working group has been formed by the Union of Cyprus municipalities (UCM) to collaborate with the ministry of agriculture on implementing the “Pay as you throw” waste management ...

Two music nights are coming up in Paphos, organised by Technopolis 20 to enrich February’s cultural agenda. Arriving first is a recital with young pianist Maria Avraam at the Paphos ...

The energy minister and the natural gas infrastructure company (Etyfa) met on Tuesday to review the state of play with the LNG project at Vasiliko and what the next steps ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday renewed calls on car dealerships to fully cooperate on the issue of faulty Takata airbags, stressing that the government will regardless press on with efforts to alert ...

The Cyprus Environmental Movement on Tuesday added its voice to calls to stop the destruction of the landmark teacher’s bank building in central Nicosia. The Teachers’ Savings Bank building ...

Russia’s legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on rivers and lakes are all unwelcome signs ...

For 30 years, Shemsi Gara operated a giant digger in a Kosovo coal mine, churning up toxic dust that covered his face and got into his airways. Home life wasn’t ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state’s highest court said the animals have no legal right to demand their release because they ...

Both lanes of the Limassol to Nicosia highway were closed on Tuesday afternoon following a traffic accident. As a result, heavy traffic was reported moving towards Nicosia. Police urged drivers ...

The deaths of five people in a helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium in October 2018, including Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, were accidental, an inquest jury concluded ...

Limassol police are looking for two people after an attempted robbery of a kiosk in Yermasogia in the early morning of Tuesday. Around 3am, two people entered the kiosk and ...

Long a favorite among crypto aficionados, Ripple (XRP) regularly ranks among the top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. However, in 2025, a fresh wave of blockchain initiatives is emerging, threatening XRP’s ...

Τhe medieval fountain in the centre of the Paphos village of Choulou has been fully restored, mukhtar Marios Lazarou said on Tuesday. The fountain was restored by the antiquities department ...

The Nicosia district court has ruled that the government is not responsible for repaying the debts of the Kofinou abattoir, the legal service said on Tuesday. The decision, issued on ...

The patients’ federation (Osak) on Tuesday called on patients to report doctors if they tried to exploit them as the police said investigations are ongoing into a doctor sacked on ...

Royal Caribbean (RCL.N) said on Tuesday that 2025 was shaping up “to be another great year”, with a near 23 per cent jump expected in adjusted earnings, sending the cruise operator’...

The Media Ethics Committee on Tuesday came down hard on the Alpha television channel for airing a talk show in December where a guest made sexist remarks that sparked a ...

Chinese New Year (on Wednesday) was welcomed in Cyprus in a festive atmosphere, full of colour and traditional decorations that transformed the usually quite drab university amphitheatre into a Chinese ...

The number of asylum seekers has dropped considerably over the past two years, the interior ministry said on Tuesday citing data after the mayor of Nicosia claimed that migrants released ...

French police have opened an investigation into death threats against a judge and two prosecutors involved in a corruption trial of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in which she could ...