Archive January 2025

With the weekend almost here, it is time to look at what’s on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Family concerts, jazzy brunches and pizza nights are on the horizon! ...

Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday could herald a more volatile period for markets, with the Republican seen moving quickly on a wide swath of issues including trade and immigration ...

Iga Swiatek charged into the third round of the Australian Open on a bright and sunny Thursday before fellow Grand Slam winner Emma Raducanu booked an intriguing encounter against the ...

Thursday will see largely clear skies and mild weather in most areas of the island, with a chance of showers in the mountains and in the southeast. Temperatures will rise ...

President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech as he hopes to seal a legacy overshadowed by Democrats’ failure to stop Donald ...

Israel airstrikes killed at least 70 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced to bring ...

Spain’s decision to impose steep taxes on non-EU property investors using platforms like Airbnb has sparked debate over whether countries like Cyprus and Greece will benefit from the shift ...

British business confidence slid to a two-year low at the end of last year, pushed down by worries about tax following the Labour government’s first budget, a survey showed ...

Britain’s ASOS Plc (ASOS.L) flagged a one-time impairment charge exceeding $200 million in fiscal 2025 due to the “mothballing” of its Atlanta distribution centre on Wednesday, as the online fashion ...

Leandro Trossard transformed the mood at Arsenal with the winning goal as they recovered from an early setback to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home and move back into second ...

Two of the three Turkish Cypriots who were declared wanted by the Republic of Cyprus’ police in relation to the shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani national on Wednesday publicly denied ...

The arguments of the two sides – legislature and executive – regarding the law on disclosing the names of donors to the Agency for Social Support that is run by the first ...

Cyprus’ first Vice President Dr Fazil Kucuk and his successor Rauf Denktash, who went on to serve as Turkish Cypriot leader for over three decades, were remembered at ceremonies in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night hailed the ceasefire agreement struck between the State of Israel and insurgent group Hamas in Gaza. “I welcome the ceasefire agreement in Gaza with ...

Cyprus has been authorised to buy military hardware directly from the United States government after joining three programmes run by the country’s department of defence on Wednesday night. As ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads the way in the first poll of the year to ask Turkish Cypriots who they plan ...

Jannik Sinner kicks off the late session at Rod Laver Arena on a busy day for Italians at the Australian Open on Thursday, while claycourt specialist Iga Swiatek is keeping ...

An explosion at the entrance of an empty house in Limassol, in the early hours of Wednesday, damaged the door and some furniture. The owners, who are in the process ...

In the blink of an eye, Valentine’s Day will be here. Don’t roll your eyes just yet, this romantic evening is filled with Italian, musical flair. The Italian ...

Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend ...

President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Wednesday that Turkey had the power and ability to “crush” all terrorists in Syria, including Islamic State and Kurdish militants, while urging all countries to “...

Negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, after 15 months of conflict that ...

Cyprus’ population recorded an increase of 1.8 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022, according to demographic data released on Wednesday by the Statistical Service. The number of births increased in 2023, while the ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides presented three reports on Wednesday to President Nikos Christodoulides, informing him that over 3,000 complaints had been processed by her office in 2024. The reports on work done ...