Archive 2025

British house prices rose 0.3 per cent in August, a third consecutive monthly increase that leaves them 2.2 per cent higher than a year earlier, figures published by mortgage lender Halifax showed ...

British retail sales rose more than expected in July, boosted by good weather and the women’s European soccer championship, but annual growth was slower than expected after extensive revisions ...

The once bustling Laiki Yitonia is now shuttered. Even the municipality has given up. A decision’s been taken to transfer the stewardship of Laiki Yitonia from Nicosia municipality back ...

Three concerts are planned for the latest edition of Technopolis 20’s Classics concerts series starting on September 19 with a live performance by the Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniță and Russian pianist ...

In every crypto cycle, new projects emerge that challenge the dominance of established players. A few years ago, Uniswap and Aave transformed decentralized finance (DeFi) and rewarded early investors with ...

The race for the best cryptocurrency to invest in before 2026 is intensifying. Bitcoin (BTC) remains the flagship, and Ethereum (ETH) continues to dominate decentralized applications, but neither asset offers the ...

The Israeli military told Palestinians in Gaza City to leave for the south on Saturday before bombing a high-rise tower as its forces advance deeper into the enclave’s largest ...

British police arrested dozens more people on Saturday under anti-terrorism laws for demonstrating in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned by the government as a terrorist organisation. Britain ...

Excavations are currently underway at eight sites – seven in the north and one in the south – by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), however sources said on Saturday that no ...

Hundreds of people formed a silent queue on Saturday in the heart of Milan’s fashion district to pay their respects to Giorgio Armani, Italy’s most famous designer, who ...

For years, Cardano (ADA) has been viewed as a patient investor’s play: slow, steady, and structured. Yet with crypto prices showing more volatility and markets rewarding projects with utility-driven ...

The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team have removed their full name from riders’ jerseys for the rest of the Vuelta a Espana after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the finish on stage 11. Wednesday’...

The cabinet gathered in Troodos on Saturday to discuss the huge task of organising Cyprus EU presidency which will see around 28,000 participants and high-level officials descending on Cyprus over six ...

Under the slogan “Stop the famine – stop the genocide”, the Cyprus Peace Council is calling on the public to join a protest next Saturday in Nicosia “against the man-made humanitarian ...

By Philippa Tracy Back in the summer of 2022, I read an article bemoaning the lack of glamour in airline travel since the pandemic. It showed how some airlines were still ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts on Saturday to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation’s citizens in a US immigration raid on a ...

Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati told Reuters on Saturday that the group considered Friday’s cabinet session on an army plan to establish a state monopoly on arms “an opportunity to ...

As Cyprus prepares to take on the EU Council presidency, the Byzantine museum is putting cultural heritage on the cultural agenda, with upcoming presentations on the history and preservation of ...

Federation of employers and industrialists (Oev) spokesperson Michalis Antoniou said on Saturday that a meeting with the labour minister failed to break the deadlock over the cost-of-living allowance and Thursday’...

It is almost time to hit the theatres again to enjoy world-renowned classical musicians. Coming up soon is a concert by the legendary violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov in a unique ...

Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes – some about ...

A 36 year-old Ukrainian was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday evening after it was found that he was wanted by Ukrainian authorities. “The 36-year-old is allegedly related to a case ...

Few dishes conjure a sense of place quite like fish and chips. Served wrapped in paper, generally with a generous sprinkling of salt and vinegar, this unassuming pairing of battered ...

Police on Friday night arrested 17-year-old in an ongoing case of attempted murder of a security guard and the arson of four cars belonging to a rental company in Pyla ...