Archive 2025

Electricity tariffs will rise by three per cent from the next two-month billing period, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou confirmed on Saturday. Speaking before the the electricity authority’s scientific staff’...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Saturday said he has “low expectations” for the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to begin in New York on Wednesday. “...

There is more to a cup of Cyprus coffee than its strong, bitter taste. In a new book on the matter, Aspasia Papadima unfolds the secrets of the island’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has written a letter to the European Union’s leadership expressing “strong concern” after it was reported that veteran Cypriot journalist Sener Levent had been summoned to ...

Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America’s oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were destined ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for full support of the disarmament of Kurdish militants that began with a handover of the first batch of weapons by Kurdistan Workers ...

A preliminary report depicted confusion in the cockpit shortly before an Air India jetliner crashed and killed 260 people last month, after the plane’s engine fuel cutoff switches flipped almost ...

The Wimbledon women’s singles championship will culminate with the grand finale at the All England Club on Saturday with a new name set to be etched onto the gilded ...

Premier League side Crystal Palace have been dropped in European competition to the third-tier Conference League in a multi-club ownership case, while Olympique Lyonnais will be allowed to play in ...

Top seed Jannik Sinner ensured Novak Djokovic will be absent from a Wimbledon men’s singles final for the first time in eight years after handing the Serbian great a ...

The foreign ministry on Saturday said it “welcomes” the latest six-monthly reports penned by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus and the UN’s ...

Four people were arrested after getting into a fight with one another in Limassol, while one of the four required hospital treatment, the police announced on Saturday. The fight broke ...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with two burglaries which were committed almost seven years ago in 2018. Evidence was found linking him to the burglaries, and he was ...

A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of “attempted arson”, the police announced on Saturday. The incident occurred on July 3 in the Larnaca district, with a 70-year-old man reporting ...

Saturday’s weather is expected to be warm and sunny again, with blue skies the order of the day after the morning’s early fog lifts. Temperatures will rise to ...

“In the heat of July, when the sea seems to melt into the sky and the city breathes a little slower, the music of Italian classics resonates differently. Not as ...

By James Sweeney The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are refusing to implement a government plan to move hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a what it calls a “humanitarian city” ...

President of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Friday said that Paphos has significant potential to boost visitor numbers. In addition, he also said that the district can attract ...

British house prices stagnated month-on-month during June, as economists polled by Reuters had expected, figures from Halifax showed this week. The mortgage lender revised up May’s reading to show ...

Shell (SHEL.L) expects quarterly earnings to be hit by weaker trading in its integrated gas division and losses at its chemicals and products operations, it said this week ahead ...

British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover reported a 10.7 per cent drop in first-quarter sales, its Indian parent Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) said this week, hit by a temporary pause in ...

The trial of seven people who stand accused of forming an alleged criminal syndicate which engaged in drug trafficking, running a protection racket, and illegal gambling will begin at the ...

After months of meetings, discussions and haggling, the House voted through legislation that would supposedly rationalise the issue of multiple pensions which deputies had made several unsuccessful attempts to tackle ...