Archive 2025

Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis used his participation in a professional symposium to highlight Larnaca’s appeal as a tourist destination. The minister outlined Larnaca’s recent progress in terms ...

Planned upgrades to the aged and leaking water supply network “can’t be done overnight” the agriculture ministry director said on Thursday. Meanwhile, district self-governance organisation (EOA) heads pointed out ...

A lot is happening behind the scenes with lobbying in favour of a bill allowing players in casinos to spend more than €10,000 cash at a time, while authorities are calling ...

Applications open for students seeking state grants for their university studies on April 2, it was reported on Thursday. The ministry of finance’s grants and allowances service has announced that ...

Serious concerns emerged on Thursday following reports of contracted soldiers (Syop) being transferred from the National Guard to the Cypriot Intelligence Service (KYP), prompting a strong response from MP George ...

Denmark’s prime minister praised the people of Greenland on Thursday for showing resilience in the face of what she called great pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration for ...

Philippine wildcard Alexandra Eala pulled off the biggest win of her young career with a 6-2 7-5 upset of Iga Swiatek at the Miami Open on Wednesday while Emma Raducanu’...

Turkey and the United States want to remove obstacles to defence industry cooperation, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said, after talks between the NATO allies’ top diplomats in Washington. On ...

Paphos police on Thursday are investigating a case of car theft, following the arrest of a 22-year-old man charged with receiving the stolen property. According to Paphos assistant police chief ...

A nineteen-year-old woman is to appear in court on Thursday in connection with a vehicle theft in Larnaca, following her arrest overnight. According to Larnaca police spokesman Spyros Chrysostomou, the ...

Police arrested two individuals, aged 21 and 22, for incidents of violence that took place during the Limassol Carnival parade earlier this month. According to the police, three men, two aged 32, and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is participating on Thursday in the European Paris Summit, aimed at reaching a comprehensive peace agreement following recent ceasefire negotiations between the US, Russia and the Ukraine. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he wanted the United States and Kyiv’s other Western allies to remain strong in countering Russia’s demands and narrative in ...

Two separate kitchen fires that broke out in Nicosia and Famagusta, resulting in two people being taken to hospital, were reported on Thursday. According to the fire service, the first ...

Warmer weather, blooming flowers, road trips to rural Cyprus and a packed agenda await in the last weekend of March. Coming up this Thursday to Sunday are comedy nights, village ...

A 23-year-old motorcyclist is in serious condition in hospital on Thursday after an accident in Aradippou in Larnaca. According to the police, in circumstances under investigation, the motorcycle driver collided ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted about plans to kill a Houthi militant leader in Yemen two hours before a military operation meant to be shrouded in secrecy, according to screenshots ...

Thursday will see fine dust at increased levels and increased clouds. Temperatures will rise to 32C inland, 26C on the southeast and east coasts, 24C on the remaining coasts, and 21...

Turkish inflation is expected to end the year a bit higher than previously expected, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, reflecting fallout from a currency selloff after authorities detained and ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 26 people ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a 25 per cent tariff on imported cars and light trucks starting next week, widening the global trade war he kicked off upon regaining ...

The Cyprus Bar Association has expressed strong concerns over the proposed tax reform put forward by the University of Cyprus’ Economics Research Centre (CypERC). The association has argued that it ...

Tesla will start sales in Saudi Arabia next month, the electric carmaker said on its website, signalling CEO Elon Musk and the kingdom have healed a rift that dates back ...

US videogame retailer GameStop (GME.N) said this week it would include bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset to diversify its corporate holdings, betting on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency ...