Archive 2025

The Union of Municipalities on Wednesday condemned the police’s decision to charge Limassol municipality for last month’s carnival security, calling for the invoice’s immediate withdrawal. The dispute ...

Actor Gerard Depardieu, on the third day of a sexual assault trial, told a Paris court on Wednesday that he did not consider placing a hand on a person’s ...

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth texted the start time for the planned killing of a Houthi militant in Yemen on March 15 along with details of further U.S. airstrikes ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves cut the government’s plans for spending increases on Wednesday to get back on track towards her fiscal targets, but risks in the world economy could ...

Solana (SOL) and Ripple (XRP) have long been favorites among crypto investors, with SOL currently trading near $137 and expected to push toward $1,000 by Q4 2025, while XRP, at $2.45, could soar past $5 ...

Istanbul’s opposition-run municipal council on Wednesday elected an interim mayor to run the city, broadcaster NTV said, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed pending trial over graft charges that ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis has refused to answer questions on law enforcement’s response to last Sunday’s protest by hunters, which caused major disruption on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway. Speaking ...

My early impressions of Cypriots were formed by friends introduced to me by my late husband, Andreas, a very good man, therefore the friends he chose were good people and ...

A bus stop built sideways in an alleyway between two houses, on a short stretch of pavement ending in a field in Alaminos, became the butt of a parody on ...

Two tuition schemes offering subsidies for kindergartens and nurseries were approved on Wednesday by the cabinet. The budget for the tuition subsidies is estimated to be €22 million and a total ...

Relations between Kyiv and Washington are “back on track”, the chief of staff to Ukraine’s president told Reuters, after a fraught Oval Office encounter last month between the U....

Democratic U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top Senate Democrats on Wednesday wrote a letter to Republican President Donald Trump and his top officials urging a Justice Department ...

The Potamos Liopetriou construction side will be restarted following the decision to terminate the employment of the contractor in November 2024, the interior ministry announced on Wednesday. The company Lois Builders ...

Sometimes, we can all be a little bit blinkered regarding world cuisines and choosing a restaurant. When it comes to Chinese, I have to admit to being guilty of sticking ...

With a timeless dedication to women and the power of self-confidence, Beauty Line stands supports women with breast cancer experience for another year. In a touching moment of solidarity, Beauty ...

British inflation slowed more than expected in February, bringing some relief to consumers ahead of a likely new pick-up in price growth and to finance minister Rachel Reeves before her ...

A 17-year-old is in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Nicosia general hospital after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a brain and spinal cord membrane infection. Meningitis can ...

Limassol taxi drivers have threatened further strikes, even closing the airports, after their four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday if their demands are not met over cracking down on moonlighting drivers. “...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his government would not get worked up over what he described as “provocations” by the main opposition, after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved extraordinary state aid of eight million euros for a year to the local district organisations (EOA) for the management of water in the wake of ...

Chevron (CVX.N) has expressed an interest in hydrocarbon exploration off the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea, the second such expression for Greek energy by the US oil ...

The Nicosia tourism board is bringing back the free tour guide programme, running from March 29 until December. The tours include five routes highlighting the history and architecture of the city’...

For the fourth consecutive year, Huawei continues to invest in the future of young people by providing scholarships to students from public and private universities in Cyprus. The initiative aims ...

Eight officials from the Apoel sports club pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a high-profile case involving unpaid social security contributions totalling €2.3 million. The case, which centres on financial irregularities between 2020 ...