Archive 2026

French Open dark horse Alexander Zverev started his Roland Garros campaign with a meticulous 6-3 6-4 6-2 first-round demolition of France’s Benjamin Bonzi in searing heat on Sunday. The 2024 ...

About 59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal suffered from an awful toothache caused by a deep cavity in one of the molars on the lower jaw. That ​tooth has now been discovered ...

World’s largest marine protection NGO urges ban on destructive bottom trawlers The relationship between Cyprus and the sea is as deep as the ocean itself, but as deep as ...

Voters across the Paphos district have been arriving steadily at polling stations since early morning on Sunday, with some of the strongest participation recorded among elderly residents in rural communities. ...

Party leaders from smaller formations joined the national call for participation on Sunday as parliamentary voting continued across Cyprus, with statements focusing on turnout, political change and the direction of ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump Israel would remain free to act against threats in Lebanon during a phone call about an emerging agreement between ...

The data protection commission is reviewing complaints regarding election day SMS messages, as authorities examine whether campaign outreach complied with data protection rules during Sunday’s parliamentary vote. Commissioner Maria ...

Diko leader Nikolas Papadopoulos called for public participation and political unity on Sunday after casting his vote in Engomi, Papadopoulos voted at the 2nd Primary School of Engomi accompanied by ...

Egyptian authorities last week exhibited a plaster blocking wall of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Luxor and unveiled two restored ancient tombs on the West Bank of the city that ...

A high level of participation was recorded on Sunday from residents of the Maronite and Greek Cypriot communities of Kormakitis and Karpasia respectively, who travelled to Nicosia to vote at ...

At the end of this week, the Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival will be begin for the 27th time at the Rialto Theatre, which has organised it in collaboration with the ...

As President Nikos Christodoulides bounded down the stairs affixed to the side of the Cyprus Airways jet which had flown him to Mumbai on Wednesday, there was little surprise among ...

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk made short work of Oksana Selekhmeteva with a 6-2 6-3 victory in the first round of the French Open on Sunday and said she was proud ...

Direct Democracy of Cyprus leader, Fidias Panayiotou, urged voters to continue participation on Sunday after casting his ballot at Meniko Primary School. Speaking in brief remarks to reporters after voting, ...

A 39-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on Sunday while fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, police said, the second fatal shark attack in Australia this ...

A 105-year-old voter in Tala, Paphos, cast her ballot on Sunday, continuing a lifelong pattern of electoral participation that began more than six decades ago. She is widely regarded as ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis affirmed on Sunday the electoral process continued smoothly, with no major irregularities reported. He added that police officers were out at polling stations and patrolling nationwide “...

By Antonis Glykis and Christina Avgousti In a world where social media influencers have become demigods and authority figures for millions of consumers, it seems that questions of legal accountability ...

Elam leader Christos Christou called on the public to participate in the parliamentary elections on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after casting his ballot at the Politiko village council office, Christou ...

EU-funded researchers are investigating how parents’ online sharing is reshaping childhood, privacy and identity, and the long-term consequences for children growing up online. By Hannah Docter-Loeb The internet is now ...

Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify ...

Nationwide turnout reached 32.3 per cent by midday, with remarkably higher participation than the 26 per cent recorded at the same point in the 2021 parliamentary elections, according to chief returning officer Elikkos ...

Alma leader and former auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides, called on members of the public to to determine “their own future” after casting his ballot on Sunday in Kokkinotrimithia, as smaller political ...

It’s a game, of course. We the People vote for MPs every five years – then, once results are in, those politicians can relax. Voters have very little power to ...