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It is almost time for summer cinema to make its grand re-appearance and with hot temperatures already here, outdoor film nights are approaching. For the sixth consecutive year, the Kimonos ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia said its air defences downed an Israeli attack drone over southern Lebanon on Monday, and the Israeli military confirmed the loss of the drone. “A surface-to-air ...

The United Nations Security Council will vote later on Monday on U.S.-drafted resolution backing a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian ...

Cyprus experienced an increase of 9.4 per cent in beer sales in May, compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 4,682,575 litres in total, a result of a rise ...

All the traditional political parties came out bruised from EU parliamentary elections on Sunday, while Cyprus echoed the EU generally by electing far-right nationalists Elam to a seat at the ...

Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party, led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, called on Monday for a £40 billion ($51 billion) tax cut for voters, funded by scrapping the interest paid to ...

Major online streaming services operating in Canada will be required to contribute 5 per cent of their Canadian revenues to support the domestic broadcasting system, the country’s telecoms regulator has ...

 U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will not testify when his criminal trial resumes on charges he hid his drug use from the government in 2018 to illegally ...

Three Valencia football fans were sentenced to eight months in prison on Monday for hate crimes against Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr, the first conviction for racist insults in a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Hamas on Monday for holding up a ceasefire in Gaza, as the top U.S. diplomat conducted a Middle East peace mission ...

Nurses will be taking further measures against state health services organisation (Okypy) after both failed to reach an agreement on staffing issues during a meeting on Monday. “We will escalate ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit for the period spanning January to April 2024 stood at €2.45 billion, a significant reduction from the €3.16 billion recorded in the corresponding period of the previous year, according to ...

The election of a mukhtar in the Limassol village of Pera Pedi will be re-run at an as yet undetermined date after Sunday’s election ended in a tie. Elia ...

Public hospital doctors will stage a 24-hour strike on June 20, threatening escalated measures on July 2 and 3 if they are not compensated in full for the hours they put in. In ...

A charity fashion show takes place this week by Perwoll for the 8th consecutive year. Held at the Open Amphitheatre of the University of Nicosia on Thursday, the fashion show ...

A 63-year-old woman died on Monday, after she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a building in Nicosia. The woman, Froso Diogenous, was driving at around 2am on ...

Russian politicians gloated on Monday over heavy defeats for the parties of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in European Parliament elections, and the Kremlin said right-wing ...

“Here we are, staring down the barrel of 50 years. How do we face it? “We’re not in Cyprus; we’re half a world away. And even if we were ...

Hellenic Bank actively supports various initiatives to enhance financial literacy, including the ‘Financial Alphabet’ programme, the final event of which was hosted at the bank’s headquarters in Nicosia. According ...

A car crash at midday closed off the Kofinou-Larnaca highway, near Alethriko exit, with police trying to move the vehicles and restore traffic flow. Police said the crash happened at ...

Total registrations of motor vehicles in Cyprus experienced a decrease of 9.6 per cent year-on-year in May of this year, dropping to 4,292 vehicles from 4,747 in May 2023, according to a report released ...

President of the Famagusta Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Panayiotis Constantinou remains cautiously optimistic about the future of tourist bookings in the Famagusta district, despite the challenging circumstances currently plaguing the tourism ...

Turkish Cypriots on Monday started to react to the loss of their sole MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek, who failed to win re-election on Sunday. Among the first to react was journalist ...

Restaurants and bars in Cyprus saw their attendance increase to 75 per cent of their overall capacity during May, according to Neophytos Thrasyvoulou, president of the Federation of Leisure Centre Owners (...