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Driving through Minthis Resort, it would be easy to miss Amaracus Restaurant as it is set back and hidden from the road opposite the clubhouse. Even within the development, which ...

January will be a “very busy period” with regard to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday. Making his first statements of the year, he said ...

Paphos’ “Vrysouthkia Kelpetri” winter swimmers’ club took its first dip in the sea of the year at the town’s municipal baths on Wednesday morning. The occasion was marked with ...

Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year’s Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power, although energy was slowly being restored. Around 58 per ...

The breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There is no heating or hot water,” ...

By Despina Nicola Maria and Jack had always fought, and the arguments often left them feeling hurt, distant, and misunderstood. Maria would think, If Jack truly loved me, he’d ...

Oil prices are likely to be constrained near $70 a barrel in 2025 as weak demand from China and rising global supplies are expected to cast a shadow on OPEC+-led efforts ...

The award of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson highlights a fundamental aspect of the global economy, notably inequality between countries. The three scientists ...

Kicking off January’s performances at the 5th Nicosia International Festival are two concerts by Cypriot artists. The first, on January 10, falls under the festival’s #Under30 programme which highlights ...

Six months ago, at the end of Iran’s presidential election, I finished an article by speculating that the long-lived theocratic dictatorship in Iran may be a lot closer to ...

The Cypriot economy demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2024, achieving a growth rate of 3.7 per cent despite persistent geopolitical and internal challenges. Tourism, construction, and the wholesale and retail trade sectors have ...

World stocks held steady on Tuesday in cautious year-end trading that has seen investors bracing for the incoming Donald Trump administration by scaling back bets on deep US interest rate ...

Egypt’s GDP growth rate was 3.5 per cent in the first quarter of its 2024/25 year, the planning ministry said on Tuesday. This represents an increase from the rate of 2.7 per ...

Back in the seventies, eighties and nineties, New Year’s Day editorials, like the messages of politicians and parties, expressed the hope that it would be the year of the ...

Prepare for two unforgettable evenings as the iconic Giannis Parios graces the stage at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre on January 28 and 29. Known as the ‘voice of love,’ Parios has captivated ...

In an optimistic New Year’s address, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday there are reasons for hope in 2025, both on the domestic front as well as for Cyprus’ foreign ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday visited the United States navy’s nuclear submarine the USS Indiana, which had arrived in Limassol the previous day. The ship’s arrival had been ...

The government said on Tuesday it is taking all necessary steps to ensure the Paphos district has adequate water supply, after a desalination plant was taken offline. Andreas Gregoriou, a ...

A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, according ...

Ruben Amorim called it “embarrassing” as a Manchester United manager to be discussing the threat of relegation, but after Monday’s miserable 2-0 Premier League loss to Newcastle United he ...

The Audit Office confirmed on Tuesday that it has alerted EU authorities over potentially suspicious financial dealings relating to the project for the construction of a subsea power cable linking ...

Kuwait will impose a minimum top-up tax (DMTT) of 15 per cent on multinational enterprises operating in the country, starting in January, the finance ministry said this week. The finance ministry ...

The north’s ‘government’ within the space of a few hours on Monday night and Tuesday publicised plans to raise value added tax (VAT) rate on a total of 54 products, ...

Syria’s new rulers have installed some foreign fighters including Uyghurs, a Jordanian and a Turk in the country’s armed forces as Damascus tries to shape a patchwork of ...