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Everywhere in the world, two to three babies out of every 1,000 live births will be born with cerebral palsy, described by the World Health Organisation as a complex motor disorder ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he might receive an update from the United Nations on the contacts of its Deputy Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo next week, adding that some minor ...

The attorney-general for England and Wales, Richard Hermer, has rejected calls to request a court review of the length of a jail sentence imposed on the British teenager who killed ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a strong rebuke on Saturday to U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s attack on Europe’s stance toward hate speech and the far right, ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Cabinet members in President Nikos Christodoulides’ government were ousted from Disy on Saturday after a majority vote among party members. In a party conference to decide Disy’...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Monday will be a “historic day” for the Republic of Cyprus as two “major agreements” to commercialise natural gas in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone will be ...

The left lane of the Larnaca-Kofinou highway that was temporarily closed at noon on Saturday, after a car burst into flames, has reopened, police said. The incident affected the Kofinou ...

The rhythms of the carnival have started in Limassol, where the new King of the Carnival will be crowned on Thursday. In a surprise announcement, Rio Carnival’s King and ...

World number one Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said they had reached a settlement on his period of ineligibility, making ...

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca could not hide his frustration after his rudderless side were thumped 3-0 away by Brighton & Hove Albion on Friday as they failed to get a ...

Two people, aged 30 and 35, were arrested in Paphos on Friday for illegal possession of drugs, police said on Saturday. An arrest warrant was pending for both, and officers found the ...

– Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel freed some 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange, after mediators helped ...

As spring approaches, the village of Yiolou in Paphos prepares to celebrate the season’s arrival with a festival dedicated to one of its most enchanting sights – the blossoming almond ...

A few weeks ago, we ran a news article on the worst-rated Cypriot food: shamishi! But who decided shamishi was bloody awful, and how? Why is it universally detested? And, ...

By Stefan Schmitt Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas. Grim as such discoveries are, they ...

Cyprus’ economy grew, albeit at a slower pace, during the fourth quarter of 2024, with GDP increasing by 2.6 per cent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. According to ...

Artificial intelligence will bring major upheaval to wealth management, a Microsoft (MSFT.O) executive said, as the technology’s potential to process information vastly reduces the hurdles required to compete ...

The European Commission this week scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, AI and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from ...

The United Arab Emirates, known for its opulent cities Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in ...

Barclays (BARC.L) raised its 2025 performance targets this week after reporting a better than expected 24 per cent rise in annual pretax profit driven by investment banking income growth and strength ...

Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace (9348.T) is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint lunar missions, its CEO said, amid growing uncertainties in ...

The municipality of Limassol has issued on Friday a final warning to the owners of abandoned vehicles and objects, urging them to remove their property by the end of the ...

Kudos to Depa MP Michalis Yiakoumi who is advocating harsher sentences for child predators. Although Cyprus’ criminal code enshrines life sentences as the maximum penalty for a number of sexual ...

The Court of Appeal has, for the first time, overturned a decision by the Administrative Court of International Protection, ruling that international protection status was “incorrectly granted” to a third-country ...