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Top seed Jannik Sinner broke through Daniil Medvedev’s defences to win 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-4 in a seesawing U.S. Open quarter-final on Wednesday. Sinner beat Medvedev in this ...

Cyprus’ Turnover Value Index for the transport and storage sector reached 139.4 units in the second quarter of 2024, marking an increase of 1.8 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...

Low pressure and an unstable air mass are affecting the region. The weather on Thursday will be mainly fine, with clouds forming locally and isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms and ...

A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has reported a rise in interest rates on consumer loans, which increased to 6.67 per cent in July, up from 6.18 per cent in the previous ...

Eurozone business activity received a boost from France hosting the Olympic Games last month but the malaise in the bloc is likely to return once the Paralympics wraps up as ...

Britain’s services activity grew last month at the fastest pace since April and price pressures eased, according to a survey that pointed to a more benign inflation outlook and ...

Airbnb (ABNB.O) this week asked New York City to reconsider regulations on short-term rentals that went into effect in September 2023, citing higher prices for travellers and zero impact on ...

Pressure has been piling on the government this week after Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for being a ‘member of a ...

It seems the Turkish Cypriot leadership enjoys presenting itself as the wronged and unfairly treated side in Cyprus. This sentiment was fueled a couple of a weeks ago by the ...

Britain’s Jack Draper beat 10th seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 7-5 6-2 on Wednesday in their U.S. Open quarter-final to reach his first Grand Slam semi. Draper, the 25...

Fly tippers in Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios were fined and then made to collect the rubbish they had fly tipped by village police. The villages’ Turkish Cypriot mayor Ceyhun ...

New samples were taken from the wreckage of the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman, where 35 Cypriots and 37 others were killed during last year’s earthquakes, as scientific ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Wednesday extolled the virtues of large families at the Nicosia district’s “large families’ celebration”. Speaking to parents who attended the event, she said, “you, ...

The government on Wednesday announced it had revoked the Cypriot citizenship of eight people who were naturalised under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment programme, commonly known as the ‘golden passport’ scheme. ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Wednesday hailed the opening of the American University of Beirut’s new campus in his town, describing it as “one of the most important projects” ...

The government on Wednesday approved a bill which will raise state officials’ pension age from 60 to 65. The bill passed through cabinet and will now be sent to parliament for ratification ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a set of bills which, if passed, will change the face of Cyprus’ legal service and audit office. The government says the bills constitute “modernising” reforms, ...

Cabinet’s final decision over the regulatory framework of the leg of the Great Sea Interconnector project which runs between Crete and Cyprus was delayed for another day on Wednesday, ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill which will reduce Cyprus’ voting age from 18 to 17, while also approving a bill which will mean people will now be automatically registered to vote ...

Law enforcement officers in Georgia responded on Wednesday to a shooting at a high school and there were reports at least two people had been killed. In addition to the ...

Lumbago, a common and often debilitating form of lower back pain, can be both prevented and treated through regular exercise, physiotherapists emphasised ahead of Sunday’s World physical therapy day. ...

Victor Osimhen has signed for Galatasaray on loan from Serie A side Napoli, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. Galatasaray will pay six million euros net to the 25-year-old Nigeria ...

The family of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou will be submitting their objection to the Supreme Court on Thursday, over a motion filed by state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos. The Supreme Court ...