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Ten days ago model with a Cypriot heritage Sophia Hadjipanteli captivated the crowd at Zandra Rhodes’ book launch for ICONIC: My Life in Fashion in 50 Objects in London. Held at ...

Landslides swept through tea estates in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing over 50 people, authorities said, as hillsides collapsed after heavy rain and sent rivers of mud, water ...

A British woman who attempted to import cannabis into the island was on Tuesday jailed for 11 years by the Larnaca criminal court. The 22-year-old was arrested with 16kg of the ...

Industrial production in Cyprus recorded a 2.7 per cent increase year-on-year during May 2024, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). This rise brought the Industrial ...

Police on Tuesday were investigating an incident during which hooded men climbed up traffic cameras in Limassol and spray painted their lenses. The cameras had been newly installed on Franklin ...

There are over 14,000 pending asylum-seeker applications from Syrian nationals, the UNHCR confirmed on Tuesday as the EU Commission said any efforts to return Syrians to their home country must be ...

The Cypriot real estate market has demonstrated signs of stability and resilience during the first half of 2024, with the average transaction value gradually approaching pre-pandemic levels, according to a report ...

The yard of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation will again transform into an outdoor summer cinema, featuring unique productions from Cypriot producers and films in association with The Friends ...

Viral encephalitis has caused at least 56 deaths in India’s western state of Gujarat, forcing authorities to step up surveillance for the disease caused by a viral infection often spread ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus amounted to 421,400 visitors in May 2024, marking an increase of 0.3 per cent from the 420,076 recorded in the same month of the previous year, according to a report ...

More than 200 firefighters backed up by helicopters and water-carrying planes battled a wildfire on Greece’s second-biggest island of Evia for a second day on Tuesday as authorities ordered the ...

Turkish Cypriot political leadership figures lined up behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a spat between Erdogan and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Erdogan had on Sunday night warned ...

Three people were arrested in Limassol on Monday night after a fight broke out in the city. The police had been called at around 11pm, with bystanders reporting a mass ...

Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending losses from the previous session amid concerns about demand in China, the world’s largest crude importer, while the market shrugged off the risk ...

Discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians rose by about 70% in the U.S. in the first half of 2024 amid heightened Islamophobia due to Israel’s war in Gaza, the ...

Chairman of Cyprus’ Natural Gas Public Corporation (Defa) Antonis Patsalis has died at the age of 72, it was reported on Tuesday. News of his death was announced by the spokeswoman ...

The Agriculture Department this week said that it will introduce tools similar to e-Kofini, which aims to help consumers compare fruit and vegetable prices, to help farmers better leverage their ...

State authorities will be hard pressed on Tuesday at an extraordinary meeting convened by the House energy committee, to discuss the Vasiliko LNG project fiasco, among other hot topics. Energy ...

Russian technology company Yandex on Tuesday said it may start paying dividends for the first time, as it reported a sharp rise in core earnings after completing a lengthy and ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday issued a reminder that it advises against all travel to Lebanon. The guidance was first issued on October 29 last year, when tensions between Israel and ...

Given the splash Joseph O’Neill made with Netherland and the 10 years that have elapsed since his last novel, there is a tendency in the critical media to want to ...

Police on Monday arrested a fifth person in a case involving the attempt to blow up a prison officer’s car in Nicosia. A 27-year-old Nicosia resident was arrested and ...

Paphos police made two arrests on Monday for a case of illegal employment in Paphos. According to the police, around 10am officers from the aliens and immigration service went to ...

Police seized ampoules with laughing gas (nitrous oxide) and items for their use on Monday night from a kiosk in Ayia Napa. According to the police, 50 unused ampoules, five devices, ...