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Turning yourself from a democratically elected president into a dictator is a tricky operation, and most people who try it fail. It’s called a ‘self-coup’, from the Spanish ‘auto-golpe’, ...

The University of Limassol (UoL) announces the final opportunity to register for the Spring Semester 2025. Prospective students are encouraged to take advantage of scholarships of up to 40 per cent for ...

Major central banks in December delivered their biggest policy easing push since the spring 2020 COVID rate-cutting frenzy, with the latest moves making the annual 2024 easing effort the biggest in 15 years ...

Mayor of Larnaca Andreas Vyras on Wednesday called an emergency meeting to discuss the lack of safety felt by residents of Drosia. Residents said that since December they had been ...

A charming, intimate venue in downtown Nicosia is about to fill with music enthusiasts again as invited international artists get ready to perform at The Shoe Factory on January 22. This ...

Police on Wednesday are continuing their investigation into a brawl at a minors’ housing facility in Limassol which resulted in damages and two injuries. Police were interrogating eight young offenders ...

Alexander Isak scored his 50th goal for Newcastle United as Eddie Howe’s side took a huge step towards the League Cup final with a 2-0 victory at Arsenal on ...

The Cyprus Radiologists Society (Aek) on Wednesday condemned the decision of the health insurance organization (HIO) to replace radiologists with “other doctors” to perform radiological examinations as of January 2025. In ...

Police in Kiti on Wednesday are investigating a new case of robbery and threatened assault against a 22-year-old food delivery man. According to the police, at around 9.20pm on Tuesday ...

Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for after a tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills and ...

Wednesday will be partly cloudy with temperatures rising to 18C inland, 20C on the coast, and 10C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-to south-easterly and in the ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) reported on Tuesday a decline in most deposit and lending rates in November, except for loans to non-financial corporations exceeding €1 million, which recorded an ...

The Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) in Cyprus recorded a modest improvement in December 2024, rising by one point compared to November, according to the Economics Research Centre of the University of ...

The volume of global crude exports in 2024 declined 2 per cent, the first fall since the COVID-19 pandemic, shipping data showed, due to weak demand growth and as refinery and pipeline ...

British house prices dropped unexpectedly last month for the first time since March although they finished the year higher than in December 2023, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Tuesday. ...

The north’s ruling coalition partners “have not met in 20 days”, ‘deputy prime minister’ and DP leader Fikri Ataoglu said on Tuesday, as coalition partner YDP mulls a potential withdrawal. ...

The UN Secretary-General has for 60 years been issuing reports about the situation in Cyprus and for the renewal of the Unficyp mandate. Until recently, these reports were issued twice a ...

Social media platforms should be neutral and not interfere in other nations’ political affairs, the Spanish government’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, after X’s CEO Elon Musk commented on ...

Two men were fatally injured on Tuesday evening after shots were fired at a company in Bad Friedrichshall in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in southern Germany, local police said in ...

Germany is leading efforts for the European Union to ease sanctions imposed on Syria during the rule of President Bashar al-Assad who was ousted last month, the Financial Times reported ...

Turkey will carry out a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia if the group does not meet Ankara’s demands, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on ...

American singer and songwriter Peter Yarrow, who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist said. Yarrow ...

US President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda ...

Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday afternoon for a 39-year-old who was in custody for theft, who slipped through their fingers while being treated at Nicosia general hospital. The man ...