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There was a notable upswing in government employment in November 2023, reaching a total of 54,404 individuals, marking an increase of 867 individuals, reflecting a rise of 1.6 per cent compared to the same ...

A COP28 pledge by energy majors to reduce their emissions is not enough to convince many sustainable fund managers to include the companies in their portfolios because it omits pollution ...

Netflix is set to pull ahead of Disney+ in the race for US advertising dollars next year as price hikes and a password-sharing crackdown pull more viewers to its ad-supported ...

KuCoin, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has agreed to block New York users from its platform and pay $22 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state ...

From the casino in Akrotiri to the Akamas roadworks, we are just not learning the lesson I was more than a little interested to read in the press recently that ...

In 1988 a law was approved that set out the benefits the president of the republic and president of the House of Representatives would enjoy when they retire. Apart from a ...

Manchester United’s slim chance of a Champions League last-16 spot ended with a 1-0 defeat by group winners Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Tuesday, piling more misery on ...

Egyptians cast their ballots on Tuesday on the third and final day of a presidential election expected to give President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a sweeping victory and a new six-year ...

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Israel is losing support over its “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza and that Benjamin Netanyahu should change, exposing a new rift in relations ...

The Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) has joined the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (Eccar). Announcing its joining of the coalition, LTB said it “represents local governments in the United ...

Cypriot Members of the European Parliament called for more strictness towards Turkey on Tuesday, in light of the imminent approval of the EU-Turkey report. Speaking to journalists, Akel MEP Niyazi ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda avoided defeat in parliament on Tuesday, surviving a rebellion by dozens of ...

Israeli technocrats arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday for talks with Cypriot officials regarding the Cyprus’ initiative to create a humanitarian corridor between the island and Gaza. The visits come hot ...

Discussions continued regarding the north’s 2024 ‘state’ budget at ‘parliament’s’ plenary session on Tuesday. The discussions form the latest episode of the north’s budget ‘marathon’, which, is set ...

A total of 102 irregular migrants were detected on three separate boats off the coast of Cape Greco on Tuesday. The first boat was spotted at 2:15pm around 10 nautical miles off ...

MPs on Tuesday warned that the Koshi waste management facility may be contaminating the water supply in the Aradippou area. The issue was brought up at the House agriculture committee, ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled as inadmissible an appeal by a Cypriot national that Cyprus authorities had violated his private and family life by ...

Is it really the Christmas period without a performance of a beloved festive fairy tale? For years, decades and centuries even, The Nutcracker has been performed worldwide in theatre halls, ...

The government on Tuesday sought to downplay the notion that it supports a clause in an EU bill currently under discussion that would allow European governments to spy on the ...

Almost two dozen suspects had charges brought against them by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) for failing to implement EU regulations and agreements on the Greek railway, where ...

A total of 943,978 people are now registered on Gesy, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday. Kanari was speaking at a high-level meeting of the World Health Organisation to mark 15 ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli insisted on Tuesday that “sabotage” was the cause of power cuts at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after six flights were cancelled on Monday due ...

An asylum seeker has died on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of England, British police and Home Secretary James Cleverly said on Tuesday. Earlier refugee charity ...

Turkish Cypriot leaders have rejected Israeli allegations that the north was being used by Iran to harbour terrorists with the aim of attacking Israelis in Cyprus. Israel had said on ...