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The weather on Tuesday will be mostly clear, with occasional local cloud cover and possible isolated light rain in the western regions of the island. Winds will blow from the ...

Facebook owner Meta META.O said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming the outlets had used deceptive tactics ...

The Cyprus Borrowers Association (Syprodat) this week expressed “disappointment, discouragement, and a sense of failure” among trapped buyers, who are effectively paying off the debts of property developers from whom ...

A man suspected of hiding for nearly 12 hours in an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was charged with two gun-related crimes on Monday, a ...

Cyprus experienced a 4.8 per cent increase in hourly labour costs during the second quarter of 2024 when compared to the same period from last year. According to a report from the ...

Cyprus’ competition watchdog has ruled that competition in the country’s banking market remains healthy, approving Eurobank’s acquisition of a 26.1 per cent stake in Hellenic Bank. With the transaction, ...

Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate inched up to 1.6 per cent in August, from 1.5 per cent in July, government data showed, driven by an increase in housing rents and food ...

Global tech giants halved their business flight emissions in 2023 compared to 2019, but companies like Apple (AAPL.O) and Google’s parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) are falling behind, risking a return ...

British businesses are worried that greater protections for employees planned by the newly elected Labour government will make it more risky to hire new staff, according to the Confederation of ...

Hooligan violence, which led to three police officers being injured (one needed surgery), led to the calling off of the Apollonas-Ael evening match in Limassol on Sunday. This resulted in ...

The situation in Akamas remains an “open wound” two months after a parliamentary environment committee meeting that was meant to resolve the issues related to the environmentally sensitive area, the ...

Tito Jackson, founding member of the popular Black American Motown group The Jackson 5 with his brothers, died on Sunday at the age of 70, his family said. The Jackson 5 was a ...

The US department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control (Ofac) sanctioned five individuals and one entity associated with the Intellexa consortium on Monday, including individuals connected to ...

Ryan Routh, the man who authorities allege carried out an apparent attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, has a lengthy criminal history and connections to the war in Ukraine. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has announced state support for Olympic and Paralympic athletes, including finding them jobs and abolishing any discrimination. Speaking during a dinner hosted in Limassol for the athletes ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed Italy’s efforts to tackle illegal immigration on Monday, saying the two countries would share intelligence and work more closely together to “smash” the ...

Ministers of culture from the MED9 countries issued a joint declaration on Monday, reaffirming their commitment to upholding cultural rights in times of crisis. The declaration was issued during an ...

The new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), health, energy, water scarcity and environment are among the issues Cyprus will be addressing during its second EU ...

The European Commission has endorsed a preliminary positive assessment for Cyprus’ second payment request of €152 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which is part of the NextGenerationEU initiative. ...

The outgoing head of Nato Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday he welcomed talks on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russian territory, but any decision on the ...

The local European Mobility Week Award for 2023 along with a cash prize of €2,000 has been awarded to Nicosia municipality, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Monday, during an event in ...

The few cartoonists that remain in Cyprus are being tried by one challenge after the other and “it is our duty” to stop this course, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

Lawmakers on Monday continued grappling with the complex issue of pensions paid to currently serving state officials who also draw a salary, with the attorney-general’s office pouring cold water ...

The deputy ministry for social welfare is searching for permanent solutions for housing unaccompanied minors. Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou told the House committee on human rights on Monday that meetings ...