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Serious concerns were raised on Tuesday over whether the company assigned to take on the expansion and restoration of Larnaca port will be able to complete the works. The company, ...

Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed seven people on Wednesday, injuring more than 700, with 77 trapped in tunnels and collapsed buildings, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to ...

Russia’s Baltika Breweries has sued four Carlsberg subsidiaries for damages amounting to 6.24 billion Danish crowns ($902 million), Russian court filings showed, as the two parties fight over the future of ...

Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately. Terms of the ...

British house prices rose in March at their fastest annual pace since December 2022, adding to signs of a modest recovery in the market which has been squeezed by high interest ...

The ways of contributing are wider than you think By Ourania Kyriakou Nowadays, the global discourse on environmental awareness has reached new heights, reflecting a growing concern for the well-being ...

The answer to the barrage of criticism by opposition parties over the government’s decision not to extend the tax discount on fuel beyond last month was provided by the ...

Exams sat by prospective teachers to gain a post in public schools came under scrutiny on Tuesday after dramatic failure rates were recorded for those wishing to teach Greek and ...

Cyprus and Greece share common goals and aspirations regarding the need to resume talks on the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said after meeting Greek Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis on ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a bill on Tuesday to lower the mobilisation age for combat duty from 27 to 25, a move that should help Ukraine generate more fighting power in its ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos met a delegation of the Pancyprian Medical Association led by its general secretary Sotiroula Charalambous on Tuesday to discuss several key healthcare issues. According to a ...

The government has asked Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) to carry out a cost-benefit analysis that would then allow Cyprus to decide definitively on whether to invest directly ...

A solo performance using autobiographical events to confront gender bias and cultural ideals around intimacy in life and in art-making itself is coming to Limassol. Titled Touch(ed), the performance ...

Ten boats carrying 476 irregular migrants have been intercepted in the last 72 hours, police said on Tuesday. From these, nine people have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling as they ...

House President Annita Demetriou and the finance minister got into a verbal spat on Tuesday after the former complained again that the latter is not following proper procedures in submitting ...

These two broods emerge together only once every 221 years, last occurring in 1803 By Will Dunham Cicadas, the noisy but rather tame insects that spend most of their lives underground, are ...

The installation of undersea fibre optic cables in Yeroskipou will not impact areas under the Natura 2000 framework or other Special Protection Areas (SPAs), a report by the environmental department confirmed ...

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 65-year-old Panayiotis Hadjicostas, who died after his car plunged into a ravine approximately 20 metres deep in the village of Gerakies on ...

Cyprus’ Amalthea initiative to deliver aid via the sea to Gaza is “a precise translation of our European values. Solidarity. Peace. United in our defence of our common humanity,” President ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday rubbished reports that he will be forced to accept UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ proposals during their upcoming meeting in New York. He ...

The audit service said on Tuesday its job was to monitor all government spending, hitting back at a Greek Cypriot website that questioned its authority over defence ministry and national ...

Thanks to activities carried out during European Mobility Week, Nicosia municipality secured the fifth position at the 2023 European Mobility Week awards among 65 other municipalities shortlisted. Special mention of the municipality’...

The energy ministry and the electricity authority (EAC) are studying alternative solutions for the provision of smart meters to avoid repeated delays, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. Smart ...

Serious concerns were raised on Tuesday over whether the company assigned to take on the expansion and restoration of Larnaca port will be able to complete the works. The company, ...