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More than a 25 per cent of US Gulf of Mexico oil and 13 per cent of natural gas output remained offline in the aftermath of post-tropical cyclone Rafael, the US offshore ...

A 41-year-old man wanted in Limassol for kidnapping was arrested on Friday in Paphos after a police chase. Paphos police deputy operations manager Michalis Nicolaou said police received a tipoff ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on Monday with US President-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his election victory and inviting him to visit Greece. Mitsotakis underlined the importance of ...

A Spirit Airlines flight attempting to land in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince was struck by gunfire on Monday, forcing it to be diverted to the Dominican Republic, the Miami Herald reported. ...

Israel said on Monday there was progress in talks about a Lebanon ceasefire and indicated Russia could play a part by stopping Hezbollah rearming via Syria, although the Iran-backed group ...

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulou Zannetou told MPs on Friday that her office remained understaffed, despite provisions for two additional employees. Speaking at the House finance committee, which was discussing the ...

The last remaining sand dunes in Cyprus are quietly being destroyed by unauthorised development activities, environmentalists warned on Monday. Excavators first entered the coastal site in Limassol, located between Governor’...

A 26-year-old man sustained minor injuries after being attacked by his roommate with a knife in Limassol, police reported. The incident occurred in Mesa Geitonia during an argument between the ...

The labour ministry has dismissed press reports that the EU has launched procedures against Cyprus for not meeting the minimum percentage of the workforce covered by collective agreements. A labour ...

Friction flared up in parliament on Monday after the head of the anti-corruption authority declined to commit specifically to investigating former president Nikos Anastasiades in relation to the ‘golden passports’ ...

Cosmetics withdrawn from the European market may also be in Cyprus and the health ministry has called on consumers to stop using them. There is currently no concrete information regarding ...

It is almost time for dance to take centre stage. The 24th edition of the Cyprus Choreography Platform is coming up on November 15, 16 and 17, filling the Rialto Theatre with outstanding ...

Trade union Sek approved on Friday an agreement in principle for the renewal of the collective agreement for hotel industry workers. In a press release, Sek said its answer has ...

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, faced mounting calls to resign on Monday over a report that his institution had covered up ...

The government said Monday it is doing what it can to return a sense of safety to the wider public and to crack down on organised crime, part of it ...

A decision on approving Hungary’s Oliver Varhelyi as the new EU commissioner for health and animal welfare has been postponed, a spokesperson for the European Parliament said on Monday. ...

Part-time employees in Cyprus dropped from 9.1 per cent in 2022 to 8 per cent in 2023, far below the EU average of 17.1 per cent, among workers aged 20 to 64, according to Eurostat. In 2023, the ...

Russian attacks on Monday killed two in Ukraine’s central-east Dnipropetrovsk region and injured at least 19, with more people likely trapped under the rubble, officials said. Shelling by artillery killed ...

The north’s population was projected as exactly 476,214 by its statistics institute on Monday. The institute said its projection was “produced in line with assumptions prepared by taking into account ...

Rugby league convert Joseph Suaalii grabbed the headlines after Australia’s last-gasp win over England on Saturday but the match was also a showcase for other quality talent emerging under ...

England goalkeeper Mary Earps has become the first female football player to be honoured with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The Paris Saint-Germain player, who helped England finish runners-up ...

Donald Trump has chosen Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the president-elect said in a statement shared with Reuters on Monday. “I ...

Freedom Holding Corp. (FRHC), the parent company of Cyprus-based leading stock broker Freedom24, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, ending September 30, 2024. The company reported ...

Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art including Banksy, Pablo Picasso ...