Verstappen takes stunning Sao Paulo win from 17th on the grid
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dealt Lando Norris a shattering blow in their Formula One title battle by winning a wet and chaotic Sao Paulo Grand Prix from 17th on ...
Solanke double as Spurs roar back to crush Villa
Two second-half goals from Dominic Solanke and a sublime James Maddison free kick helped Tottenham Hotspur come from behind to overwhelm Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday and end the visitors’ ...
North’s political crisis to roll on into Monday
The ongoing political crisis in the north is set to retake centre stage on Monday, with ‘parliament’ due to convene, but the ruling coalition and opposition still unable to disagree ...
Kadis faces key hearing amid criticism
Costas Kadis, Cyprus’ commissioner-designate will have his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon during which he will answer questions by MEPs of the Committee on ...
November is a great month to work in the garden
Cyprus is renowned for ‘wall to wall’ sunshine for a great deal of the year and some rain during the winter. This year has been quite an exception with very ...
What a Trump victory would mean for the rest of the world
According to the United Nations 2024 is “the biggest election year in human history” with half of the world’s population – some 3.7 billion people in 72 countries – able to vote. Yet some ...
Is UN likely to suspend Israel over treatment of Palestinians?
By Aidan Hehir
“Where is the UN?” is a question that has often been asked since the start of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. As the death toll rises ...
Kombos pledges deeper relations with Qatar after meeting PM
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos pledged to further deepen relations between Cyprus and Qatar after meeting the country’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday.
He ...
North ‘minister’ Cavus promises new price controls for meat after latest seizures
The north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus on Sunday promised new, stricter price controls for lamb meat, amid the latest wave of people being caught attempting to smuggle meat from ...
Authorities begin to count cost of storm damage
Authorities in the Paphos and Limassol districts on Sunday began to count the cost of the damage caused by Saturday night’s storms.
Teams from both districts’ governments began recording ...
November nights of music
Three exceptional concerts are coming to Nicosia’s old town this November, presented by the Pharos Arts Foundation. Held at the intimate venue of The Shoe Factory, the evenings of ...
Hungary’s Orban says Trump victory would force Europe to rethink support for Ukraine
Europe will need to rethink its support of Ukraine if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday, as the continent “...
Lahore air pollution hits historic high, forcing school closures
Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency measures on Sunday, including issuing work-from-home mandates and closing primary schools.
The city held ...
Disy MP Diplaros to stand down at 2026 election
Disy MP Efthimios Diplaros on Sunday announced that he would not stand for re-election at the next parliamentary elections in 2026.
His party is set to introduce a new internal rule ...
Is Germany the sick man of the EU?
In a previous article, we referred to the economic challenges faced by the EU. Some analysts and reputable media express the view that Germany is currently the “sick man of ...
Solving the Cyprus property issue in a federal solution
My aim is to discuss how the conflicting views of both sides on the issue of property can be reconciled and what the new constitution of a federal bizonal and ...
Greek, Turkish Cypriot teachers’ unions play football friendly match
Greek Cypriot teachers’ trade union Poed and Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union Ktos on Saturday night faced off against each other in a football friendly match in Limassol.
Ktos secretary-general ...
Delivery drivers are easy victims of racists – and the underworld
For months, some of the most lowly paid members of society have been forced to make a difficult choice: go out to work for peanuts and risk getting beaten up; ...
Five fined for attempting to cross at Ledra Palace with 58kg of meat
Five people were fined by the Turkish Cypriot police after attempting to cross from the Republic to the north at the Ledra Palace crossing point in Nicosia with combined total ...
Scientists document lost mountain cities on Silk Road in Uzbekistan
In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the 6th to 11th ...
Fresh yellow weather warning issued for Sunday
The met office announced a yellow weather warning for strong storms, effective between midday and 6pm on Sunday.
Storms are expected to hit the mountains and inland areas, as well ...
Moldovans vote in presidential runoff amid fears of meddling
Moldovans were voting on Sunday in a presidential election that has been overshadowed by meddling allegations and could see Moscow claw back influence in the country at a time when ...
Hunters ‘disappointed’ by lack of huntable animals this year
Hunters have expressed their “disappointment” over a lack of huntable animals present in Cyprus on the first Sunday of the hunting season, Paphos district hunting federation chairman Giorgos Theodosiou said ...
Self-serving Cyprus budgets yet again
The Cyprus government’s budgets for 2025 to 2027 presented to the House of Representatives in October 2024 constitute business as usual with just a mechanical updating of the government finance estimates for 2024.
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