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An Israeli airstrike hit a tent inside a hospital compound in central Gaza, killing at least five people, bringing the total of Palestinians killed on Sunday to 19, Gaza health officials ...

A memorial service was held on Sunday at Kykkos Monastery for Archbishop Makarios III, the first President of the Republic of Cyprus, who passed away on August 3, 1977. The service was ...

Mathiatis may not be the centre of the universe, but it is certainly considered to be the ‘centre of balance’ in Cyprus, and that’s not just according to local ...

When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have never seen them so dismayed. “By August, if ...

By Theo Theophanous On July 21, 2024, Melbourne’s Federation Square was filled with more than 2,000 Greeks and Greek Cypriots and their supporters. The event was to commemorate the beginning of the ...

While many event series go into a summer hiatus in August, the Garden Music Concert Series of Technopolis 20 is running throughout the month. Four live music performances are planned so ...

 France and Italy on Sunday urged their citizens in Lebanon to leave the country due to the risk of military escalation in the Middle East, their foreign ministries said. Tensions ...

Fishermen are to be offered increased support to cull the population of the venomous silver-cheeked toadfish, a type of pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific region, the fisheries department announced this week. ...

By Peter Greste The photo of returning prisoners in an American plane, all grinning from ear to ear, says it all: the joy, the relief and the success of an ...

Two men were remanded for eight-days by the Limassol District Court on Sunday in an ongoing drugs investigation. The two men, 31 and 26, were arrested on Saturday after police drug squad ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that there would be no cover-up in the ongoing investigations related to the Vasiliko LNG case. The president was replying to journalists’ questions after ...

We have lived here for 24 years and I think this has been the hottest and longest summer during that time. Although many of the trees in our garden were selected ...

Theodosis Pipis’ article ‘After series of blunders, Fidias Phenomenon is rapidly turning sour’, (Sunday Mail, July 28) made me angry. For someone working at the European parliament his perspective was somewhat ...

Police arrested the mother, 21, of a 3-month-old baby that died in Nicosia General last week from malnourishment and neglect. The woman, who had been abroad, was arrested on Saturday night ...

I bought a property in Cyprus in 2007, but I am still not in possession of the title deeds as they are with my solicitor. I signed the contract of sale ...

As Larnaca residents we have received via email various instructions on how to save or economise on water usage.  Larnaca water is, I believe by nature, very soft and for ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s refusal to attend a UN meeting would show contempt towards the international body and the Turkish Cypriot people, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. ...

“Any person having in his possession, custody, control or disposition any sponge, knowing that it has been taken in contravention of this Law, shall be liable to a fine not ...

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will travel to Iran on Sunday in a rare visit to discuss regional developments with his Iranian counterpart following the assassination of Hamas leader ...

During my visit to a Protaras hotel, I was very surprised when I paid for a pint, and I received a transparent plastic glass of 400 ml. When I told the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar denied on Sunday receiving an invite to meet with the UN and said he would not accept even if there was. Tatar said that that ...

The government hopes that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will accept a UN proposal to hold a tripartite meeting on August 13, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis. President Nikos Christodoulides already accepted the ...

A Palestinian attacker stabbed and killed a woman and wounded three others in central Israel on Sunday before being shot by police, Israeli authorities said. The stabbings took place during ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday that there is a need to adjust policies as Cyprus is possibly its worst drought and heatwave in years. In an interview with ...