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Police on Saturday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man in connection with one of a recent flurry of attacks on delivery drivers in Limassol. In particular, the man stands ...

Few dishes evoke the charm of Central Europe quite like the Wiener Schnitzel. This iconic, golden-crusted delicacy has not only become Austria’s culinary flagbearer but also an international favourite. ...

Regular electricity bill payers will not subsidise the additional reduced rates paid by vulnerable groups, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Saturday. Moving to address rumours that forthcoming increases in ...

By Philippa Tracy As a Brit abroad, you know you have a reputation for upsetting the locals. You may never have been involved in a drunken brawl. But even so, ...

Trade union Sek announced on Saturday that it and other unions had agreed in principle to new, improved collective terms for hotel workers. The union said it had held “last ...

Localised rain and isolated storms are expected to hit the mountains, the west, and the south of the island on Saturday, with rain clouds progressing in the land as the ...

EU-funded researchers are testing DNA from archaeological cat remains to help unravel the tale of cat domestication.  By Ali Jones It probably will not surprise cat owners, familiar with the ...

November is an exciting month events-wise. Street food, book festivals, markets, concerts and all sorts of cultural happenings are taking place all over the island. Cinephiles can now also look ...

By Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide Having a female presidential candidate has made gender obvious in this US presidential election, even to many who normally neglect its role. The specific ...

Manchester United hit the reset button again by sacking manager Erik ten Hag with the team mired in mid-table mediocrity and Ruud van Nistelrooy will be in charge for the ...

By Charles Ellinas Eurostat has just published its report on EU electricity price statistics for the first half of 2024. A subject close to the heart of long-suffering Cypriot electricity consumers. ...

Cypriot residents spent a total of €2.23 billion on travel both within Cyprus and abroad in 2023, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service. In addition, a total of 484,365 residents ...

Nineteen people in central Israel’s Sharon region were injured, the Israeli police said, after the military reported the launch of three projectiles from Lebanon into Israeli territory early on ...

Third-quarter net revenues for Prada (1913.F) rose 17.7 per cent at constant exchange rates, driven by double-digit retail sales growth in Asia and Europe and by the doubling of sales at ...

PayPal (PYPL.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below estimates earlier this week as the digital payments company shifts its focus to higher-margin businesses from aggressive expansion, sending its shares down 6.6 per ...

Exchange-traded funds focused on artificial intelligence are proliferating as asset managers offer investors new ways to tap in to the market enthusiasm for AI, even while it remains unclear which ...

Parliament’s decision to raise the threshold of driving licence penalty points required for a temporary driving ban from 12 to 16 “sets the wrong example” to society, Volt MP Alexandra Attalides ...

Our political parties never cease to amaze us. On Thursday they voted through a bill proposal that would increase the number of penalty points needed for the suspension of someone’...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Friday acknowledged the need for more work on the Pedieos river as she addressed the opening of the first Pedieos Sustainable Festival, highlighting the river’...

The Law Commissioner’s Office on Friday announced that representatives from the Law Commission of England and Wales will visit Cyprus from November 4 to 6 as part of a collaborative effort ...

Cyprus recorded the largest increase in its tax-to-GDP ratio among EU member states in 2023 compared to 2022, according to data published by Eurostat on Thursday. However, Cyprus’ ratio remained just below ...

Senior US diplomat Mike Carpenter, advisor to President Joe Biden on European affairs in the National Security Council, described the recent meeting between Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and President Biden ...

The Cyprus-Crete electrical interconnection project will likely face some delays, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday, adding that completion by the end of 2029 now appears to be a realistic ...

The Limassol district court on Friday issued a six-day detention order for two men, aged 20 and 25, who were arrested as suspects in connection with recent assaults on food delivery drivers ...