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Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis this week announced that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to establish a new tourism promotion agency, with the goal of boosting Cyprus’ tourism ...

By Charles Ellinas Energy Minister, George Papanastasiou, initiated a debate around natural gas immediately following his appointment. In line with government goals, he has prioritized bringing natural gas to the ...

The beaches of Argaka, Gialia and Pomos received a European award for quality, it was announced on Wednesday. As a result, Paphos won the 2022-23 “European Silver Quality Coast” award ...

Students from the University of Pittsburgh had the opportunity to tour the facilities of Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol Ltd during a visit to Cyprus this week. According to a statement ...

More women have been sexually abused by clerics but chose not to report it, theologian Theodoros Kyriacou said on Friday, a day after the former Kiti bishop was sentenced for ...

Diagnostics centres and medical labs affiliated to Gesy have been complaining because the unit price they are paid has been steadily falling. Phileleftheros reported that the unit price for diagnostics ...

The death toll from the collision of two Indian passenger trains in Odisha state has surged to 288 and more than 850 are injured, a state government official told AFP on Saturday, ...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz inched closer to a blockbuster French Open semi-final showdown with imperious wins on Sunday as Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka skipped another press conference due to being ...

The chief of staff for Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the country’s ambassador in Venezuela will leave their posts, Petro said on Friday, as the prosecutor’s office probes ...

Prominent Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir returned home on Friday, a day after his abduction by unidentified armed men in the southern city of Karachi, which prompted ...

The World Bank’s new president Ajay Banga on Friday asked the lender’s 16,000 staff to “double down” on development and climate efforts as he seeks to accelerate the bank’...

A coastal city in Quebec ordered some 10,000 residents to evacuate homes on Friday as wildfires spread in eastern Canada and stretched firefighting resources already tackling blazes across the country. Canada ...

Police arrested a 37-year-old man on Friday under suspicion of having stolen a car in the Limassol area. According to police, they received an anonymous tip around 10:30am that the ...

Italy on Friday impounded two rescue ships run by German charities for breaching tougher migration rules introduced by the country’s right-wing government, the Italian coast guard said. The Mare*...

Police busted a 16-year-old driving illegally and with a fake licence in Nicosia on Friday, authorities said. According to police, the teen was spotted by traffic patrollers around 8:15am on ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Friday said that greater efforts must be promoted to upgrade the national health scheme Gesy. Speaking after a meeting with Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos, Kanari ...

Water sport concession holders on Friday raised the alarm over the proliferation of unlicenced and unqualified operations on Cypriot beaches. In a statement released by the Pancypriot Association of Water ...

In a recent working meeting between Cyprus and India held during the Best Invest Congress in Limassol, Marina Hadjimanoli, Deputy Minister of Shipping, emphasised the invaluable asset that shipping represents ...

High-definition CCTV cameras to be installed at stadiums after competent stakeholders signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday aiming to tackle violence in stadiums. The memorandum, which includes an action ...

The finance ministry is in the final stages of preparing the list of products for which it is seeking reduced rates of VAT to ease the cost-of-living challenges. Indeed, the ...

It is not very often that Deryneia but this June community organisation Famagusta Avenue Garage teams up with the Larnaca Cinema Society to bring a screening of an award-winning Cypriot ...

A 70-year-old woman was pulled out of her car dead on Friday, after crashing into a rock formation on the Karvounas-Kakopetria road, police said. According to police, Eleni Karyda from ...

The American University Beirut will open a campus in Paphos as of September 2023, Paphos mayor Phedon Phedonos said on Friday. He added that the foundation stone will be laid by ...

Police are investigating whether Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous has committed a criminal offence after he made some abusive social media remarks which the House ethics committee said it was not ...