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Tourism revenue for February increased by 42.9 per cent over last year, the island’s statistics department (Cystat) said on Tuesday. Revenue from tourism reached €56.6 million in February 2023 compared to €39.6 mn ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis on Tuesday said the 19-year-old he planned to hire has withdrawn her interest and will not be working for him. Koumis was speaking to the ...

A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers said on Tuesday they met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ...

Century Travel, the only cruise specialist in Cyprus, announced on May 9, 2023, the launch of cruise.com.cy, the first dedicated cruise-only e-commerce platform in Cyprus, tailored to the Millennial traveller. ...

By John MT Balmer As a fashion statement or piece of art, crowns are distinguished by their beauty, containing rare jewels, precious metals and velvet in deep, rich colours. As ...

It is important for all of us to recognise that through compromise not everyone can achieve everything they think is right, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday in the ...

Long lines of migrants have amassed this week in the border city of Tijuana, near the sprawling wall that divides Mexico from the United States, in the final days of ...

Police on Tuesday were investigating a new cryptocurrency scam after a 38-year-old woman reported losing €15,660 to a purported crypto investment scheme. The woman told the police that in April she ...

An effort to modernise and improve the way the judicial system operates is in the pipeline, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Tuesday, saying new courts will be established. “This ...

The island can form a dramatic backdrop for photoshoots NIKI CHARALAMBOUS is told by a fashion photographer now living in Cyprus Slovakian fashion photographer Katarina Culenova has been enchanted by ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday addressed the Cyprus Shipping Chamber’s annual general meeting, praising the association for its efforts in boosting the local maritime sector, and consequently elevating the ...

The health ministry is tightening up controls on prescribing antibiotics through the health system Gesy, it said on Tuesday. According to data from the European Centre for Disease Control and ...

Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, in a dramatic move that threatens fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as his ...

A final call by David Hunter’s defence team to have his wife’s killing tried as manslaughter as opposed to premeditated murder failed on Tuesday, after the judge said ...

Central Bank of Cyprus governor Constantinos Herodotou on Tuesday addressed the annual Nicosia Economic Congress, providing analysis and commentary on the country’s economy, both for the previous year, as ...

Colourful pots, green gardens and artists’ studios characterise Lania village, a small hub within the Limassol district. It is situated at the foot of mount Troodos, has a bit of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides leaves for Israel on Wednesday on a two-day working visit where he will meet the country’s leaders. Christodoulides will leave in the afternoon and on arrival ...

ELENI PHILIPPOU gets involved in Cyanotypes, images in striking shades of blue, and finds she is not the only one in Cyprus intrigued by them Sunlight, flowers and iron salts. ...

Tens of thousands of Serbians protested on Monday, demanding better security, a ban on violent TV content and the resignation of key ministers, days after two mass shootings killed 17 people. ...

Donald Trump’s absence from a trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses him of rape and defamation shows that “he did it,” a lawyer for Carroll said on Monday, ...

There are still gaps in dealing with cyber-attacks, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias admitted on Tuesday. However, his ministry has taken serious actions to strengthen ...

Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday and paraded troops across Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War Two, pared back amid shortages of manpower ...

Private deals are being brokered by agencies for the sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the fenced-in city of Varosha, President of the Hoteliers’ Association (Pasyxe) Haris Loizides said on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday delivered the keynote speech at this year’s Nicosia Economic Congress, focusing on his administration’s commitment to economic progress and development, while also acknowledging ...