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A 42-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday after police performed a raid on a warehouse in the city, finding almost nine kilograms of cannabis. Police discovered eight packages ...

Eleni Philippou looks at events coming from Friday onwards Plenty is coming up this weekend – open artists’ studios, an interdisciplinary arts festival in a village, an event for beer and ...

Cyprus has reported a government surplus of €881.9 million, equivalent to 3.1 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to preliminary fiscal results released by the state’s statistical service ...

Thursday’s weather will initially be mostly clear, with localised increased clouds. As the day progresses, however, clouds will develop, with isolated rain and possible storms expected later in the ...

Cyprus experienced a substantial improvement in its current account deficit during the second quarter of the year, which narrowed to €346.1 million from €1.04 billion in the same period last year, according ...

Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) is expected to say on Wednesday it will buy US rival Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD.N) for about $60 billion, a deal that puts it atop the ...

British employers cut their job vacancies for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years in September and reduced their hiring again, a recruiters’ industry body said on Wednesday, adding ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Andria Kades The feeling of uncertainty weighed heavily at Larnaca airport on Wednesday, as attacks between Israel and Hamas entered their fifth day and Israelis fled ...

Nobody likes the imposition of new taxes or the increase in existing ones. Nothing is more certain to unite people against the government than new or higher taxes. Politicians kicked ...

Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria will work together against the threat of floating mines in the Black Sea due to war between Russia and Ukraine, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on ...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Wednesday the country would need budget support of about $42 billion (€39.6 billion) this year and next year to plug a massive deficit and aid ...

Niger’s junta has demanded that the top United Nations official there leave the country within 72 hours over accusations that Niger was excluded from the annual UN gathering of world ...

Nato will discuss damage to a gas pipeline and data cable running between member states Finland and Estonia, and will mount a “determined” response if a deliberate attack is proven, ...

Israel formed an emergency unity government on Wednesday as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the Palestinian enclave, and the army said it killed three Hamas militants in ...

Egypt has discussed plans with the United States and others to provide humanitarian aid through its border with Gaza Strip but rejects any move to set up safe corridors for ...

British Airways said on Wednesday it would suspend all of its flights to Tel Aviv after it diverted a flight from London back to Britain due to security concerns in ...

Austria’s plans for an evacuation of its citizens from Israel by military aircraft on Wednesday were thwarted when its only available C-130 Hercules had a technical failure, forcing the ...

The European General Court on Wednesday rejected Cyprus’ application to word mark the word “Grilloumi”, describing the case as “unfounded”. The court found that there was no risk of confusion ...

Cypriot tourism is recording some cancellations due to the ongoing conflict in Israel, according to the tourism deputy minister Kostas Koumis, but not many. Koumis was speaking at the opening ...

“Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are the same”, said President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. He added that “this principle is what has guided me ever since … in my efforts to ...

Russians who fled the country to side with Ukraine should be charged with treason and sent to work in mines in parts of Russia where there is no summer if ...

Approximately 15,000 people in Cyprus work in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing industries, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat. The figures, which were recorded in 2020, showed that the ...

Israelis “have made many investments in the Paphos district”, according to George Mais, chairman of the Paphos Chamber of Commerce. Speaking on Wednesday, he said these investments have been directed ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has moved carefully since Hamas and Israel went to war, keeping Israeli troops busy with attacks at the Lebanese border but not opening a big front, sources ...