It’s time for the 50th Cyprus Rally
It’s time for the 50th Cyprus Rally! At 18:00 on Friday, October 6, at the old Nicosia City Hall in Eleftheria’ Square, the 27 crews of this year’s anniversary race will ...
C.AR.E Festival in Larnaca this weekend
“How amazing it would be if there was an annual event that, in one weekend, with dozens of dynamic and exciting activities, would bring together artists working with children and ...
Transport ministry to install 4,450 new bus stops
The transport ministry signed a contract on Thursday to install 4,450 new bus stops and shelters and upgrade over 1,000 existing bus stops.
In specifics, the contract provides for the installation of 2,350 ...
Norway’s Jon Fosse gets Nobel literature prize for giving ‘voice to the unsayable’
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the award-giving body said on Thursday.
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Russian missile strike on Ukraine village kills 51 during memorial to fallen soldier
A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing 51 people during a gathering to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier, Ukrainian ...
Alcotests to be introduced for pilots and cabin crew
Sample alcohol tests on airline pilots and cabin crew are set to be introduced, after the House Transportation Committee discussed the matter on Thursday.
The proposed law, which will bring ...
Spain will likely host 2030 World Cup final, minister says
The 2030 World Cup final will probably be held in Spain, one of the three hosts of the tournament along with Portugal and Morocco, Spain’s acting Sports Minister Miquel Iceta ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy meets Armenian PM after phone talks with Azeri leader
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thurday he had met Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Spain, and discussed the security ...
‘Mum-shaming’ of Sophie Turner is part of a problem that harms all parents
By Fiona Woollard
Like many celebrity divorces, the split of Sophie Turner and singer Joe Jonas has been accompanied by a flurry of rumours. It was reported that the breakup ...
A maritime powerhouse
In the vibrant waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Cypriot shipping industry has long been a maritime powerhouse, both historically and in the modern era
As we embark on a ...
Disney Stacks collectibles now available at Lidl stores
Lidl Cyprus presents the Disney Stacks collectible wooden figures, created as part of Disney’s anniversary campaign “100 Years of Wonder”.
As of October 5, 2023 until November 15, 2023, and while stocks last, with ...
Debut novel embraces diversity
Gay or not, love is love, one writer tells PAUL LAMBIS
When stories are shared, we build an ethos of embracing diversity, novelist Despo Pavlou believes. Her debut novel, My ...
UAE minister ‘particularly interested’ in Cyprus electrical interconnector
The United Arab Emirates’ Investment Minister Mohamed Hassan Alswaidi expressed a “particular interest” in the electrical interconnector between Cyprus, Greece, and Israel on Thursday.
Alswaidi, who is also the CEO ...
Russia surpasses UAE as India’s top naphtha supplier amid discounts
Russia has overtaken the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become India’s top naphtha supplier, data shows, as New Delhi takes advantage of discounted Russian oil products and the re-routing ...
Police urge caution on motorways due to overnight roadworks
Police urged caution to drivers on Thursday as overnight road maintenance works on the Nicosia – Larnaca and Limassol – Nicosia motorways continue.
The works on the Nicosia-Larnaca motorway from Rizoelia to ...
An Elegy for Coming Undone
Nicosia welcomes a new art exhibition this week by Cypriot painter Eleni Odysseos. Running at Koraï project space from Saturday to November 19, the showcase presents a new series of works ...
Embattled police chief to stay in post
Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou is to remain in post after Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said the matter was closed on Thursday.
Procopiou said: “there is no longer any question of ...
Taking time to smell the roses
The flower has opened many doors in one mountain village finds PAUL LAMBIS
Happiness is said to radiate like the fragrance of a rose, and that could not be more ...
Unexploded mortar found, detonated near Morphou
An unexploded mortar was found and later detonated by a specialist team in a residential area in the village of Kyra, near Morphou, on Thursday.
Seven houses in the village ...
Almost 7,000 irregular migrants left Cyprus in nine months
A total of 6,987 irregular migrants left Cyprus in the first nine months of 2023, either by being deported or through voluntary repatriations.
This figure amounts to 92 per cent of the 7,631 irregular ...
Eight killed in Turkish air strikes on Kurdish-held zone in Syria
At least eight people have been killed in Turkish drone strikes on Thursday on the Kurdish-held zone of northeast Syria, a war monitor and a local security source said, following ...
PSG’s tiki-taka exposed as Enrique fails Newcastle test
While Paris St Germain have had a clear playing style this season, the French champions looked completely lost when it came to dealing with Newcastle United’s high-intensity pressing in ...
Nanjing delegation has productive meetings in Limassol
By Lanting Liu
The 12-member delegation from the city of Nanjing led by the Deputy Mayor of the city, Mrs. Huo Huiping visited Limassol last week.
The delegation, which included ...
Thousands evacuated from Tenerife as summer wildfire re-ignites
Authorities on the Spanish island of Tenerife evacuated some 3,000 people from their homes overnight as a wildfire sparked by high temperatures and strong winds raged in a forested area already ...