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A new war of words among institutions has broken out, after the chief of police has refused to provide auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides with data concerning unpaid fines and permits to ...

After Friday night’s violent riot in Limassol, President Nikos Christodoulides called a meeting at the presidential palace the next day to discuss the ineptitude of the policing. The meeting, ...

An interior ministry proposal to tackle land and businesses in Larnaca’s Mackenzie area raised eyebrows during Tuesday’s House refugee committee, after the auditor general said the government cannot ...

A seven-year-old boy way hit by a car in Chlorakas on Tuesday as he tried to cross the road. Paphos traffic police chief Alexis Alexiou said the young boy of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he had “nothing to say” when asked if Cyprus’ police chief and justice minister had tendered their resignations, following widespread condemnation for police inaction ...

Priests from poor districts in Buenos Aires held a mass on Tuesday to defend Argentine Pope Francis after radical right-wing presidential candidate Javier Milei denounced him as an “imbecile” and “...

The buffer zone should not be doubted nor should it give Turkey a competitive advantage, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, over the spat that emerged in Pyla last month. “...

Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday, the worst attack in months in the West ...

Spain’s women’s team coach Jorge Vilda has been sacked, the football federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday, 10 days after FIFA suspended RFEF’s president for kissing team player Jenni ...

Efforts are ongoing to have a bill on remote work voted into law by October, deputies from the House labour committee said on Tuesday. Akel MP and committee chairman Andreas ...

For the first time ever, a stand-up comedy festival will be held in Cyprus, bringing laughter to the heart of old town Limassol. Stantar Kkomety in collaboration with Rialto Theatre ...

The government is working to highlight Cyprus as an unattractive destination for migration, ministers told the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Tuesday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said within ...

Oil prices spiked more than 1 per cent on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and Russia announced a fresh extension to their voluntary supply cuts, stretching a combined 1.3 million barrel per day (...

Despite catching most observers off guard, the decision to include India in trilateral meetings between Cyprus, Greece and Israel has long been in the pipeline, the foreign ministry confirmed on ...

Britain’s financial watchdog said on Tuesday it has launched a formal review into how banks conduct mandatory extra checks on “politically exposed” customers and their families for money laundering ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Tuesday released a report showing a notable decrease in the number of registered unemployed individuals for the month of August 2023, both on an annual ...

By Gloria Dickie Fishing grounds choked by water hyacinths. Songbird eggs gobbled up by rats. Power plant pipes clogged by zebra mussels. And electrical lines downed by brown tree snakes. ...

Russian forces fighting in southern Ukraine have destroyed a British-supplied Challenger 2 tank for the first time, a Russian-backed official said on Tuesday, releasing what he said was a video of ...

The Cyprus problem was among the issues discussed by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis in Ankara on Tuesday. At a press conference following the ...

A company in Limassol lost €17,350 after falling victim to a financial scam carried out by individuals posing as the owners of a Saudi Arabian firm, it emerged on Tuesday. As ...

An anti-migrant protest set to take place outside the presidential palace on Wednesday was cancelled on Tuesday with organisers saying an “out of control” situation would have sent the wrong ...

The attorney general on Tuesday ordered a police investigation after a Limassol municipal councillor was caught on video during Friday’s anti-migrant protest saying he would kill any delivery driver ...

U.S. Open organisers said they ejected a fan from Arthur Ashe Stadium early on Tuesday after German 12th seed Alexander Zverev complained the man had used “the most famous ...

U.S. director Woody Allen presented his 50th film to the Venice Film Festival on Monday, telling reporters he had had a “very, very lucky life”, making no reference to ...