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In today’s episode, Cypriot children displayed below average competencies in the 2022 report of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Meanwhile, the government gave its consent for the individual ...

In 2023, three cryptocurrencies emerged as leading investment options: Stacks (STX), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and VC Spectra (SPCT). While Stacks has gained attention with its upcoming upgrades, Bitcoin Cash has gained ...

Cristian Romero returns to the heart of Tottenham Hotspur’s defence against West Ham United on Thursday with manager Ange Postecoglou conceding he has spoken to the Argentine about his ...

The seventh day of the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai was devoted to urbanisation, the built environment and transport, including sustainable mobility and shipping. But with the summit past ...

The central government’s debt fell by 5.6 per cent between June and September to €22.5 billion. The figure amounts to a €1.33bn reduction over the course of the three-month period in ...

The north’s ‘interior ministry’ on Thursday reacted angrily to a doctored video of ‘minister’ Dursun Oguz which had circulated on social media in recent days. The video in question ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a rare move to formally warn the Security Council of a global threat from the Gaza war as Arab states seek to use this ...

The second weekend of December is upon us already here with just three more Sundays to go until Christmas. Plenty of festive events will bring the season’s spirits this ...

A 29-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday night, suspected of throwing stones at the windows of the town’s courthouse, among other buildings. The man was apprehended at ...

Cyprus witnessed a contrasting trend in construction permits during the January to September 2023 period, with a reduction in the total number of licenses issued but a significant increase in their ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Wednesday announced that the International Matchmaking Event it recently held at a major energy conference was a resounding success. The matchmaking ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) released a report this week revealing a notable upturn of 6.7 per cent in industrial business activities during the first nine months of 2023, compared to the ...

Alphabet (GOOGL.O) on Wednesday introduced its most advanced artificial intelligence model, a technology capable of crunching different forms of information such as video, audio and text. Called Gemini, the ...

Britain’s construction sector activity fell sharply for a third month in a row in November, led by an ongoing slump in house-building as it bears the brunt of higher ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will speak with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis on Thursday, following the latter’s meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. ...

There is no end to the long-running foreclosures farce, which will be on centre stage at the House plenum on Friday, when the government bills, which are aimed at appeasing ...

The house education and culture committee on Wednesday hit all the wrong notes as the symphony orchestra (Cyso) charged political interference in its work, amid risks it will lose its ...

Las Vegas police on Wednesday said a suspect was dead after they responded to reports of a shooting on the local campus of the University of Nevada, adding that there ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met with British Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps on Wednesday, during the latter’s visit to Cyprus. Kombos described the meeting as “productive”, adding ...

The U.S. would object to any proposed buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip as it would violate Washington’s position that the size of the Palestinian enclave must not ...

Although Cyprus holds billions of the EU’s foreign direct investments (FDI), it has failed to carry out any screening mechanisms over the funds it received between 2020 and 2022, according to ...

The government denied accusations on Wednesday that it was engaged in behind-the-scenes dealings to try circumvent upcoming regulations over the appointment of special advisers. The job of special advisers to ...

Britain’s immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigned on Wednesday saying the government’s published draft emergency legislation aimed at getting its Rwandan migrant deportation scheme up and running did not ...

A different kind of music event is coming to Nicosia this month as the Plektó duet combines sound with lights. The duet is an ensemble formed by Cypriot musicians Eva ...