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Despite challenges in local authority reform, efforts to implement the changes are non-negotiable, as the quality of services which will be offered to the public will be far more effective ...

The Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation will present the first institutional solo exhibition of the artist Anastasia Mina this week. The exhibition at Garage Art Space running from Saturday to December 2 ...

By John Irish President Nikos Christodoulides outlined a proposal on Thursday to open a maritime corridor to help deliver more aid to Gaza, a plan which he said could be ...

An official request has been submitted to the north’s ‘labour ministry’ on Thursday that the minimum wage be raised. The request was submitted by the Cyprus Turkish trade unions ...

The Republic of Ireland on Thursday donated €25,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), taking the total of donations made by the country since 2006 to €450,000. The CMP said the money “...

Municipalities are in need of a total of €14 million in emergency financial assistance, Larnaca Mayor and Municipalities’ Union chairman Andreas Vyras said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Municipalities’ Union’s ...

Pope Francis will have nearly an entire day of bilateral meetings with world leaders attending the COP28 climate conference in Dubai next month, according to a programme released by the ...

Britain’s Home Secretary escalated a dispute with London’s police force on Thursday over the handling of a planned, large pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day, accusing officers of taking ...

For the third time, Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination took to the debate stage on Wednesday night in his absence, seeking a way to dislodge the ...

By Jane O’Connor Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me, illustrates once again the potential lifelong damage that can be caused by being a child star. Like many ...

Cypriot firm Ask Wire, a technology-informed real estate company, on Thursday released its quarterly report for the local property market. The report indicated a mixed outlook for the real estate ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday presented the €30 million scheme aiming to increase the use of photovoltaic panels in Cyprus which will in turn reduce home electricity bills. The revised ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis on Thursday expressed great satisfaction with the outcomes of the meetings held during this week in London, in the context of the annual World ...

Apart from a detailed peace plan to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has a less conventional idea for ending geopolitical crises like these: let dogs run ...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was hospitalised in Mexico City on Wednesday due to a possible stroke, Mexican media outlets reported, but a TMZ report citing sources suggested the illness was ...

A group of Cypriots in America are keeping the island’s history alive through the creation of the Sounds of Cyprus group. PAUL LAMBIS finds out more What began as ...

One person has been killed and four more have been injured after a Russian missile hit a Cypriot-owned ship entering the port of Odessa, in Ukraine, on Wednesday. The ship, ...

Exhibit8 gallery will host the solo painting exhibition of renowned Greek artist Marina Petri this month. The exhibition Karagiozis: Tradition & Modernism opens this Friday at the Limassol gallery which ...

Friday prayers in the north are to be dedicated to the people of Palestine, following an announcement from the Religious Affairs Directorate. “The days we are going through will take ...

A Scottish man was remanded in custody for 24 hours in Paphos on Thursday after being accused of stealing over €5,000 worth of goods from a snack bar he had rented. After ...

Israeli forces fought Hamas militants among ruined buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, inching their way closer to two big hospitals as the plight of civilians ...

The term “environmental activism” is defined as the combined and organised actions of individuals or groups that aim to reverse or reduce environmental damage, as well as to promote awareness ...

The two men arrested at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Wednesday have “nothing to do with the murders of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos and Alexis Mavromichalis”, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

Environment Commissioner Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday that the latest round of government-sponsored tree planting initiatives, which involves planting 11,000 trees and shrubs, “is not just ordinary tree planting”. “It is ...