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New Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas said on Friday he aims to make citizens feel “safe and secure” against any foreign aggression. Giorgallas was speaking during the handover ceremony of the ...

Where do you live? I live in Manchester with my pencils, brushes and paintings What did you have for breakfast? A bowl of oats with cinnamon, apple, and almonds along ...

Of all the TV shows I have enjoyed, one of my favourites has to be The Office. Yes, I know, it’s neither new, nor original for that matter, as ...

Paphos police found illegal drugs in the possession of a 22-year-old driver who tested positive in a narcotest, they announced on Friday. The man was stopped during a traffic check ...

The transport ministry announced on Friday that applications to receive funding for motorcyclists to receive protective equipment and airbags has now closed. The ministry said 1,130 applications for the high power ...

Paris St Germain’s Achraf Hakimi is facing a criminal investigation in France after an allegation of rape was made against him, an official from the Nanterre prosecution office said ...

Oil prices slipped in early trade on Friday but were on track to post gains of nearly 2 per cent for the week as a rebound in China’s factory activity ...

Four people have died in the past week from Covid-19, the health ministry said on Friday, while a further 1,592 new cases were reported. The figures date from February 24 – March 2. Meanwhile, ...

Electronic trading platforms have significantly altered individuals’ and institutions’ investment and trading practices. For traders, the days of using just offline ways of trading have passed with the advent of ...

Every March 21, word lovers around the globe celebrate World Poetry Day, organising special events and readings. Cyprus is always keen to join the celebrations and thankfully, a growing local poetry ...

A three-day mourning period was announced on Friday after the bodies of the two missing Cypriots aboard a train that crashed in Tempi, Greece were identified. 23-year-old student Kyprianos Papaioannou ...

The Paphos administrative court has ruled in favour of a female employee at the municipality, who was forced by the mayor to take a leave of absence due to her ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday attended a memorial service for Eoka fighter Grigoris Afxentiou at the imprisoned graves. “His sacrifice is an example of self-sacrifice and tremendous love towards ...

Turkey’s six-party opposition alliance said it would announce its joint candidate next week to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan in the May presidential election, set to be held just three ...

Russian troops and mercenaries were closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, on the cusp of Moscow’s first major victory in ...

Potato farmers in Xylofagou and Ormidia until the middle of the month to file damage complaints about the loss of their crops due to bad weather, the agriculture ministry announced ...

The recovery in euro zone business activity gathered pace last month as growth accelerated in the bloc’s dominant services industry, a survey showed, providing the latest piece of evidence ...

Officially announced – Israel-based digital marketing firm Buzz Dealer is expanding and opening offices in the Limassol area. While the new office has been active since the beginning of January, it ...

Nicosia’s smart city project won first place among 100 nominations across Europe for evaluating the best smart green solutions, the municipality announced on Friday. Smart Nicosia, a project carried out ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested at a police station on Friday after he walked in to ask for an update on an asylum seeker application after it emerged he had ...

Growth in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) non-oil private sector in February accelerated slightly from the previous month, supported by a pick up in output growth, although the overall outlook ...

The world of investing is constantly evolving and changing, with new opportunities and trends emerging all the time. One such trend that has been gaining momentum in recent months is ...

Two Americans arrested in Kansas City on Thursday for a scheme to send aviation-related technology to Russia in violation of US export controls reportedly sent them via Cyprus. Cyril Buyanovsky, 59, ...

Two drivers were arrested after police caught them going double the speed limit in Nicosia overnight, police said on Friday. According to authorities, the two drivers were found speeding on ...