Kotsiatis fire under control despite strong winds (Updated)
The fire that broke out in the Kotsiatis area on Wednesday after noon and later spread outside the former landfill was put under control later in the day according to ...
President in Brussels for European Council
President Anastasiades left for Brussels on Wednesday to take part in the European Council meetings.
On the agenda of the European summit, which will be held on Thursday and Friday ...
Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000, more trapped in rubble
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from ...
EU must stick with Ukraine despite economic pain
Europe must keep up its support for Ukraine even as faltering Russian gas supplies raise recession fears, a senior EU official said, adding that a shift towards using coal to ...
1.2 million tickets sold for Qatar World Cup
More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Wednesday.
The most recent phase of ticket sales, a random selection draw, closed at the ...
Support for EU membership highest in 15 years
Nearly two-thirds of Europeans consider membership of the European Union a “good thing”, according to a survey by the bloc’s parliament published on Wednesday, marking the highest result in 15 ...
Delighted music fans return to Glastonbury
Tens of thousands of music fans streamed into Worthy Farm on Wednesday for the return after three years of Glastonbury, the beloved music festival that will feature hundreds of artists ...
Pizza wars: heated words in Italy over fair price of dish
Pizza: high-end gourmet fare or affordable food for the people? That is the question pitting Italian billionaire Flavio Briatore against chefs in Naples, where pizza making has UNESCO world heritage ...
Dance festival concludes with portraits in otherness
A month of performances and dance acts is coming to an end on Friday as the Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival wraps up. The final performance is scheduled for this week ...
CBMs are a re-heated dish, says Tatar
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has repeated that a solution based on bizonal federation was non-functional and that there was no turning back from the two-state solution now backed by ...
Deputies discuss ways of making state scholarships fairer
Confusion reigned the house education committee on Wednesday as deputies discussed state scholarships for university study, with the vague aim of making them fairer.
The possibility of amending the legislation ...
Sheftalia contaminated with salmonella taken off the market
Batches of locally produced frozen pork ‘sheftalia’ and chicken burgers were withdrawn from the market due to a salmonella link, the health ministry’s health services announced on Wednesday.
The ...
Villages evacuated as fire keeps blazing in the north (Update 5)
The villages of Flamoudi and Ardana in the north were evacuated by Turkish Cypriot authorities in the early hours of Thursday after a huge fire broke out in Kantara, on ...
Match of the century: Iran’s history man Mahdavikia recalls US clash
More than two decades have passed since Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia famously sealed a 2-1 victory over the United States but the thrill of delivering his country their first ever ...
Woman stopped from entering courts with ‘explosives’
Police on Tuesday arrested a 30-year-old woman for illegal possession and carriage of ‘explosives’, the Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou said on Wednesday.
The ‘explosives’ referred to by the police ...
Profitable Crypto regardless of bear market: Gnox (GNOX), Tron (TRX) and Shiba Inu (SHIB)
If your portfolio has been struggling in recent weeks, you’re not the only one. Everyone’s has. It’s a difficult market right now, and nobody is sure how ...
TV shows we love: One of Us Is Lying
Bayview High School’s follow-up One of Us Is Lying is a perilous truth or dare game. The TV show is an American young adult mystery drama created by Erica ...
Intercollege on the art of chocolate
Pastry chef Michael Mavromoustakis created optical illusion desserts during a chocolate master class for professional chefs at Intercollege in Nicosia.
During the 10-hour workshop, professional pastry chefs made a set ...
University of Cyprus makes it onto top universities list
The University of Cyprus has been ranked 473rd in the QS World University Rankings, maintaining its position among the top universities worldwide for a third consecutive year.
According to the ...
Unit will ensure enforcement of sanctions
The council of ministers has given the green light for the creation of a national unit for the enforcement of sanctions.
The unit’s overarching aim is to ensure that ...
Lithuania: We’re ready if Russia cuts us out of common power grid
Lithuania will be prepared if Russia disconnects it from the regional power grid in retaliation for blocking rail shipments of some Russian goods to Moscow’s Kaliningrad exclave, but no ...
Britain must do more to help poor during cost of living crisis, says Asda chairman
The British government needs to do more to help those on lower incomes cope with the cost of living crisis and should cut VAT sales tax, the chairman of supermarket ...
Russia: West spreading lies about causes of world’s food crisis
Russia on Wednesday said the West was spreading lies about the causes of the global food crisis which Moscow said was being stoked by the sanctions imposed on Russia by ...
We can’t allow unions to win over rail strikes, UK deputy prime minister says
Britain‘s deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Wednesday that the government couldn’t allow “militant unions” to win over rail strikes, warning that their demands could lead to ...