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‘This winter in Europe will be very, very difficult’ These will probably be the most important elections Cyprus has had for a long time. And it is not just the ...

How successful will the much-publicised new multi-million plan for the walled city be? To great fanfare, the government in April unveiled a €40 million action plan aimed at revamping Nicosia’s ...

Tehran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has yet to decide whether to build one, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Al ...

By Peter Hall Manchester United have agreed a deal with Ajax Amsterdam to sign defender Lisandro Martinez for an initial fee of 57.37 million euros ($57.87 million), with 10 million euros of potential ...

Three cases of illegal employment were discovered by officials during checks on premises in Limassol, Famagusta and Larnaca, the police said on Sunday. In Limassol members of the immigration service ...

Ninety complaints concerning the treatment of children under the legal care of the state were received between 2011 and 2021, according to the Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s Rights, Despo ...

By Andrestinos N Papadopoulos Any reference to the past is useful as it helps us understand better the present and learn lessons to formulate opinions correctly for the future on ...

Whether you’re hunting for a lost pet, or just want a pet-friendly place to visit, the app PetPins might be just what you need. Available on Google Play & ...

Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are ...

Open letter to the finance minister By Achilleas Demetriades As part of the ongoing dialogue to tackle soaring prices, I would like to contribute the following ideas. Inflation is the ...

By Steve Keating An excited record crowd poured into rainy St Andrews on Sunday for the climax of the 150th British Open that appeared to be heading towards a matchplay-style ...

A motorcyclist who fell 10m into a ravine in the Troodos mountains on Sunday lunchtime was rescued by police and fire officers. According to the police, the incident happened at ...

The atmosphere around the waste centre in Pentacomo had cleared on Sunday, community leader of nearby Kalavasos Lefteris Foka said after a large fire in the area on Friday. “Today ...

Once the hotel of kings, the Berengaria now has a new lease of life Berengaria, the imposing abandoned mountain hotel with a haunted reputation will be restored to its former ...

A yellow weather warning for “extremely high temperatures” on Sunday night has been issued by the Met Office. The warning concerns the period from 9pm on Sunday to 6am on ...

By Demetrios H Hadjihambis Reading the article of Christos Panayiotides ‘Entry of Cyprus into Nato – Why not?’ published recently, I thought it would be a good idea to continue the ...

The Indian government’s COVID-19 vaccinations hit 2 billion on Sunday, with booster doses underway for all adults, as daily infections hit four-month high, official data showed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus have reached 75 per cent of levels seen in 2019, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said on Sunday, describing the figure as “not bad”. Speaking after a ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday launched a complaint that a priest in a Paphos village refused to name a teenager killed in 1973 during a memorial service. “Disgrace and shame. ...

By Guy Faulconbridge The Ukraine war shows that the West’s dominance is coming to an end as China rises to superpower status in partnership with Russia at one of ...

The 7th International Tattoo Convention will be held in Limassol this week. ELENI PHILIPPOU gets an inkling of what will happen Time to get inked? The International Tattoo Convention taking ...

By Christos P Panayiotides The onus of proof of the presidential candidates that they mean business when they claim that they are determined to reunite Cyprus and to combat corruption ...

If other measures are needed against the spread of Covid they will be taken, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Sunday. Our priority is that schools stay open and students ...

A week long police campaign will begin on Monday to check buses and trucks on the roads. Taking place as part of the European campaign Roadpol, members of the police ...