Man United and Juventus through to Europa League quarter-finals
Manchester United cruised into the Europa League quarter-finals as Marcus Rashford’s second-half goal secured a 1-0 win at Real Betis in the last-16 second leg on Thursday to wrap ...
Legislators hound government over building safety regulations
Legislators on Thursday hectored the government for taking its time delivering legislation to tighten up the earthquake-proofing of buildings, saying that lives are at stake – while the interior ministry responded ...
Montenegro president dissolves parliament, paves way for new vote
Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic on Thursday issued a decree dissolving the parliament, paving the way for a new parliamentary election in the Adriatic country months after he refused to ...
Kurdish man arrested in Larnaca faces extradition to Germany
A Larnaca court on Thursday began extradition hearings in the case of a Kurdish national wanted by German authorities on charges of participating in a terrorist organisation.
The suspect, Kenas ...
Where to catch live music this weekend
Whether you find yourself in Limassol, Nicosia or Paphos this weekend, the island’s bar and live music venues have got something planned. Here is an overview of where to ...
Lawmakers to seek higher fertility treatment subsidies
Lawmakers on Thursday said they will seek higher state subsidies for assisted reproduction, in a bid to encourage this form of gestation, as one in six couples were said to ...
Anger as French government pushes through pension reform without vote
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions bill through the National Assembly without a vote on Thursday, amid shouts from left-wing lawmakers brandishing ...
Union voices concern over Hadjiyiannis’ appointment as deputy culture minister
The appointment of one of Cyprus’ most famous pop singers, Michalis Hadjiyiannis, as deputy culture minister was criticised on Thursday by the Pancyprian professional artists union (Pasynek).
The union said ...
Cyprus put forward five nominations for intangible cultural heritage list
Cyprus has submitted five new nominations to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, according to an announcement of the Cypriot national committee of Unesco after a meeting that took ...
Russia has committed ‘wide range’ of war crimes in Ukraine – UN inquiry
Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings, torture and the deportation of children, a U.N.-mandated investigative body said in a report published on ...
Investors brace for hard landing as banking woes stoke recession fears
Fears of a recession are growing on Wall Street, as stress in the banking sector following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and worries over the fate of Credit Suisse ...
UK government agrees pay deal with healthcare unions – report
Healthcare workers in England and the British government have reached an agreement on pay, the i newspaper reported on Thursday, in what would be a breakthrough following months of strikes ...
Police discover stash of 300,000 illegal fireworks
Three people were arrested on Thursday afternoon after it emerged that they owned around 300,000 illegal firecrackers, stored in a cargo container located in a Limassol warehouse.
The operation, which was ...
Southgate calls up Toney to England squad for Euro qualifiers
England called up Brentford striker Ivan Toney but kept faith with most of their World Cup quarter-finalists on Thursday as head coach Gareth Southgate named his squad for next week’...
Saddam’s rusting yacht serves as picnic spot for Iraqi fishermen
Capsized in a river in southern Iraq, the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a stark reminder of his iron-fisted rule that ended with ...
Striking Greeks protest over deadly train crash
Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Thursday and rallied in central Athens in protest at neglected safety standards they say led to the deadliest train crash in ...
UK bans TikTok on government phones over security concerns
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security ...
ECB raises rates as planned despite banking turmoil
The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday as promised, ignoring financial market chaos and calls by investors to dial back policy tightening at least until ...
Cyprus recorded 14 flu-related deaths this winter
A total of 14 people have died from the flu in Cyprus in this winter, authorities said on Thursday releasing figures.
Among the deaths was an 8-year-old girl with no other ...
Witch lit: how modern writers are reinventing the witch
By Lucy Atkinson
From the fairy tales read to us as children to the costumes every Halloween, the figure of the witch has been with most of us for our ...
Infantino re-elected FIFA president, telling critics ‘I love you all’
Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more ...
Oil regains some ground after Credit Suisse handed a lifeline
Oil prices clawed back some ground on Thursday after sliding to 15-month lows in the previous session as markets calmed somewhat after Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) was thrown a financial ...
Israeli protesters paint ‘red line’ leading to Supreme Court after Netanyahu spurns compromise
Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel’s Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected ...
Fire Service exercise at Larnaca airport
The Fire Service on Thursday carried out an emergency exercise at the Larnaca airport aviation fuelling system (LAFS) headquarters, during which firefighters had to respond to a simulated fuel leak ...