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The interior and justice ministries are requesting that 300 contract police officers be hired for up to 28 months as the state steps up its efforts to tackle irregular migration across the ...

The deputy tourism ministry said on Wednesday Cyprus needs to start investing heavily in sports tourism, adding that in 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic, over 5,000 athletes visited the ...

Billionaire Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former US President Donald Trump when he buys the social media platform, the clearest signal yet of Musk’s ...

Alphamega Hypermarkets stood out among the big winners of the Cyprus Supply Chain and Operations Awards 2021, winning a total of three awards. The hypermarket chain was honoured with the ‘Supply ...

The international community must pressure Turkey to reveal details of burial sites of Cyprus’ missing persons if there is any hope of ever finding them, presidential commissioner Fotis Fotiou said ...

The trial of 11 people arrested in February 2021 during a march against government corruption and pandemic measures began on Wednesday at the Nicosia district court. Among other things, they were charged ...

Aliki Stylianou has been appointed director of the Press and Information Office (PIO), the Public Services Commission announced on Wednesday. The position has remained vacant for the past two years ...

Around 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February, as the conflict shut down businesses, strangled exports and drove millions to flee, ...

After a near two-year hiatus, Top Boy has made a triumphant return to Netflix. Formally the second season, but effectively the fourth as the streaming giant acquired the series’ rights ...

Just four people with covid are being treated at the covid reference hospital, the health minister said on Wednesday, adding that the Famagusta centre is operating normally. Health Minister Michalis ...

Irfan Siddiq has been appointed as the new British high commissioner to Cyprus and will assume his appointment from August 2022, replacing current commissioner Stephen Lillie. The announcement came in a ...

Blockchain needs its own music industry ‘MP3′ moment as fragmented regulation and technology hamper the development of a digital securities industry that could help realise its full potential, industry officials ...

By Dr. Yaşam Ayavefe The sharp decline in economic activity and its consequences on the labor market have prompted governments and central banks to take stimulus measures to mitigate ...

Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato; Agatha Gibbons, University of Waikato, and Stacy T. Sims, University of Waikato Last weekend’s LPGA event in California will likely be remembered as much ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the time would come when there are peace negotiations over Ukraine, but he did not see that time in the immediate future. “...

By Chrysanthos Christophorou One of my most recently published articles dealt with cybercrime and its rapid expansion in recent times. The article provided an overview of the relevant legal framework ...

Marcelo Pecci, a Paraguayan prosecutor known for his work in fighting organized crime, was killed on the Colombian tourism island of Baru on Tuesday, authorities from both countries said. Pecci ...

The Greens have condemned the attack on a three-year-old by a Savannah cat – a hybrid between a domestic cat and a serval – as the party pointed to a lack of ...

Electronic Arts is parting ways with world football governing body FIFA after a near three-decade partnership and pulling the plug on one of the world’s most successful video-game franchises ...

Mouthguards are usually used as protective kits in sports such as rugby and boxing but in football a similar custom-made device is being used to collect data on the frequency ...

The standout game in the 2022 CCA BAOFinancial T20 Cup on Sunday was the clash between reigning champions Punjab Lions and the team most likely to challenge them in group C ...

Ten notebooks are the basis of an ongoing exhibition at Gloria Gallery. The notebooks, part of the Ten Educational Notebooks – Ayios Georgios Peyia exhibition, were compiled by former members of ...

The chief executive of Coinbase said a disclosure in its latest quarterly filing did not indicate the cryptocurrency exchange operator faced a bankruptcy risk and it had been made to ...

Business leaders have called on the president to urgently boost the island’s self-sufficiency in terms of the food supply, warning that based on current data, higher prices and shortages “...