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The Cyprus lifesaving federation on Wednesday expressed its concerns of understaffing among its ranks after its latest call for applications for the summer months received just one response. Limassol district ...

The met office issued a new yellow weather alert over extreme high temperatures, valid from 10pm Wednesday night to 6am Thursday. This is the fourth such warning for July only, ...

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss made the final two candidates on Wednesday to become Britain’s next prime minister, kickstarting the last stage of the contest ...

Close to €7 million have been secured in state coffers from the execution of 45,283 fines over the past seven months, recent police data showed, while 1,039 jail terms have been issued. The ...

Henrik Stenson has been removed as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain with immediate effect “in light of decisions made in relation to his personal circumstances”. The 46-year-old Swede is understood ...

Turkey will decisively continue defending its rights in the eastern Mediterranean against any provocations, said Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Wednesday during his address in the north at the ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public of a new email scam that uses the force’s logo and asks users to pay alleged fines. Several people have recently complained they ...

Greek authorities said on Wednesday they had brought under control a wildfire in mountains near Athens that forced hundreds of people to flee and damaged homes and cars. The blaze ...

An online petition and an open letter to the president of the Republic will demand to revocation of the appointment of Dr Petros Agathengelou as one of the 13 board members ...

At least 13 people have died in Britain while swimming during a spell of record-breaking hot weather that sparked wildfires, damaged train tracks and triggered warnings that efforts to tackle climate ...

I often feel as if the entire world is on the edge. Confrontation often starts with a misdirected glance, a misinterpreted comment, or an outright viewpoint. Cutting someone off in ...

There has been an increase in the nesting of sea turtles and especially the caretta-caretta turtle in recent years said Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday, adding that he hopes ...

TUS Airways acquired an Airbus A320, the fifth plane in its fleet, it announced on Wednesday. The acquisition of the new aircraft seals the company’s commitment to support and ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) is warning of manipulation attempts against young people from ‘finfluencers’, employing methods such as ‘gamification’ in investment as it launches a new campaign ...

No matter the holiday, visiting Cyprus is a good idea to take a break from what you know and get yourself towards a beautiful island for a well needed vacation. ...

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling ...

Moscow’s military “tasks” in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as the Kremlin’s forces shelled eastern and southern ...

In the ninth instalment of “Weekend Escapes,” we visit the Amarande, a uniquely differentiated 5-star adults only hotel in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, integrating elegance, ultra-comfort, and minimal style with refined ...

The European Union set out emergency plans on Wednesday for countries to cut their gas use by 15% until March, warning them that without deep cuts now they could struggle for ...

A 13-year-old boy was killed by a Russian missile strike as he waited for a bus near a mosque in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, local officials ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the appeal made by waste management company Helector relating to a case dating back to 2016 that saw a former Larnaca mayor, three state officials ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the geographical objectives of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine are no longer limited to the eastern Donbas region but ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday dismissed the proposals prepared by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar earlier this month, saying they were a new attempt for a two-state solution. The proposals ...

Thanks to the renewables’ boom, the limiting factor of the energy revolution is not power supply as much as power storage these days. Cleaner, greener batteries are needed to charge ...