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Police on Thursday arrested and charged a 32-year-old driver for going more than twice over the speed limit on the Ayia Napa-Larnaca highway. The man clocked 218 km/hour while driving ...

The creative team behind the production that captivated 12,000 spectators, STILL! – A Statue that Travelled the World, returns with Franz Kafka’s Doll. The production will take place as part of ...

Cyprus could face massive fines from the EU due to its shortcomings in the area of waste management, the environment commissioner warned on Thursday. Speaking to the public broascaster, Antonia ...

The first regional dog shelter, serving the municipalities of Nicosia, is expected to be licensed by mid-2025, the Commissioner for Environment and Animal Welfare Antonia Theodosiou said on Thursday. Speaking ...

The basic salaries of civil servants, government employees and state officials will rise by 1.25 per cent as of January due to the Cost of Living Allowance, the finance ministry said ...

The government on Thursday condemned the attack taking place in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that resulted in the death of 15 people. “Deeply shocked by the devastating attack ...

Sterling dropped to a near-nine month low against the dollar on Thursday, hurt by the US currency’s relentless rise on expectations of dollar-supportive policies from incoming President Donald Trump ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) reported its first decline in annual deliveries on Thursday, as the automaker handed over fewer-than-expected electric vehicles in the fourth quarter and incentives failed to boost demand ...

Researchers have uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back to the middle Jurassic era in a quarry in Oxfordshire, southern England, showing that reptiles such as the nine-metre predator Megalosaurus ...

The Cyprus Green party on Thursday proposed the establishment of an independent body to tackle issues related to companion animals, including the management of strays, dangerous dogs, and pet owner ...

An Israeli hostage held by Gaza’s Islamic Jihad militant group has tried to take his own life, the spokesperson for the movement’s armed wing said in a video ...

Archbishop Georgios will bless the waters at Ayia Napa on Monday as Cyprus’ Greek orthodox Christian communities celebrate the Epiphany. Meanwhile, Karpasia Bishop Christophoros will attend a ceremony in the ...

Investigators in New Orleans were searching on Thursday for what motivated a U.S. Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck to plow into a crowd of New ...

Saudi Arabia executed six Iranian nationals for drug smuggling, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday, prompting Tehran to summon the Saudi ambassador according to media reports. The Saudi interior ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) on Thursday released a statement congratulating Thomas Kazakos, the director general of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), on his appointment as secretary-general ...

The north’s religious affairs director Ahmet Unsal was sacked on Thursday. The news was confirmed by ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, who told news website Gundem Kibris that Unsal will ...

Shots were fired at an apartment block in the northern Nicosia suburb of Omorphita, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Thursday. They said the shots had been fired at around 4.35...

Turkish Cypriot journalist Vatan Mehmet was on Thursday arrested after having allegedly “illegally recorded” a conversation with the north’s public broadcaster BRT’s director Meryem Cavusoglu Ozkurt. News website ...

Consulting and advisory firm PwC Cyprus on Thursday announced that it has published its new tax guide for 2025. “The guide serves as an important source of information on all tax-related ...

The transport ministry urged drivers to renew their road tax between January 7 and March 11 this year to avoid penalties. Renewals for the road tax will commence on Tuesday, 7 January 2025, and ...

With an incredible 14,250% ROI in 2021, Polygon (POL) shot to $2.92 and set a standard for an Ethereum-based altcoin, Rexas Finance (RXS). Priced at just $0.175 in its presale as of writing, Rexas ...

The consumer price index (CPI) in Cyprus closed 2024 with a year-on-year increase of 1.8 per cent, while inflation saw a rise in December, according to a report from the state’s ...

A 56-year-old woman driving under the influence slightly injured an officer while attempting to evade arrest on New Year’s Day. The incident occurred at around 7pm on Larnaca avenue ...

Five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist and a survivor of the persecution of Jews in World War Two, died at the ...