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Police on Friday have launched an investigation into attempted murder following the injury of a police officer during violent incidents the previous night ahead of the high-risk football match between ...

The US Army veteran who killed 14 people by ramming a truck into a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and ...

Total deposits in Cyprus amounted to €54.8 billion in November 2024, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus’ monetary and financial statistics report released this week. In addition, the central bank’s ...

South Korean authorities failed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday over his martial law declaration, after evading a crowd of protesters outside his compound but coming to ...

The retail trade turnover value index in Cyprus increased by 7.2 per cent in November 2024, compared to the same month in the previous year, according to a report released this week ...

Friday will be mostly clear with some increased clouds in the afternoon. Temperatures will rise to 18C inland, 19C on the coast, and 8C in the higher mountains. Winds will ...

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 ...

Lending to eurozone companies and households grew at a modest pace in November, pointing to a lacklustre end of the year for the bloc’s economy, European Central Bank data ...

British factory activity shrank at the fastest pace in 11 months in December and manufacturers cut staffing levels due to higher taxes and weak foreign demand, a survey showed on Thursday, ...

The Bank of England said on Thursday it had allotted 46.180 billion pounds ($57.49 billion) at its first short-term repo of 2025, the second-highest amount on record and up from 38.075 billion pounds at ...

This year’s holiday shopping period saw high levels of satisfaction among both consumers and traders, with most people preferring shopping malls for their purchases, it was reported on Wednesday. ...

President Christodoulides offered a positive outlook for 2025 in his New Year message, which would be building on the government’s work of last year. He said 2024 was the year we ...

Law enforcement officials named a U.S. Army soldier from Colorado as the likely person inside a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on ...

Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s migration authorities ...

Slovakia’s coalition government will discuss retaliatory measures to take against Ukraine after it halted the flow of Russian gas through its territory to Slovakia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ...

Some 950 traffic violations were recorded across the island since December 23, the police said on Thursday. Of the total of 954 violations, 446 were for speeding, 164 for drink-driving, 69 for not wearing a seatbelt, 53 ...

Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than initially thought, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday. The oil ...

The Cyprus Society for the Protection of Animals (CSPCA) on Thursday announced its plans to report the government to the Council of Europe, citing severe failings in enforcing animal welfare ...

Syria’s foreign and defence ministers met with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Riyadh on Thursday in a landmark first visit abroad by members of the new ...

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 ...