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What does this weekend behold? Winter swimming, cabaret shows, carboot sales, live music, children’s theatre, cinema nights that place the spotlight on Cypriot films, exhibitions and events that ditch ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the electric vehicle maker’s full self-driving (FSD) software will only be available as a monthly subscription after February 14. Currently, Tesla allows ...

Interest rates set by the Bank of England should continue to fall as inflation is likely to settle ​around the central bank’s 2 per cent target soon, BoE policymaker ‌Alan ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Wednesday questioned whether the Supreme Court should be assigned the responsibility of reviewing decisions taken by future attorneys-general, as has been provided for in a bill ...

The sense of entitlement of some of our young is quite astonishing. This is not entirely their fault as this attitude has been cultivated over the years by the political ...

The British embassy in Tehran has been temporarily closed, the government said on Wednesday. “We have temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran, this will now operate remotely. Foreign Office ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he would declare a state of emergency in the energy sector to make up for lost time and tackle issues of disrupted power supplies ...

The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase – including a ...

President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday that the U.S. needs Greenland and that Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect the island, even as he said that “something will ...

The west Paphos community complex decided on Wednesday to appoint two investigating officers to conduct a disciplinary investigation into the incident with the dead turtle on Chloraka beach. The police ...

Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct profanity toward a Michigan auto plant worker who criticised the US president’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy during ...

Sadio Mane thrashed home a dramatic winner 12 minutes from fulltime to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations final after they edged Egypt 1-0 in a tense last-four encounter ...

Venezuelan politician and journalist Roland Carreno was freed on Wednesday in an ongoing prisoner release, and the government promised more liberations would come. The releases, announced last week, are moving ...

The foreign ministry expressed its disappointment on Wednesday over “the tendency of the UN to maintain an equal distance approach, resulting in the inaccurate and selective depiction of the realities ...

The average precipitation in the first fortnight of January has reached 47 per cent of the seasonal level, the meteorological department said on Wednesday. Citing preliminary data, the department said precipitation ...

The Supreme Court increased compensation awarded to a soldier who suffered personal injuries in the July 11, 2011, explosion at Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari, it was made known on Wednesday. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and former Turkish Cypriot leaders Ersin Tatar and Mustafa Akinci on Wednesday offered their condolences following the death of George Vassiliou, who served as president ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners will be on the island for a two-day visit, described by Cyprus’ EU presidency as one of the ...

In light of international developments, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is in contact with his EU and US counterparts, identifying the need to intensify the dialogue between the two, albeit in “...

Investments into digital competitiveness, innovation, research and space are crucial to ensure Europe’s preparedness in an “increasingly unstable international environment” Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou said on Wednesday. “As Cyprus ...

The EU-Mercosur agreement was scrutinised on Wednesday at the House agriculture committee, focusing on the impact it will have on the rural economy, with minister Maria Panayiotou assuring that the ...

British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said on Wednesday she no longer had confidence in one of Britain’s top police officers after his force recommended Israeli football fans be barred ...

An amateur tennis player from Sydney, Jordan Smith, struck gold on Wednesday as he walked away with a cheque worth A$1 million after holding his nerve to win the ‘One ...

Nicosia’s beloved and acclaimed Cyprus Museum has cancelled a planned day of celebrations for its antiquity collections and on the occasion of Cyprus assuming the Presidency of the Council ...