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The conference of presidents of the European Parliament will visit Cyprus on December 1 and 2. The visit comes ahead of Cyprus taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday outlined a series of government actions aimed at supporting the construction sector and strengthening the wider economy. Speaking at the annual general assembly of the ...

By Philippa Tracy When you get to late middle age, which I can still just about claim to be, and wonder whether it’s time to join a gym, there’...

Police in Nicosia are investigating the theft of holy relics from a small chapel in Pano Deftera, after unknown intruders broke in and removed items kept in a dedicated reliquary. ...

Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 150 still missing ...

An Israeli attack killed two children in Gaza on Saturday, medics and relatives said, in violence that has persisted in the Palestinian enclave despite a fragile ceasefire. The children’s ...

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier secured a record-equalling ninth world rally title in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to equal the tally of fellow Frenchman Sebastien Loeb and become the sport’s ...

The death toll from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 303, the head of the country’s disaster mitigation agency said on ...

Pope Leo visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the ...

Police in Paphos have arrested a 49-year-old man in connection with an incident involving gunfire in a residential area in Mesogi in the early hours of Saturday. Officers said the ...

By Rachel Delman A new statue of Dervorguilla of Galloway was installed in the Master’s Court of the University of Oxford’s Balliol College in September. She was the 13...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is ready to take part in an expanded informal conference on the Cyprus issue even before the end of 2025.  He made the statement ...

Police have arrested a 21-year-old in connection with clashes outside the Apollon football club in Limassol. A second suspect remains at large. The Limassol CID said two arrest warrants were ...

Two young men were seriously injured in a road accident in Paphos on Friday night. Police said the crash happened around 11.40 pm on Morphou street. A 19-year-old was riding a ...

The eierbal is a distinctive and beloved snack originating from the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, recognised for its unique composition and cultural significance. Essentially, an eierbal is a ...

A 17-year-old girl, Aliki Nicolaou from Lymbia, died on Saturday morning in a car crash on the road from Kofinou to the Limassol-Nicosia highway. The collision occurred at around 2.30am. ...

A 28-year-old motorcyclist from Ukraine has died following a road accident on the old Dromolaxia-Larnaca road. Artem Fomichov, a resident of Larnaca, passed away at 11.30 pm on Friday at Nicosia ...

A low-pressure system named Adel, centred in Greece, is moving northeast and is expected to begin affecting Cyprus from Saturday evening. On Saturday morning, high clouds are covering most of ...

The 17-time Grammy Award winning artist STING is set to bring his STING 3.0 World Tour to our corner of the Mediterranean next summer, presented by the Cherrytree Music Company and ...

This year, for the first time, a spectacular street festival — Old Strovolos Christmas Alley — is being organised through the initiative of local residents and businesses. Our goal is to revive ...

Cyprus will showcase its shipping capabilities at this year’s Marintec China, one of the world’s largest maritime exhibitions, taking place from December 2 until 5, in Shanghai. Held every two ...

By Ioannis Tirkides It is widely acknowledged by diplomatic observers and historians alike that the Conference on Cyprus held in Crans-Montana in July 2017 represented the high-water mark, the closest the ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that the European Parliament’s proposed overhaul of EU261 risks moving the bloc’s passenger-rights rules in the wrong direction, arguing that ...

By Morgan West “The first time I landed in Cyprus, I swore I hadn’t left home!” Matthew exclaims. “The light, the heat, the smell of the sea: it was ...