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US pop diva Mariah Carey helped to get the party started on Friday as the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics staged a unique opening ceremony combining elements from the co-hosts, seeking to ...

Emails released in the latest tranche of the Jeffrey Epstein files suggest Emirati businessman Sultan bin Sulayem recommending a young Cypriot woman to Epstein in a private exchange in 2015, according ...

A top Russian military intelligence official was shot in his Moscow apartment building and rushed to hospital on Friday, investigators said, the latest in a series of assassination attempts Russia ...

Opposition party Disy have presented a proposed law aimed at relieving thousands of guarantors who remain financially liable for loans without having received any benefit. Speaking at a press conference ...

Highways will face lane closures from Monday onwards throughout the night as scheduled maintenance and safety works get under way, according to an announcement by the department of public works ...

President Donald Trump condemned but did not apologize for a video on his social media account depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, a ...

Labour union Peo’s medical worker’s branch criticised Okypy’s reorganisation plan for Athalassa hospital, warning that overcrowding and staffing gaps endanger patient care and staff safety. The union ...

A refined evening of live jazz music is coming up in Paphos this weekend. On Sunday night, Technopolis 20 will welcome Katherine Petrou, guitarist Alexis Kasinos and bass player Rodrigo Caceres ...

British police searched two addresses linked to Peter Mandelson intheirprobe into misconduct in public office, they said on Friday, following reports about the close ties between the former ambassador and ...

A 63-year-old Cypriot lifer was found dead in his cell at the central prisons, authorities confirmed on Friday. Prison staff discovered the inmate at around 4.00pm in ward 10, which houses ...

The district self-government organisations (EOA) of Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos have expressed serious concerns over possible water cuts to households, with the available supply for the summer estimated at 10 ...

A 48-year-old Greek Cypriot already held on remand over January’s violent brawl and shooting in central Larnaca has been placed back into custody on Friday in connection with a ...

A Cypriot couple died in a house fire in north London, after a memorial candle ignited nearby materials in their home during the early hours of January 16. As reported in ...

The recent crypto market volatility has left many investors searching for reliable recovery opportunities. While assets like Solana (SOL) and Dogecoin (DOGE) face significant downward pressure and uncertain fundamentals, a ...

Lawyer Chris Triantafyllides, defending former central prison director Anna Aristotelous in her ongoing trial, on Friday requested the appointment of an independent investigator to look into alleged offenses committed against ...

The interior minister requested detailed information from the Polis Chrysochous municipality on Friday following complaints of illegal permanent appointments and alleged nepotism involving elected officials. In a written statement, the ...

The innovation and research ministry on Friday denied claims in international news media that Cyprus was targeted in an largescale cyberattack along with more than 36 other countries. “With regard to ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou has been reappointed to the educational service commission on Friday, following controversy surrounding her initial placement. Panayiotou, a qualified linguistics teacher, is included in a list ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday went on a full-day strike, citing a laundry list of shortcomings on the part of the north’s ruling coalition, and saying that health services ...

An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before setting off a suicide bomband killing at least 31 people,in the deadliest ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou has announced on Friday that he will run in the upcoming national parliamentary elections with his party, the recently renamed Direct Democracy of Cyprus. Appearing on ...

European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos on Friday said she “welcomes Turkey’s engagement” in talks regarding the Cyprus problem. The comment was made as part of a joint statement released ...

Farmers will take to the streets in protest against the EU–Mercosur trade agreement, MEP George Georgiou confirmed on Friday, warning that the deal threatens food safety standards and the ...

The next steps in Montenegro’s accession to the EU were discussed on Friday during a meeting in Nicosia between Deputy European Affairs Minister Marilena Raouna and Montenegro’s European ...