Book review: The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
By Philippa Tracy
Claire Lombardo’s debut novel was described by The Observer, as a literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler. How could I resist? Two great ...
US OPEN
Sinner eyes smooth start after controversy
The first round of the U.S. Open continues on Tuesday as the world’s top players battle for Grand Slam glory in New York.
A host of big names ...
British rock band Oasis to reunite with 2025 tour
British rock band Oasis said on Tuesday they would reunite after 15 years, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher planning a series of live shows in 2025.
The band, whose debut album “...
Market season begins: watch out for these three
As we bid farewell to the summer season – though in Cyprus, summer seems to linger year-round – a type of event typically favoured in autumn and spring is making its return. ...
Greens push for Mathiatis proposed PV park site to be declared national forest
The Green party on Tuesday initiated a move to assure protection of the Mathiatis pine forest after what is seen as a close call, with a proposed giant photovoltaic (PV) ...
Limassol police continue to probe relationship between girls and alleged robbery victim
Kidnapping of a minor with reference to an absence of parental consent is being brought up as a possible scenario by police on Tuesday, as part of the investigation into ...
US Open - Round 1
Defending champions Djokovic, Gauff off to blazing starts at U.S. Open
Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff enjoyed comfortable wins in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday while Dominic Thiem bid a final farewell to the ...
Deputy minister for EU affairs briefs MEPs ahead of Cyprus’ presidency
Deputy Minister for EU Affairs Marilena Raouna met with Cypriot MEPs ahead of the Cyprus EU Presidency for the first half of 2026.
Raouna and the MEPs on Monday discussed the ...
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Macron back to square one as left plans protests over political crisis
France’s Socialists and Greens will not participate in further talks with President Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of political deadlock, their leaders said on Tuesday, calling on ...
AI-driven Limassol startup aims to revolutionise restaurant menu creation
Limassol-based startup Correctify is aiming to transform Cyprus’ hospitality industry by revolutionising the menu creation process with its innovative AI-driven solution.
Launched in 2023 by Marios Simou and his team, the ...
Russia - Ukraine war
Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, drones for second day in row
Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight targeting Kyiv and other regions, Ukraine’s military said early on Tuesday, a day after Moscow’s biggest such attack ...
Cyprus Business Now
The University of Cyprus’ Economics Research Centre (CypERC) is entering the second phase of its tax reform project, it emerged on Monday, after it had been tasked to come up ...
Police to acquire two additional water cannon
The police force is seeking to purchase two additional water cannon vehicles and other supplies to boost its capacity, it emerged on Tuesday.
The additional water cannon are expected to ...
What went wrong for Nestle CEO Mark Schneider
Mark Schneider, Nestle’s recently ousted CEO, steered the world’s biggest food maker through the COVID-19 pandemic, grew margins despite a subsequent supply chain crunch, and pulled off a ...
Road works close sections of Nicosia-Limassol highway
Overnight works will be carried out on a section of the Nicosia-Limassol highway and on the Limassol bypass with sections of both lanes closing, the department of public works announced.
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Australian employees now have the right to ignore work emails, calls after hours
Is your boss texting you on the weekend? Work email pinging long after you’ve left for home?
Australian employees can now ignore those and other intrusions into home life ...
Increased clouds, localised rains
Tuesday will see increased cloud cover at times, which in the afternoon is expected to bring localised showers and isolated thunderstorms in the mountains, the interior, and the southeast. Temperatures ...
Ride-hailing price war forces drivers to go rogue
In eight years of working as a taxi driver in Kenya’s capital, Judith Chepkwony has never seen business this bad.
A bruising price war between ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies (...
FCA criticises UK insurers for failing to deliver value
Some of Britain’s car, home and other insurers are still unable to show they provide good outcomes for consumers, according to the country’s financial watchdog, a year after ...
Cyprus cuts almost 30% of firefighters from its ranks – ETUC
Cyprus has the second largest drop in the number of firefighters within its ranks across 12 EU member states in 2023, an analysis by European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has revealed.
The ...
Our View: Nobody should listen to Oelmek about university admissions
A few days after the University of Cyprus (UCy) announced that it would accept students who had sat international exams (GCEs, IB) to undergraduate courses at which there were available ...
Special counsel asks court to revive charges against Trump in documents case
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked a federal appeals court to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of retaining classified documents, after a lower court dismissed ...
Israel still faces threat of attack by Iran, proxies, Pentagon says
The United States continues to assess that the threat of attack against Israel by Iran and its proxy groups still exists, the Pentagon said on Monday, after Hezbollah launched hundreds ...
Mexico president defends judicial reform after US criticism
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his elected successor defended a judicial reform plan on Monday, saying the U.S. ambassador’s criticism that it would threaten Mexican ...