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By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tons of debris from ...

Opposition Akel said Tuesday it demands a full accounting of what really lies behind the ‘strategic dialogue’ initiated between Cyprus and the United States and which was announced with much ...

Following a month full of performances, the 25th edition of the festival closes this Sunday with a production from Greece and choreographer Christos Papadopoulos. Titled Larcen C, the closing performance ...

The EU has lost a friend and Cyprus one of its finest conservationists, the representation of the EU Commission in Cyprus said on Tuesday, as it expressed its condolences over ...

Doctors at public hospitals decided Tuesday to call off a strike they had planned for this coming Thursday, saying they were willing to give their employer one last chance. Physicians ...

Canadian Milos Raonic pummelled 47 aces, a record for a best-of-three sets ATP match, as he toppled Briton Cameron Norrie 6-7(6) 6-3 7-6(9) to reach the second round of the Queen’...

British police said on Tuesday they had found three children aged 14, 9 and 7 who had been reported missing after a day out at a theme park 20 miles south west of London. ...

Cyprus Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanolis has recognised the significant contributions of maritime agents to Cypriot shipping during an official dinner held on June 14 by the Cyprus Shipping Association. ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Tuesday to deepen trade and security ties with North Korea and to support it against the United States, as he headed to the reclusive ...

The Republic of Cyprus on Tuesday announced the appointment of investment banks Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Europe, and HSBC as advisors for the issuance of a new €1 billion 7-year ...

AstroBank CEO Aristides Vourakis on Tuesday was elected as president of the Association of Cyprus Banks for the next two years, with Antonis Rouvas, interim CEO of Hellenic Bank, stepping ...

Two people are wanted in connection with an investigation on human smuggling, police said on Tuesday as it appealed to the public for information. A man who claims to be ...

Cyprus’ final decision over whether to stump up the required €100 million to partake in the Great Sea Interconnector is still pending, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. The government ...

Inflation, as measured by the harmonised index of consumer prices in Cyprus (HICP), has climbed to a six-month peak in May 2024, increasing by 3 per cent compared to the same month ...

The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) hosted on Monday partners of the SMARTIES for SMEs project, in a move that seeks to bolster the competitiveness and resilience of small and ...

A fourth of applications submitted to the Displaced Persons Care and Rehabilitation Service are rejected, while the criteria for providing housing assistance is outdated and in need of revision, the ...

Eight German energy companies are due to visit the island for a conference in July by initiative of the German ministry for economy and climate action (BMWK), it was announced ...

Cypriot state officials on Tuesday used their attendance at the annual general meeting of the Association of Cyprus Banks to call for a reduction in lending rates and a narrowing ...

In 2023, Rishi Sunak outlined a proposed change to the education system in England: scrapping the current A-level system and introducing the Advanced British Standard. This would see students study more ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) celebrated the graduation of its latest group of doctoral students in an event attended, among others, by the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation, and ...

First it was Albanian fans taunting their Italian rivals by snapping uncooked spaghetti in front of them. Then the Austrians followed suit, breaking baguettes in the faces of French fans ...

The leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, appealed to voters on Tuesday to hand his party an absolute majority in upcoming parliamentary elections so that it ...

Cypriot investment platform Sophic, which is provided by Athlos Capital, has secured over 80 per cent of the latest issuance of Treasury Bills by the Republic of Cyprus for its clients, ...

By Ambuj Tewari Over 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell asked the readers of National Geographic to do something bold and fresh – “to found a new science.” He pointed out that ...