Airplane windshield cracked while flying to Larnaca
An Arkia Israeli Airlines flight to Larnaca was forced to return back to Israel after its windshield cracked mid-flight, it emerged on Monday.
The incident unfolded on Sunday where one ...
Israeli strike targets Hezbollah site in Lebanon, Israeli military
An Israeli strike on Monday evening targeted a Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, the Israeli military said.
The strike did not result in any fatalities, two ...
Trump posts image of fake Taylor Swift endorsement
Former President Donald Trump has posted a fake social media image of pop superstar Taylor Swift asking people to vote for him in the November election.
A Sunday entry by ...
National Council to convene next month
A National Council meeting has been slated for September 13, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday.
The aim is to brief political party leaders of developments on the Cyprus problem, ...
Police bar migrants from crossing buffer zone
Migrants stranded in the buffer zone made a ‘tepid’ attempt to enter the Republic of Cyprus on Monday but were stopped by police.
According to Menelaos Savva, community leader of ...
Lympia Theatre Festival is back
Back again this August and September is the Lympia Theatre Festival, which returns for its 18th edition. From August 27 to September 8, Idalion Amphitheatre in the suburbs of Nicosia will host ...
Prosecutors defer to judge on Trump bid to delay hush money sentencing
The prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction on felony charges in May on Monday did not explicitly oppose the former US president’s bid to delay his ...
Flight safety assured despite GPS interference
Interference with the GPS system, attributed to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, continues to affect electronic devices in Cyprus but flight safety is not an issue, the transport ...
Full steam ahead for Larnaca port and marina
The government is preparing tenders ‘immediately’ for experts linked to the Larnaca port and marina project, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Monday after a two-hour meeting.
An ad hoc ...
EAC is ‘choking off competition’
Independent energy producers on Monday accused the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) of keeping a chokehold on competitors by placing obstacles in the way of the full opening up of ...
Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at age 88
Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that highlighted topical and often provocative social and political issues, has died at ...
US embassy remembers ambassador and colleague killed in 1974
US ambassador Rodger Davies was remembered on Monday during a memorial ceremony to mark 50 years since he was killed in Nicosia, during the events of 1974, along with embassy employee and ...
Man slapped with €23,500 fine for trying to trap moufflon
The game fund issued a fine of more than €20,000 on Monday, after an individual was found trying to ensnare protected moufflon to sell.
According to the game fund, a fine ...
Russia says Ukraine has hit third bridge in assault on Kursk region
Moscow said on Monday Ukraine had struck a third bridge in an assault on Russia’s Kursk region which Kyiv says is aimed at carving out a buffer zone and ...
Limassol delivery drivers working only until 8pm
Delivery drivers were partially resuming work in Limassol but only until 8pm on Monday, as part of their plea to end racist attacks against them.
They said the assaults in ...
2024 Open Sports Festival to see companies face off in corporate Olympics
Get ready for the Corporate Olympic Games of Cyprus 2024! On October 19, 2024, Open Sports Festival returns bigger than ever, with new participants like CAPSBOLD, DC Sport Soft, Tribe and other companies, ...
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence ...
Biden launches citizenship programme for immigrant spouses of US citizens
Miguel Aleman, a 39-year-old who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 4, is among hundreds of thousands of immigrants hoping to find a path to citizenship through ...
Cyprus Greens formally oppose Mathiatis-Lythrodontas PV plant
The Green party has filed a formal objection to a massive photovoltaic plant proposed for the Mathiatis-Analyontas-Lythrodontas triangle, in the Nicosia district.
In a press release announcing the action, the ...
Finding blood a ‘daily battle’, donation centre chief says
August and September are the worst months for blood adequacy, especially this year, when demands are unchanged but donations are fewer due to the holiday season.
Head of the health ...
CSE suspends trading for multiple companies over unpublished reports
The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced the suspension of trading for several listed companies on both the Regulated Market and the Emerging Companies Market, due to their failure to ...
Water leak to blame for dirty sea in Limassol
Damage to a central well caused irrigation water to leak onto beaches in Limassol, it was announced on Monday.
According to the Limassol district self-governance organisation (Eoa), the incident that ...
As polio reemerges in Gaza, a mother fears for her child’s health
In Gaza, a mother worries that her month-old son, Mohammed, could be infected with polio after the Palestinian health ministry confirmed the first case in the enclave on Friday, ending ...
Cyprus hosts 2.2 million tourists from January to July 2024
A total of 551,229 tourists visited Cyprus in July 2024, marking a rise of 5.3 per cent from the 523,718 visitors recorded in the same month last year, according to a report released on ...