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Over 15,000 teachers have been employed and are ready to return to public schools with the start of the new academic year in September, the education ministry said on Friday. According ...

BrainRocket expected to stay in Cyprus after president intervenes Israeli-owned BrainRocket will not be leaving Cyprus after all, following direct intervention by President Nikos Christodoulides, who met company officials to ...

The paper processing factory which burned down in Ypsonas earlier this week will not reopen as it did not have the correct licences to operate, Curium mayor Pantelis Georgiou said ...

One decision not to kick for goal, one stolen lineout, one more lost final – whatever anyone in the England camp is saying, it is impossible not to look at this ...

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for theft of building materials in Limassol, police said on Friday. Police received a complaint from the owner of a construction company over the ...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner, who has been recovering from illness, received a more favourable route to the U.S. Open final than Carlos Alcaraz while Aryna Sabalenka will be tested ...

One game into the new Premier League season West Ham United manager Graham Potter already finds himself in the “at risk” category, according to bookmakers who have made him favourite ...

The summertime is not a popular period for art exhibitions yet that does not mean the island’s art scene is completely quiet. One showcase is coming up this August ...

A 19-year-old from a European country was arrested on Friday in connection to a case of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, attempted murder, arson, illegal possession of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday praised the “more than 10,000 Austrians” who have served in the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) since its creation in 1964. He was speaking on ...

There is “no artificial holdup” in the transfer of the 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian aid sent from Cyprus to Gaza earlier this week, presidential press office director Victor Papadopoulos said on ...

The north’s ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu was sacked and replaced by Oguzhan Hasipoglu late on Thursday night, amid widespread reports of a rift inside the ruling coalition’s largest ...

Greece continues to attract high demand for travel throughout the autumn, with TUI AG, the largest European tour operator, confirming the country remains a top choice for Europeans. The German ...

Temperatures on Friday will once again surpass the 40-degree-Celsius mark, with a maximum of 41 degrees Celsius forecast inland. Elsewhere, temperatures on the southeast, south, and north coasts are expected to ...

Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle has served 35 years of a life prison term for fatally shooting their parents as they watched television in their Beverly Hills, California, ...

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three ...

Eurobank has acquired 1,334,684 of its own shares between August 11-14, according to an announcement released this week. The bank reported that the average purchase price per share was €3.45, with a ...

Hotel bookings in Paphos have slowed sharply as recent wildfires have unsettled travellers, according to Evripides Loizides, president of the Paphos hoteliers association. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), ...

Alpha Bank has completed a series of corporate workshops in Athens, Thessaloniki and Heraklion, Crete, with the participation of more than 100 individuals from nearly 70 companies. The informative events, which will ...

The National Bank of Greece has acquired 300,000 of its own shares during the period from August 7 to August 14, at a weighted average price of €13.1384 per share, with a total cost ...

British manufacturers have suffered a fresh setback with orders falling heavily in the three months to August and further weakness expected ahead, according to a survey published on Thursday by ...

Ten per cent of people in Cyprus work long hours, making it the second-worst country in the EU after Greece, Eurostat said on Thursday. The EU average stood at 6.6 per ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou was upbeat about the new school year when she spoke to journalists on Tuesday. Ninety-eight per cent of school staffing needs had been met, the installation ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly two-year-old war ...