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More than 60 calls were made to the fire brigade on Wednesday as severe weather caused widespread flooding and disruption across the Nicosia district. Among the incidents reported was a group ...

The governments of Cyprus and Greece on Wednesday agreed to “update the economic and technical parameters” of the Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the electricity grids ...

One in five foreign residents in Cyprus is Russian, with over 40,000 permanent residents, the deputy migration ministry reported on Wednesday. Of the 200,000 foreign nationals who permanently and legally reside in ...

Gender equality is everyone’s business, Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said at Tuesday’s journalism awards ceremony held at the presidential palace. The event, part of Cyprus’s national ...

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released on Wednesday by U.S. House of Representatives ...

Cyprus was hit by a second earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, as reported by the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, at around 4.30pm on Wednesday, According to the centre, the earthquake ...

Both the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) and the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) on Wednesday welcomed the European Court of Justice (ECJ)’s overruling of parts of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday at the Maximos mansion in Athens, where both leaders reaffirmed close cooperation between the two governments ahead of Cyprus ...

I’ve known a man for years, in great shape, great life, his own home, children settled, housed, grandchildren highly educated, he sailed through life. Yet he rattles on about ...

By 2025, Bitcoin mining apps have become one of the easiest and most legitimate ways for everyday users to earn cryptocurrency.Instead of investing in expensive hardware or managing noisy rigs, ...

Is it cheating if you visit a restaurant knowing you’ll like it before you have even tried a morsel of its food? Perhaps. But revisiting a place you’ve ...

The Limassol district court on Wednesday approved the filing of private criminal charges against five people – former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos and four former police officers – in relation to their ...

Gloria Gallery prepares to welcome a new exhibition at its space, enriching Nicosia’s art scene. In ‘Line, Repetition, Perspective’, Sarah Lee Michaelides presents a solo showcase of drawings and ...

An 80-year-old man from the Paphos district village of Drymou died after being crushed by his tractor at midday on Wednesday, police said. According to police, the victim, identified as ...

Long-term unemployment ranged dramatically from 0.4 per cent to 16.3 per cent across EU regions in 2024, highlighting significant disparities in labour market resilience, according to Eurostat. Eurostat’s latest report showed that 4.2 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday reaffirmed the country’s commitment to expanding trade and investment ties across the wider Middle East. Speaking at the 3rd Greece–Cyprus Intergovernmental Summit in ...

Financial education for children in the digital age In the digital age, where children grow up with contactless payments, online shopping and electronic wallets, the traditional piggy bank has lost ...

Primary school parents have reportedly filed complaints with the education ministry against a teacher accused of pulling a student by the hair and injuring another child by throwing a book ...

Freedom Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRHC), the parent company of the Freedom24 investment platform, has released its financial results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2026, which ended ...

The House of Representatives will try to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Wednesday, with a vote on a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer distanced himself on Wednesday from a briefing by unnamed allies that he would fight any leadership bid, throwing his support behind his health minister Wes ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) this week pushed back against a European Parliament proposal that would limit the planned digital euro to offline use only, arguing instead for a hybrid ...

Cyprus has reiterated its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), with the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations, ambassador Maria Michail expressing concern over “external threats, coercive ...

A bill submitted to the House of representatives by the agriculture ministry on Wednesday proposes doubling out-of-court settlement fines for illegal and uncontrolled waste disposal. The proposed amendment to the ...