Cyprus and Lebanon will sign a letter today formally requesting World Bank financing for an electrical interconnector between the two…
Father of British 3-year-old remanded for eight days after Paphos hotel fatal fall
Paphos District Court ordered the eight-day remand of the 37-year-old father of the three-year-old British boy who died yesterday at…
France sends water bombers to tackle wildfire outside Paris
More than 400 French firefighters worked through the night to contain a wildfire in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of…
Ayia Napa mayor: “We will struggle to fully recover” this season
Ayia Napa, Cyprus’s cosmopolitan tourism flagship, is facing a season full of challenges this year. The resort town has invested…
On this day: the first World Cup took place in 1930
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 13: 1930 – The first soccer World Cup…
First forced returns to Syria expected as Cyprus tightens asylum rules
The Asylum Service has revoked asylum from 95 people over the past period, 80 of them Syrian nationals, on the…
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, police investigating possible negligence
An explosive fire at a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok killed 27 people and injured dozens, officials said on Monday,…
The six main shareholders and 19-member board behind Cyprus’s new cooperative bank
The project to establish a new cooperative bank in Cyprus has entered its most critical phase, with the public share…
Hungary parliament set to oust president in Magyar’s power shake-up
Hungary’s parliament is set to approve a constitutional amendment by Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s government on Monday to oust President…
Extreme heat threatens Italy’s Parmesan heartland
Fifty years ago, farmers in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region used to open the windows in their barns at night during the…