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11311. World's biggest yacht in Limassol

Limassol may be the focus of attention this week as the American Iwo Jima is in the area for exercise drills, but a different kind of boat is now stealing the show, the luxury superyacht Dilbar which is the biggest in the world....

11312. Cambodia jails Briton for 'unintentionally' producing pornography

Cambodia, a conservative Buddhist country, is frequented by young tourists backpacking through Southeast Asia...

11313. EU agrees Brexit transition

May has described as unacceptable any possible deal that cuts Northern Ireland off from the rest of the UK...

11314. Tourist arrivals spike 23.4% in February

Tourist arrivals have hit record highs in every month since March 2017 ...

11315. Inspectors analyse toxin used on Russian spy

Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) began running independent tests...

11316. UK home-sellers raise prices by most since 2007

Asking prices in the first quarter of 2018 as a whole were 3 percent higher than at the end of 2017...

11317. Google makes push to turn product searches into cash

Over the past two years, mobile searches asking where to buy products soared by 85 percent...

11318. Three held in Kouklia site theft

Cyprus police have arrested three men in connection with a case of illicit trade in antiquities. A concerned citizen had phoned the police after spotting a car parked in a remote area near Kouklia, Paphos, which is also the site of a current archeological dig. ...

11319. Putin easily wins another six-year term

The longer-term question is whether Putin will soften his anti-Western rhetoric now the election is won...

11320. President tells US official he is ready for Cyprus talks

The President highlighted the reasons why talks collapsed in Switzerland last year...

11321. US backs Cyprus search for offshore gas

ExxonMobil and partners Qatar Petroleum are scheduled to start drilling southwest of the island this year...

11322. Father found guilty in son’s death

A 71-year-old father is found guilty on manslaughter charges for killing his son, after the 19-year-old soldier refused to hand over the car keys...

11323. Employment increased in last quarter of 2017

Cypriots worked more hours in Q4 2017 than the year before...

11324. Britain and Russia brace for showdown

England may also cut back participation in the World Cup which Russia is hosting in June - July...

11325. Company registrations in Cyprus up 25%

Applications for company name approval in the first two months of 2018 rose by 26%...

11326. Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76

The power of his intellect contrasted cruelly with the weakness of his body...

11327. Max’s killer gets three months

The Supreme Court hands down a three-month prison sentence to a man who stabbed a German Shepherd to death, overruling an earlier suspended sentence that was seen by the public as too lenient...

11328. Trump dumps chief diplomat Tillerson after clashes

Senior State Department officials said Tillerson was unaware of why Trump pushed him out...

11329. Norway underlines faith in London with unlisted property bets

The Norwegian fund is one of the biggest foreign investors in Britain...

11330. Turkish Cypriots vow to launch gas search unless Nicosia pulls back

Greek Cypriots have repeatedly said a peace deal would allow both communities to benefit from any offshore resources...

11331. Putin faces midnight deadline to explain nerve attack on former spy

The European Union also said it would stand by Britain, which is due to leave the bloc in just over a year’s time...

11332. Officials deny Turkish Cypriot claims of foot dragging over new crossings

There were high hopes of a Dherynia crossing but politics has got in the way...

11333. ExxonMobil ship to set anchor off Limassol

Cyprus energy minister says ExxonMobil is sending two ships, one arriving Tuesday night, to locate targets for October drilling in Cypriot EEZ...

11334. Carragher suspended by Sky after spitting at girl

Carragher has apologised for the incident, which took place after Liverpool lost 2-1 to Manchester United on Saturday...

11335. Boozy Brits no longer welcome in Ayia Napa

The mayor of Ayia Napa, like his counterparts in resorts such as Magaluf, Ibiza and Hvar, has called time on the “low quality youth” market...

11336. Saudi women get behind the wheel

Saudi King Salman is ending a conservative tradition banning female drivers, a change coming June 2018 seen as a step towards personal freedom for women in the kingdom. ...

11337. Seven Cypriots named in Forbes' Billionaire list

Foreign businessmen are among the Cypriots listed on Forbes’ Billionaire list in 2018, with all seven of them totalling €17.6 billion in combined net worth despite none of them residing on the island. ...

11338. Paphos holds title for selling land to most foreigners

The booming city of Paphos has managed to defend its title for being at the top of real estate sales to foreign buyers, surpassing Limassol which is a very popular investment destination particularly for Russians. But there is some criticism over some of the tools being used to attract buyers, namely the cash-for-passport scheme....

11339. Hold the iPhone! Amazon primed to be larger than Apple

11340. For Putin’s Russia, a poisoned spy sends a political message

Any state body using a nerve agent so blatantly is clearly disregarding the traditional rules of international order...