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ON THIS DAY: Remembering Agatha Christie (1976)

On this Day January 12, 2026 at 17:32

On 12 January 1976, Agatha Christie, one of the most influential and widely read authors in literary history, died at the age of 85....

ON THIS DAY: Federico García Lorca is born (1898)

On this Day June 5, 2025 at 13:33

On 5 June 1898, in the small town of Fuente Vaqueros near Granada, Spain, Federico García Lorca was born—destined to become one of the...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Virginia Woolf and Eugène Ionesco

On this Day March 28, 2025 at 15:15

On 28 March 1941, the world lost one of its most influential literary figures, Virginia Woolf, a British novelist, essayist, and central figure in...

ON THIS DAY: Bertolt Brecht is born (1898)

On this Day February 10, 2025 at 14:28

On 10 February 1898, Bertolt Brecht, one of the most influential playwrights, poets, and theatre practitioners of the 20th century, was born in Augsburg,...

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PHOTOS: Car rental office in Larnaca gutted by fire

September 28, 2026 at 10:24

Cyprus higher education targets global growth

Cyprus September 28, 2026 at 09:49

Cyprus is seeking to turn its rapidly expanding higher...

Cyprus weather forecast brings rain and thunderstorms

Cyprus September 28, 2026 at 09:03

The Cyprus weather forecast includes isolated rain and possible...

Larnaca: Fire breaks out at car rental office, vehicles damaged

Cyprus September 28, 2026 at 08:58

A car rental fire broke out at around 2:18am...

Nicosia: Driver taken to hospital after vehicle falls into ditch

Cyprus September 28, 2026 at 08:50

A person was rescued after a vehicle fell into...