New environmental movement sweeping island
Save Your Hood is seeking to overcome years of neglect and clean up Cyprus
By Melina Alexandrou
The shift towards greater awareness about environmental change, the overfishing of our oceans ...
Discussion underway to restrict use of lead in hunting ammo
At least 135 million birds are currently at risk of lead poisoning throughout the EU
Consultations are underway in view of EU moves to restrict the use of lead in ammunition ...
EU taxonomy is a tool for climate transition
But it comes with both risk and opportunities for business
By Antigoni Pafitis
In the past few years there has been a great deal of interest in the concept of ‘...
Chelsea see off Porto to reach semis despite Taremi stunner
Mehdi Taremi scored a stunning overhead kick to hand Porto a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg but it was not enough to prevent ...
PSG knock Bayern out on away goals to reach last four
By Julien Pretot
Paris St Germain reached the Champions League semi-finals despite a 1-0 home defeat by Bayern Munich as the title holders bowed out on away goals after a 3...
Organic farm defends its practices after photos of dead animals published on social media
Alpina organic farm on Tuesday defended its practices and blamed the recording of dead animals on its premises to an “unfortunate moment”, while a report is expected from the state’...
Cyprus Film Days ranges from US nomads to African prisoners
Where other festivals have been put on hold, Cyprus Film Days is pushing ahead next week, and not just online either. PRESTON WILDER looks at what we can expect to ...
Biden proposes summit with Putin after Russia calls U.S. ‘adversary’ over Ukraine
By Humeyra Pamuk and Andrew Osborn
U.S. President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to reduce tensions stirred by a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’...
Foreign ministry needs diplomats to boost ‘voice of Cyprus’
The foreign ministry urgently needs more diplomatic as well as desk personnel, MPs said on Tuesday.
The House foreign affairs committee heard from ministry officials complaining about the lack of ...
MP accuses interior ministry of not taking hard enough line against Paphos mayor
The chair of the House refugees committee on Tuesday harangued the interior ministry for giving Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos a mere slap on the wrist in a report apparently censuring ...
Coronavirus: Situation in hospitals critical, private sector could do ‘more to help’
The situation in state hospitals is critical, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday after record numbers in admissions of patients with Covid-19 were recorded in the last few ...
Coronavirus: Two month old baby who died Tuesday tested positive
A two-month-old baby that died early on Tuesday in Limassol was found positive to coronavirus.
The infant, that had presented serious respiratory problems at birth, was found unconscious in its ...
Exploratory drilling for copper launches
Venus Minerals Ltd, a Cyprus-based exploration company, has started exploratory drilling for copper in Kokkinoyia, one of its licence areas, it announced on Tuesday.
The company said drilling at the ...
Russia restricts flights to Turkey as political tensions rise
Russia will restrict flights to and from Turkey from April 15 to June 1 due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Turkey, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Monday, ...
Coronavirus: Coronavirus: One death, 619 new cases as concerns raised over increasing hospitalisations (updated)
One death and 619 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday by the health ministry with concerns raised over the rising number of hospitalisations.
The death concerned a 69-year-old man with ...
Coronavirus: Vaccination portal updated to combat public’s attempts to avoid AZ
The vaccination portal has been updated to combat system crashes as the public’s manoeuvres to avoid the AstraZeneca shot put pressure on it and doctors alike, reports on Tuesday ...
EU Parliament partly clears path to UK trade deal vote
By Philip Blenkinsop
The European Parliament gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for two key committees to vote this week on the EU-UK trade deal, but deferred a decision on whether ...
A Stranger in the Island: dreams become paintings
In an upcoming exhibition in Limassol, artist Mostafa Sarabi pays close attention to his dreams and translates them into paintings.
Sarabi’s A Stranger in the Island exhibition opens at ...
Ship owned by Israeli firm attacked off UAE coast: media (Updated)
A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was attacked near Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates, two pro-Iran media outlets based in Lebanon said on Twitter on Tuesday.
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Man admits to murdering woman found in field last month
A 32-year-old man, the main suspect for the murder of a woman whose body was found last month in a field in the Athienou buffer zone, has confessed to killing ...
Carnivorous dinosaur with short snout and strong bite menaced Patagonia
By Will Dunham
Scientists in Argentina have unearthed the well-preserved skull of a meat-eating dinosaur that roamed northern Patagonia about 85 million years ago – a beast with a short snout, keen ...
Children at Limassol school paint t-shirts to show what happiness is
Pupils of the 26th Primary School in Limassol raised €4,000 for the Pancyprian Association for Children with Cancer and Related Diseases by hanging 365 personalised t-shirts in the school yard on Tuesday ...
Model getaway: Naomi Campbell’s Indian Ocean mansion
In this Architectural Digest video, we head to the coast of the Indian Ocean in Kenya, to visit supermodel Naomi Campbell at her luxurious, airy villa.
Life as a fashion ...
Japan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea
Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, the government said on Tuesday, a move China called “extremely irresponsible”, ...