Woman driver arrested five times over limit
Police on Monday arrested a 39-year-old woman who was driving almost five times over the legal alcohol limit.
The woman was stopped for a check while driving on Kofinou-Larnaca motorway ...
Roads to Troodos open only to 4×4 vehicles
Amid light snowfall at intervals in Troodos, police said on Monday that the Troodos-Prodromos, Platres-Troodos and Karvounas-Troodos roads are open only to four-wheel drive vehicles and cars equipped with snow ...
Farmhouse that took a decade to restore named House of the Year
A Georgian farmhouse which took 10 years to meticulously restore in a “labour of love” has been named House of the Year.
House on the Hill, a Gloucestershire farmhouse extension, was ...
Cypriot university teams up with Microsoft for start-ups programme
European University Cyprus has linked up with US technology giant Microsoft to launch a new programme for start-up businesses.
Titled Microsoft for Start-ups Cyprus Program, the programme will assist 10 strictly ...
Apple seeks dismissal of India apps market antitrust case
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has asked India’s antitrust watchdog to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small a ...
Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content
Facebook (FB.O) has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, but with the ...
Russia does not expect to be cut off from SWIFT system, VTB CEO says
Russia’s financial system would be able to cope even if it was disconnected from the SWIFT global interbank payments system, the head of the country’s second-largest lender VTB ...
Animal welfare a priority, president says
Animal welfare is among the government’s priorities, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday in his address at the fourth annual conference of the Animal Party.
The well-being of animals ...
Man City three points clear at Christmas as Liverpool held
Manchester City secured the Christmas number one spot with a 4-0 demolition of Newcastle at St James’ Park.
Pep Guardiola’s side recorded an eighth straight Premier League win and ...
Coronavirus: one death, 448 new cases on Sunday (Updated)
One death and 448 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry.
The death concerns an 87-year-old man who died on Saturday at the Nicosia general hospital. This ...
Back to EEZs, licensing and exploration
ExxonMobil considers the East Med a promising hydrocarbon basin
By Charles Ellinas
With Covid-19 resurging, Cyprus’ EEZ is back in the limelight. ExxonMobil is about to start drilling in block 10, ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says he lowered inflation to 4% before, can do again
By Tuvan Gumrukcu
President Tayyip Erdogan said he had lowered Turkey’s inflation to around 4% before and that he will achieve that again soon as annual price rises exceeded 21% due ...
EU commissioner warns UK against picking Brexit hardliner to replace Frost
By Conor Humphries
A European Commissioner said on Sunday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s refusal to compromise on Brexit was “untenable” and called on him not to let ...
The sacred trees of Salamiou
Ancient trees and ancient skills live on in a very special Paphos village
By Paul Lambis
The village of Salamiou is a living museum that presents a rich historical and ...
Energy: the risks of success
By Gwynne Dyer
The “new normal”, said International Energy Agency spokesperson Heymi Bahar last May, may be a far faster expansion of renewable energy than expected, driven mainly by market ...
UK health minister doesn’t rule out new restrictions before Christmas
By Kylie MacLellan
Britain’s health minister Sajid Javid declined on Sunday to rule out the chance of further COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas, saying the spread of the Omicron variant ...
Coronavirus: SafePass now a confusing rainbow of colours
Restrictions no longer a red or green affair but a multi-coloured spectrum
By Nick Theodoulou
Are you green, purple, blue, yellow-orange, or red? It’s not some elaborate party trick, ...
Netherlands starts ‘painful’ Christmas coronavirus lockdown
Shopping streets in the Netherlands were closed and people’s Christmas plans were in disarray as the country began a lockdown on Sunday aimed at limiting an expected COVID-19 surge ...
It’s time to embrace the spirit of Christmas
By Christos P. Panayiotides
We have arrived, yet again, at Christmas, which we will celebrate next Saturday. At Christmas, we recall the innocence of the newborn baby, we launch a ...
Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai climbs to 208
By Enrico Dela Cruz
The death toll in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Rai has risen to 208, after the storm carved a trail of destruction in central and southern provinces ...
Man, 26, dies in Paphos road accident
A 26-year-old man from Britain who was a permanent resident of Cyprus died earlier on Sunday in a road accident in Paphos.
Police said they were investigating the conditions of ...
Inadequate institutional quality damaging Cyprus economy
Government inefficiency, corruption and bad policies based on ignoring the huge amount of debt will come back to bite us
By Les Manison
Research articles contend that the quality of ...
No significant problems from Storm Carmel (Updated)
No major problems were reported so far on Sunday due to Storm Carmel with authorities urging motorists to be alert due to excess water on the roads.
Police in the ...
Man arrested after attacking officer and threatening restaurant manager
Police on Sunday said they arrested a 35-year-old man in Limassol for the possession of and transport of explosives, hurling threats, intoxication, assaulting an officer, causing bodily harm and resisting ...