Remand for suspect caught with 24kg of tobacco and cigarettes
A 57-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after he was found with more than 24 kilos of duty-free tobacco, following a car chase in Limassol, during which officers ...
Yemen’s Houthis execute nine men for involvement in Samad death
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday that authorities had executed nine men who were convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Samad, then the armed group’s ...
Guy Cools and Lia Haraki meet in conversation
Author Guy Cools and dancer Lia Haraki come together in collaboration this coming week for an event at Theatro Polis OPAP in Nicosia, during which they will engage in a ...
Equal pay laws have failed to correct gender pay gap, commissioner says
A comprehensive approach is needed to close the gender pay gap, as women are paid 10.4 per cent less than men for the same job, Gender Equality Commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said ...
Tokyo Marathon postponed, 2022 edition cancelled due to Covid-19
The Tokyo Marathon has been postponed until March and the 2022 edition cancelled due to the COVID-19 state of emergency in the capital, event organisers said.
The race was to have ...
Fin-to-gill eating
Fish butcher and chef Josh Niland is hoping to revolutionise how we treat, cook and eat fish. ELLA WALKER finds out about his latest undertaking
Chef Josh Niland can be ...
Man arrested on suspicion of stealing parts from parked car
A 33-year-old man was arrested late on Friday after an off-duty officer saw him stealing parts from a parked car in Larnaca.
The crime occurred a few minutes before midnight, ...
Secrets shared by an olive grove
The stories of seven people across time are linked by the olive groves of Terra in a new book. Alix Norman speaks to the London-based Cypriot who wrote it, and ...
Coronavirus: Four businesses and 20 people fined for violations
Four businesses and 20 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus protocols after 2,572 nationwide checks.
Most of the checks, which were carried out between 6am on Friday and 6am on Saturday, were ...
Chelsea’s title credentials face testing fortnight
Chelsea’S status as genuine Premier League title contenders will be tested with Sunday’s trip to London rivals Tottenham Hotspur before they face the ultimate challenge against champions Manchester ...
President gives shipping his full backing
President Nicos Anastasiades praised the resilience of the shipping sector during a dinner hosted by the Cyprus Union Of Shipowners in Athens.
Anastasiades underlined shipping’s contribution to the Cypriot ...
Cyprus Business Now
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached 321,858 in August of this year, reflecting an increase of 208.7 per cent compared to August of the previous (during which 104,261 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease ...
Facebook targets harmful real networks, using playbook against fakes
Facebook (FB.O) is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its ...
Russia’s Gazprom says Europe gas prices could set new records
Already high natural gas prices in Europe could scale new heights due to low gas storage levels, Alexei Miller, boss of Russian supplier Gazprom (GAZP.MM), said on Friday.
Miller ...
Project being launched to test for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
The University of Cyprus’ Nireas International Water Research Centre has signed an agreement with the Water Development Department (WDD) for the establishment of a national system for the monitoring of ...
Our View: Supermarkets have no right to complain about unfair competition
The audacity of the Association of Supermarkets (Pasype), in complaining about the SafePass was quite astonishing. Supermarkets were among the very few businesses for whom the lockdowns were a boon, ...
In escalation over submarine deal, France recalls envoys from U.S. and Australia
France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors from both countries over a trilateral security deal which sank ...
EUMed9 call on Turkey to reverse Varosha moves (Updated)
The Southern European countries group (EUMed) on Friday called on Turkey to accept Cyprus’ invitation to engage in dialogue on the delimitation of their maritime zones and reverse illegal actions ...
Cyprus’ Paralympic athletes call for more inclusion after Tokyo successes
Cyprus’ Paralympic athletes on Friday called for inclusion of people with disabilities into society during an event in Limassol following their return from Tokyo.
Education and Sport Minister Prodromos Prodromou ...
Study rewrites understanding of modern Japan’s genetic ancestry
An analysis of ancient DNA is transforming the understanding of the genetic ancestry of Japan’s modern-day population, identifying a crucial contribution from people who arrived about 1,700 years ago and ...
Cyprus and eight other EU Med states demand global climate action (Updated)
Leaders of the EU’s bloc of nine southern European members on Friday demanded urgent global action to combat a worsening climate crisis and build a sustainable future for the ...
Passengers moved from Paphos airport departure area during security check, false alarm
Police on Friday evening asked passengers at Paphos airport’s departures area leave after an object was located in a luggage that looked like an explosive device.
The incident was ...
UK’s meat industry warns CO2 shortage could hit food supplies
Britain’s meat industry on Friday warned that an impending shortage of carbon dioxide (CO2) could cause massive disruption to food supplies within two weeks.
The gas is used to ...
Coronavirus: No new deaths, 153 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that there were no new deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, and that 153 more people had tested positive from 64,290 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.24 ...