Archive August 2022

Since mid-July the newly re-operating ferry link between Cyprus and Greece, revived after a hiatus of 21 years, has been extremely well-received, shipping deputy minister Vassilis Demetriades said on Tuesday. Speaking ...

Around 15 homeowners in Limassol have responded to a call last week from Tepak university to help students from out of town who are struggling somewhere to live as rents in ...

The island’s favourite food market is back and in September it travels to a new city for the first time! Larnaca foodies and friends will finally have the opportunity ...

In today’s episode, Italian gas giant Eni announced that it has made a significant gas discovery in the Cronos-1 well, located about 160 kilometres off the coast of Cyprus in ...

Ukraine marks six months on Wednesday since Russia invaded the country in what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls a “special military operation”. Ukraine and its Western backers accuse Moscow of ...

Larnaca district court on Tuesday ordered the 15-day suspension of a 33-year-old motorist’s licence after he was caught driving almost double the speed limit the previous day. According to ...

UCy researchers find new strain of HIV-1 Molecular researchers at the University of Cyprus (UCy), in collaboration with the Gregorios AIDS Clinic at Larnaca general hospital, have discovered a new ...

About 2,000 anti-government demonstrators gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday to vent their frustration on a range of issues nearly six months after protesters were forcibly removed from the ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Monday night after police were alerted to a possible burglary underway at a Nicosia shop. According to the police, shortly after 11pm police sped ...

People living near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which is in southern Ukraine, on Monday said they were worried about the potentially disastrous consequences if it were hit by ...

A car fire which broke out at dawn on Tuesday in ​​Limassol was caused by arson, police have confirmed. According to the statement, the fire was noticed around 4 am, while ...

Ariana Resources, a mineral exploration and development company with gold mining interests in Europe and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), ...

Palestinian tourists landed on Monday at Larnaca International Airport for the first time on a direct flight from Ramon International Airport in southern Israel, on a flight operated by Israeli ...

Banking giants such as JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Bank of America (BAC.N) collectively face more than $1 billion in regulatory fines for employees’ use of unapproved messaging ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear although locally increased cloud cover will be observed at times, especially in the western half of the island. Winds will be south-westerly ...

Australia said on Monday it would do a virtual stocktake of the country’s cryptocurrency holdings, the first signal from the new centre-left government that it plans to regulate the $1 ...

Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides on Monday said that hotel occupancy rates in the district are ranging between 80 and 85 per cent, before falling to approximately 70 per cent in ...

The creation of a Special Education Assessment Centre was decided by the Council of Ministers, at Monday’s meeting in Troodos with President Nicos Anastasiades. The Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, ...

The auditor-general’s eagerly awaited report about the notorious citizenship by investment scheme was released on Monday and catalogued a long list of irregularities. There were violations of procedures, violations ...

Britain’s Cineworld (CINE.L) said on Monday it was considering options including a possible bankruptcy filing in the United States as the world’s second-largest cinema chain operator struggles ...

Manchester United produced an utterly unexpected 2-1 victory over old rivals Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Monday following protests against their American owners and after their ...

Manchester United have completed the signing of Casemiro from Real Madrid, the Premier League club said on Monday, with the Brazil midfielder penning a contract until June 2026 with the option ...

Two Bangladeshis appeared before a court in the north as they are accused of attempting to assist 322 compatriots to irregularly enter Europe. They are further accused of charging each person €6,000 ...

A defense attorney on Monday implored a Florida jury to spare the life of Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in a 2018 high school mass shooting in the city of Parkland, ...