Archive December 2022

Thirty-eight people were booked in Paphos for traffic violations in the last 24 hours, according to a police announcement, 14 of which concern driving at excessive speed. The bookings made on Tuesday, ...

Police arrested a 38-year-old man on Tuesday in connection with a case of car arson in Peyia, under investigation. According to police around 11 pm a fire broke out in a ...

The Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW Cyprus) this week announced that it commemorated Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, observed on November 19 every year, by holding its fifth Mediterranean ...

Police on Tuesday arrested yet another fan wanted for football hooliganism incidents that occurred on Sunday, December 4, at Tsirio Stadium, in Limassol. The 18-year-old, whose photo was released to the ...

A yellow warning is in place on Wednesday for thunderstorms from 3 am until 3 pm., with rainfall rates expected to range between 35 and 50 millimeters per hour. Island wide the weather will ...

Kyiv’s air defence systems shot down 10 Russian drones on Wednesday, the city’s mayor said, while the United States is close to finalising plans to send its Patriot air ...

The Paphos tourism board (Etap) this week announced that it has approved a higher budget for 2023, allowing it to implement a wider scope of actions and activities, in accordance with ...

U.S. scientists revealed a breakthrough in fusion energy that could one day help curb climate change if companies can scale up the technology to a commercial level in the ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit reached €6.17 billion in the period between January and October 2022, amid a wave of price increases following the war in Ukraine, exceeding the deficit of 2021 as a whole, ...

United Airlines (UAL.O) said Tuesday it is ordering 100 Boeing (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners and 100 737 MAXs as it pushes for post-pandemic growth and replaces older, less-efficient aircraft. The Chicago-based airline’s ...

They destroyed the sand dunes on Makronissos beach and nobody will do anything about it By Efi Xanthou Significant damage was wrought on the sand dunes of Makronissos beach in ...

From today, households and businesses in the Nicosia, Larnaca and Famagusta districts were to be subjected to power cuts of 30 minutes to an hour in the evening because Electricity Authority ...

Denmark’s Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday she had agreed to form a rare bipartisan government with the main opposition party, the Liberal Party, and the Moderates ...

Lionel Messi earned a last shot at World Cup glory after his penalty and a double from Julian Alvarez helped Argentina sweep past Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday and into the ...

Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China’s popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance Ltd amid U.S. fears the ...

EcoXCyprus is organising a blockchain, FinTech, and Crypto meetup and Q&A with guests on Wednesday, 14th December 2022 at Diamante Blu in Limassol, Cyprus. The meetup will start at 18.30 ...

Airport ground staff in Larnaca and Paphos are going on strike on Thursday citing a lack of response from the government and authorities over their industrial dispute. In an announcement ...

The average rainfall from the beginning of December to 8am Monday amounted to just 3 per cent of the normal precipitation for the month, the met service said on Tuesday. Specifically, ...

The bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday. The migrants reportedly left Moussoro, ...

A tax lawyer, alleged to have masterminded one of Germany’s biggest post-war frauds, was sentenced to eight years in jail on Tuesday after a landmark trial that has gripped ...

By Iole Damaskinos, Elias Hazou and Andria Kades Electricity Authority (EAC) unions called off their strike planned for Wednesday in an eleventh hour decision on Tuesday evening. The U-turn was ...

A vaccination centre for Covid jabs will operate in the Nicosia village of Palaichori, administering Pfizer jabs between 9am and 1pm. It will operate from the village’s health centre. ...

A string of irregularities at the agriculture ministry – including outright unlawful commercial developments within the Natura 2000 protected area, suspect payments of state grants, and even one case where the minister ...

A Christmas Hiking Tour is being planned for Boxing Day after the hearty Cypriot Christmas feast by Cyprus Nature Hikes. A whole day experience is to take place lasting from 9...