A different kind of book club
Book clubs are not new. They have been around for decades, centuries even as some trace their establishment back to the 1800s, largely dominated by women’s reading societies. Until ...
Fourth arrest as police investigate shop burglaries
Police have made a fourth arrest in connection with two burglaries in the Famagusta district and are continuing to look for a fifth suspect, they said in an announcement on ...
Smile time: Cyprus Mail’s January cartoons
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Duty free tobacco confiscated, owner fined
Police and customs have confiscated 30 cartons of tobacco and 10 packs of cigarettes after searching an apartment in Peyia and fined the owner of the flat €1900 for possessing duty free goods, ...
Erdogan visits Ukraine hoping to play mediator with Russia
Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine on Thursday after pitching Turkey as a mediator to ease tensions with Russia, and an official said he ...
Cypriot fintech to take part in PwC startup programme
Cypriot fintech company WiRE, which mainly operates in the real estate market, announced on Wednesday that it has been accepted to participate in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK’s Scale programme.
PwC’...
Third quake in less than a month shakes Cyprus (update 2)
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake was felt in Cyprus late Wednesday, the Cyprus Seismological Centre said.
The earthquake was recorded at 23.04 and was felt the strongest in the Paphos district, and to ...
Greek tech fund PJ Catalyst sells Pollfish unit to US-based Prodege
Greek technology fund PJ Tech Catalyst, backed by Piraeus Bank (BOPr.AT) and the European Investment Fund, has agreed to sell its market research unit Pollfish to U.S.-based ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and Athens Exchange Group (ATHEXGroup) announced on Wednesday their successful collaboration, resulting in the CSE becoming compliant with the Settlement Discipline Regulation, as of February 1...
Developers association warns against VAT increase
The Cyprus Land and Building Developers Association (LBDA) warned against the potential rise in VAT for property purchases, saying that this would harm both the economy and first-time buyers.
The ...
Coronavirus: Increase in online shopping but still way below EU average
Online shopping in Cyprus grew by a faster rate than the EU average as Covid-19 restrictions accelerated an already growing trend in favour of re-commerce, but still remained among the ...
Our View: The elderly need more than just protection from Covid-19
Seven or eight years ago in or around the time of the financial crisis, the Cyprus Mail photographer took a picture of a frail elderly woman digging through a wheelie ...
Call to include counsellors in Gesy
The Pancyprian union of psychologists on Wednesday called on the health minister and the House health committee to push for the inclusion of counselling psychologists to national health scheme Gesy.
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Girl slightly injured after falling out of bus
Police on Wednesday were investigating the circumstances under which a 15-year-old girl fell out of a moving bus and was injured earlier in the day.
According to the police report, ...
US sending nearly 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe in coming days
President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Wednesday the deployment of nearly 3,000 American troops to eastern Europe in the coming days amid a standoff with Russia over Ukraine, moving to ...
CNN president resigns for not disclosing relationship with colleague
CNN President Jeff Zucker, whom industry insiders speculated would play a larger role when the network becomes part of Discovery, resigned on Wednesday, telling staff he failed to disclose a ...
Curling kicks off Beijing Games ahead of Putin-Xi main event
Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the impending arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, loomed over ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 3,083 new infections (Updated)
The health ministry announced 3,083 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths on Wednesday.
The deaths were of two men, both aged 74, who died at Limassol and Nicosia hospitals.
This brings ...
Alphabet inches closer to $2 trln market value after blowout results
Google parent Alphabet Inc moved closer to joining peers Apple and Microsoft in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club as the search giant’s shares surged 8% on Wednesday after another ...
Akel MEP pledges legal action over disputed university post
Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said on Wednesday he will legally challenge the constitution, which he was accused of violating by holding an unpaid teaching post at the University of Cyprus ...
Three months of theatre in Ayia Napa
The municipality of Ayia Napa is entering 2022 with a series of events planned for the next three months with theatrical performances planned for February, March and April, but that’s ...
Turkey condemns referring Kavala case to ECHR as interfering in judiciary
A European human rights watchdog will refer the Turkish case against philanthropist Osman Kavala back to a top European court, Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, adding that the ...
Boxing day the record for visits to Troodos
Boxing day was the busiest day for Troodos last year, with more than 5,323 vehicles counted on the Karvounas – Troodos road by a traffic counter installed as part of the EU-funded ...
EU proposes rules to label some gas and nuclear investments as green
Investments in some gas and nuclear power plants would be labelled as sustainable under rules proposed by European Commission on Wednesday, a plan that has split countries and investors, and ...