Archive May 2022

Police on Wednesday warned the public against disclosing their bank data after a 23-year-old was allegedly scammed out of €4,000 in Limassol. The young woman received a phone call from an ...

Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance on Wednesday at allied headquarters, a decision spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and setting in motion an accession ...

Paphos police on Wednesday said they have arrested a 35-year-old man after he attempted to board a flight using fake documents. The suspect arrived at Paphos airport around 7pm on ...

Cyprus Land and Building Developers Association general manager Mersina Isidorou on Tuesday said that the Cypriot construction sector can help the economy withstand the challenges that it is being faced ...

A British lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has been arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offences committed over a seven-year period. London’s Metropolitan ...

Wave of schemes creates consumer confusion, greenwashing risk By Carey Biron Nutritional breakdowns, ethical trade branding, recycling information – and now estimates of a product’s climate impact. Consumers across the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country’s response to its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as immature, accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept ...

Hermes Airports on Tuesday announced that in May a total of 223 flights across 55 destinations are operating on a weekly basis from Paphos International Airport. In more detail, Paphos Airport this ...

Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides on Tuesday said that hoteliers are currently faced with two challenges,the difficulty of finding staff, but also the high cost of of ...

A unilateral pronouncement that the acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is “on hold”. Fierce criticism of the social media company’s handling of spam accounts. A “poop emoji” directed ...

The government finds lots of sneaky ways to avoid a transparent consultation with the public By Charalampos Theopemptou A major achievement for environmental activists in Europe was the Aarhus convention ...

In a report about last year’s parliamentary elections, prepared by Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers, the public broadcaster was singled out for special mention. The ...

Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance. The surrender ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis made particular reference to the Cyprus issue in an “historic” address to US Congress on Tuesday, which was met positively by President Nicos Anastasiades. Mitsotakis ...

Milk prices in Cyprus today are lower than they were last year despite EU-wide price hikes, which is creating issues for milk producers, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. ...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesdaycondemned white supremacy, the media, the internet and politics for spreading racist conspiracy theories as he mourned the killing of 10 Black people in Buffalo, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has been awarded as the “most successful politician” by the GAP journalist union in Malatya, Turkey. In receiving one of the 15th ‘GAP Oscars’, Tatar ...

Cyprus supports the European Union’s timely action in emerging conflicts before they escalate into a crisis, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday. He was speaking after attending the ...

Music from Duke Ellington and Garry Barton, to Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli will sound at Technopolis 20 as the Paphos cultural centre opens its garden for events and music ...

Spain’s leftist coalition government on Tuesday approved a draft bill to reinforce abortion rights and make Spain the first country in Europe to offer state-funded paid leave for women ...

Modernisation of the state’s technological infrastructure and speeding up the adoption of cloud services by the public and private sectors are the two main goals governing the memorandum of ...

A small company in Albania is struggling to meet demand and produce the first batch of about 500 ambulances governments and agencies are planning to send to Ukraine. “We were given ...

Attorneys for Johnny Depp attempted to discredit Amber Heard’s abuse claims in the former couple’s defamation trial on Tuesday, introducing a knife she gave as a gift to ...

A fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon at a factory in Nisou was brought under control around two hours later after burning around six hectares, the fire service said. ...