Karousos opens zivania festival in Alona
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Sunday opened the start of the Zivania Festival in Alona village in the mountain area of the Nicosia district on Sunday.
Alona, he said was ...
Police to launch pilot project focusing on a more ‘participatory society’ (Updated)
Police will soon launch a pilot programme with local councils where the public can participate with crime-prevention organisations on issues directly affecting their neighbourhoods, Justice Minister Stephi Drakou said on ...
Cyprus problem and migration
Uncontrollable immigration is closely linked to the lack of a solution
“The knot has reached the comb” is a cry that it is often heard outside Kokkinotrimithia, near Nicosia, where ...
Italy allows minors and the sick to leave migrant ship
Italian authorities on Sunday allowed minors and people in need of urgent medical care to disembark from a German-flagged vessel in the Sicilian port of Catania, the NGO running the ...
Ukraine’s Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam damaged in shelling -Russian media
Ukraine’s Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam was damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing emergency services.
Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoted a representative ...
Hunter rescued by helicopter in Paphos
A hunter who fell and injured his leg in the area Kato Pyrgos Tillyria on Sunday was taken to hospital by helicopter, police said.
Hunting season opened on Sunday.
According ...
Eight arrested during new Pournara clash are all minors, police say (Updated)
Police said on Sunday that eight people arrested Saturday evening at the Pournara reception centre after new clashes were all minors.
A number of people were injured in the incident, ...
Tech fund aims to help overhaul Cyprus’ economic model
Cyprus has good applied research and that churns out technologies, but it’s missing the funding. A venture capital fund aims to change all that
One of the leading contenders ...
Start talking to Russia again
For Britain, the Ukraine war is one event that has scuppered Brexit
Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a kamikaze mini budget have brought Britain to her knees. ...
Sahel region poses a real challenge for the EU
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The Sahel zone is located south of the Sahara desert and it stretches from the west coast of Africa to the east coast by ...
Sunak stands by minister accused of sending bullying texts
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is standing by a government minister who has been accused of bullying a colleague, cabinet office minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, saying the phone ...
Interior ministry and audit office in new public spat over citizenship files (Updated)
The interior ministry on Sunday criticised the audit office for not following prescribed procedures in requesting files.
The announcement came a day after the audit office tweeted that it had ...
Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, at least 19 dead (Update 3)
A Precision Air flight carrying 39 passengers made a crash landing into Lake Victoria on Sunday while attempting to reach a nearby airport in Tanzania, the airline said.
At least 19 people ...
Pensioner heading out on hunting trip killed in road accident
A 74-year old driver was killed early Sunday on the old Limassol-Paphos road in the direction of Paphos as he set out on a hunting trip.
Hunting season began on ...
Cats are not treated well at St Nicholas monastery
I read with incredulity the recent article by Paul Lambis reproduced in your publication regarding the St Nicholas monastery at Akrotiri.
The article describes a scenario which simply does not ...
Eleven now held in connection with prison murder (Updated)
Three more inmates were arrested in connection with the murder of a Turkish Cypriot at the Nicosia central prisons on October 27, police said on Sunday.
Along with the three, eight ...
COP27 to formally discuss climate compensation for poorer nations (Update 2)
Delegates at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed after late-night talks to put the delicate issue of whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change ...
Good time to get things done in the garden
November an ideal month to make sure all well before Christmas fever sets in
November is a good month for getting things done in the garden before everyone becomes caught ...
Klopp’s Liverpool a ‘good example’ for Spurs, says Conte
Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte said he had nothing but respect for what Juergen Klopp has achieved with Liverpool, saying the patience the Anfield side showed with the German is ...
Apple dominates tablet market, Chromebook sales falter
American technology giant Apple continued to dominate the tablet market during the third quarter of the year, with a 40.7 per cent share, according to a report released this week by ...
Sunak to pledge accelerated renewables plan at COP27
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise to speed up the UK’s transition to renewable energy when he addresses the U.N. COP27 summit on climate change on Monday.
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Warner Bros Discovery reports loss, but “Dragon” on fire
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) posted a quarterly loss on Thursday that missed Wall Street targets due to restructuring of the combined media company, but investor concerns were tempered by ...
Britain given extra bank holiday for coronation of King Charles
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the crowning of King Charles III will be celebrated with an extra bank holiday across the country on Monday May 8, shortly after the coronation ...
I’m ashamed to be African and an asylum seeker
I am so ashamed as an African, l am so ashamed as an asylum seeker here in Cyprus. We left our home countries because of insecurity. We found shelter in ...