Benzema deserves to win Ballon d’Or, says Messi
Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema deserves to win the Ballon d’Or this year after helping to guide his team to the Champions League title, seven-time winner of ...
Gynaecologist accused of lying about operation set to be taken to court
A 36-year-old Limassol gynaecologist is expected to appear before the district’s court on accusations that she lied about carrying out a hysterectomy on a 73-year-old patient, and seeking to ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the Pedieos linear park is getting a facelift with a budget of over €26 million, the municipalities of Nicosia, Lakatamia and Strovolos announced on Monday.
Elsewhere, demonstrators ...
The Eternal Landscapes of Tess Turner
Cypriot landscapes and villages have a particular charm, turning the seemingly ordinary into beautiful scenes of life. Artist Tess Turner, born in the seaside town of Limassol, has always felt ...
Nine arrests for illegal employment in Limassol
The labour department, in cooperation with the police, carried out checks for illegal and undeclared employment on Monday, with nine arrests and three fines being issued in Limassol.
The violations ...
‘Hard to believe it’s actually happening’: Shanghai to lift Covid lockdown
Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings, to the relief of the city’s 25 million residents, before a ...
Turkey tells U.S. it wants ‘concrete steps’ from Finland, Sweden for NATO bids
A chief adviser to Turkey‘s president told his U.S. counterpart that Turkey wanted “concrete steps” on the existence of what it calls “terrorist organisations” in Finland and Sweden ...
Weather forecast: Higher than seasonal average, slight dip soon
Higher than average temperatures will continue to bake Cyprus over the next few days, with another day of 38C inland, although a slight dip is expected on Wednesday.
According to ...
11,000 traffic camera fines deemed invalid
The embattled traffic camera system received further criticism as it emerged that 11,000 violations it recorded are deemed invalid, with the company asking that they be rescinded.
Officials met on Monday ...
Booze, burgers and bunting – UK supermarkets get Platinum Jubilee boost
British supermarket groups are set to enjoy a mini-boost to trade as Britons put aside their cost of living worries for a few days and prepare to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’...
Non-performing loan ratio falls
Non-performing loans at the end of February 2022 fell to 11.3 per cent of total loans, according to data released by the Central Bank on Monday.
This represents a 0.4 per cent month-on-month ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus (Deok) on Monday called the government’s measures to curtail soaring inflation disappointing and inadequate.
“Unfortunately, the long-awaited government measures to deal with the ...
Crypto asset volatility a risk to consumers says Central Bank official
Cryptocurrencies are a potential risk to consumers and the economy due to their high volatility, Cyprus Central Bank (CBC) senior director of banking operations division Christos Phanopoulos said on Sunday.
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Rich wooden heritage of Cyprus focus of joint initiative
A new dendrochronological study of the island’s Unesco painted churches has made it possible to establish the basis of a real biography for some of Cyprus’ most prized monuments, ...
Our View: Turkish protocol set to have far-reaching consequences for the north
Turkish Cypriot parties, unions, NGOs and media have openly slammed the financial aid protocol signed by the north’s regime and Turkey, which will restrict democratic rights and freedoms by ...
Medvedev knocked out by Cilic at Roland Garros
Croatian Marin Cilic did not put a foot wrong as he crushed world number two Daniil Medvedev 6-2 6-3 6-2 in a lopsided contest on Monday to return to the ...
Three years on, pay criteria for Gesy personal doctors to be tweaked
Three years on from the introduction of the national health scheme Gesy, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs it, is introducing performance criteria for personal doctors as it seeks ...
U.S.’s Blinken strongly condemns Iran seizure of Greek-flagged vessels
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned the “unjustified seizure” of two Greek-flagged vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard last week, the State Department said.
Iranian ...
Financial ombudsman writes off person’s loans
The financial ombudsman has granted debt immunity to a mentally handicapped person, asking the entity to which the money is owed to comply.
In a final decision dated May 26, Pavlos ...
MPs hope for swift passage of bill to see some money returned to Laiki depositors
Lawmakers said on Monday they hoped for swift passage of a bill that would fast-track the return of at least part of the moneys legacy Laiki’s depositors lost in ...
Zelenskiy chides EU for failing to agree on Russian oil import ban
EU leaders on Monday made clear they would fail to agree on a Russian oil import ban at a summit in Brussels, prompting swift criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ...
Grants to help vulnerable families with price rises to be paid by end June
One-off grants approved by cabinet on Friday for vulnerable groups of the population will be paid directly into beneficiaries’ bank accounts before the end of June, the deputy ministry of ...
EU fails to agree Russian oil ban despite onslaught on outskirts of Sievierodonetsk
Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on Monday on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, the last city still held by Kyiv in Ukraine’s Luhansk province and the focus of Moscow’s ...
Nicosia linear park to get full-scale facelift
The Pedieos linear park is getting a facelift with a budget of over €26 million, the municipalities of Nicosia, Lakatamia and Strovolos announced on Monday while presenting their integrated plan for ...