Operation of Polis business suspended pending trial
Paphos district court has suspended the operation of a business premise in Polis Chrysochous suspected of operating as an illegal casino, police said on Friday.
They said the court had ...
Coronavirus: 15 individuals, 3 businesses fined for breaking rules
Police fined 15 individuals and three business establishments in the 24 hours up to 6.00 am on Friday for breaking health protocols to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Overall, police carried out 1,864 checks. ...
Cyprus must find place in renewed peace architecture
Cyprus must find its place in a renewed architecture for the protection of the security and values of Europe, President Anastasiades said in a post on Twitter during the first ...
Over 180 firecrackers seized from students
Nicosia police said on Friday they were investigating after they found over 180 firecrackers in the possession of students.
Following a tip-off, officers located and seized a total of 187 firecrackers on ...
Man arrested over drugs, illegal property possession
A 34-year-old man was arrested in Paphos after officers found crystal meth and cannabis in his apartment, police said Friday.
The search, which was carried out on Thursday following a ...
EU nations to exchange refugees’ hryvnias at Ukraine cenbank rate
European Union countries are likely to agree to allow millions of Ukrainian refugees to exchange their currency, the hryvnia, into currencies used in the EU over the next three months ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) chairman George Theocharides was appointed in the position of Chairman of the Committee for Economic and Markets Analysis (CEMA) of the European Securities and ...
West gives more support to Ukraine, raises stakes for Russia
NATO promised Kyiv new military support and assigned more troops to the alliance’s eastern flank while London and Washington stepped up sanctions on Moscow during a trio of summits ...
Clients plead with top custodian banks to stay in Russia
Global banks including Citigroup Inc (C.N), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) face pressure to commit to remaining as custodian banks in Russia, as ...
Oil slides near 2 as EU fails to boycott Russian crude
Crude prices slid nearly 2 per cent on Thursday after the European Union (EU) did not agree on a plan to boycott Russian oil and as the United States and its ...
Signs that things are looking up a bit for tourism
There is interest from people in Scandinavian countries and Switzerland in visiting Cyprus this summer, according to the Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios.
Speaking from Switzerland, where he is ...
Our View: RCB Bank did the responsible thing
The closing of RCB bank was announced by the bank itself on Thursday, ending speculation about its future that was fuelled by Tuesday’s announcement of the sale of a ...
World Cup agony for Italy again as North Macedonia strike late
Italy missed out on the World Cup finals again after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on Thursday as Aleksandar Trajkovski’s last-gasp strike earned ...
Russian demand for rouble gas payments would be breach of contract, EU leaders say
Leaders from some European Union member states said on Thursday Russia’s demand that “unfriendly” countries use roubles to buy for its oil and gas could breach supply contracts.
President ...
Outrage over price hikes in north, higher taxes for booze and cigs
Supermarkets in the north were emptied of alcohol after news hit of a big price hike to be slapped on them through increased taxation.
Some shop owners pre-emptively took bottles ...
‘People arriving faster than they can be moved out of Pournara’
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Thursday said he is planning to address an urgent letter to the Council of Europe with evidence showing mass migration flows to Cyprus through Turkey ...
Coronavirus: No deaths, 5,186 people test positive on Thursday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 and that 5,186 had tested positive from 103,263 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 5.02 per cent.
The ...
Extra readings of the Portrait of Mona Lisa
Audience reception of Alpha Square’s latest production at the AG Leventis Gallery have been exceptionally warm with extra stageings of Jules Tasca’s Live Drawing: A Portrait of the ...
Greek supermarkets limit flour, sunflower oil purchases as customers hoard
Supermarket chains in Greece said on Thursday they are restricting how much flour and sunflower oil customers can buy, saying the step was precautionary after seeing demand rise on worries ...
Tepak offers ten undergrad scholarships to Ukrainian students
The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) has announced that it will be offering scholarships to Ukrainian students seeking asylum due to the Russian invasion of their country.
Ten undergraduate scholarships ...
West unites to back Ukraine and seek ‘ruinous cost’ for Putin (Updated)
Western leaders agreed on Wednesday to strengthen their forces on Europe’s eastern flank, increase military aid to Ukraine and tighten sanctions on Russia whose invasion and bombardment of its ...
Japan and Saudi Arabia qualify for World Cup
Substitute Kaoru Mitoma scored twice in the final few minutes to give Japan a 2-0 win over Australia at a rain-soaked Olympic Stadium on Thursday and send his country through ...
Cyprus is the only EU country without a university hospital, MPs hear
Cyprus is the only European country that does not have a university teaching hospital and this is to the detriment of both the academic and medical communities, MPs heard on ...
Pope says increased defence spending after Ukraine is ‘madness’
Pope Francis on Thursday criticised increased defence spending by Western nations following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as ‘madness’ and said a new way must be found to balance world ...