Kadis said big business has not pressured him on Akamas
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said that he has not been pressured by big interests on the Akamas plan but conceded that changes should have been made by now.
The minister ...
Our View: Sources of campaign funds should be public knowledge
There was an amusing exchange about state funding of election campaigns during Wednesday night’s television debate that hosted seven presidential candidates. It was sparked by Giorgos Colocassides, who complained ...
Our View: Nicosia municipality must win battle over high-rise
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has opted for open confrontation with Nicosia municipality over the construction of a 10-storey building in Kinyras Street, which is opposed by councillors, citizens of the ...
U.S. first lady Jill Biden has surgery to remove skin lesion
First lady Jill Biden, accompanied by U.S. President Joe Biden, spent more than seven hours at a military hospital on Wednesday for outpatient surgery to remove a lesion discovered ...
‘Prospects for Cyprus settlement continue to fade’ Unficyp report details
Unficyp deals with an average of 10 incidents per day in and around the buffer zone, engaging with both sides to ensure there is no escalation, UN general secretary Antonio Guterres ...
Russia’s Wagner Group says it found body of a missing Briton in Ukraine
Forces from Russia’s Wagner Group on Wednesday found the body of one of two British voluntary aid workers reported missing in eastern Ukraine, the private military firm said in ...
Iran sentences former deputy minister with UK nationality to death for spying
Iran has sentenced a former deputy defence minister who holds dual Iranian-British citizenship to death on charges of spying for Britain, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
Britain described the ...
Growing spat between interior minister and Nicosia municipality over 10-storey building
Nicosia municipality was wrong to reject a town planning permit for a 10-storey building, and the matter is now in the hands of the government, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said ...
Government holiday scheme supports over 5,000 pensioners
Over 5,000 pensioners benefited from a government scheme funding holidays in village hotels, the labour ministry said on Wednesday.
The cost of the scheme amounted to €862,400. According to the labour ministry, 3,553 ...
Over half a million registered to vote
A total of 561,033 voters are registered to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, of whom 276,029 are men and 285,004 are women, chief returning officer Costas Constantinou said on Wednesday.
The head ...
More heavy rains, powerful gales on tap for northern California
Northern California will on Wednesday bear the brunt of the latest Pacific storm to roll through the state, which has been battered by deadly rains and powerful winds that have ...
Ombudswoman condemns NCO with anti-gay videos on TikTok (update)
A national guard officer who posted TikTok videos saying being gay goes against nature caused uproar on Wednesday, with a slew of complaints filed to the defence ministry and police.
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Russia appoints Gerasimov as top commander in Ukraine
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine in the latest shake-up of Moscow’s ...
January’s live bands at New Division
The music events at popular Nicosia bar New Division don’t stop. After an eventful December with back-to-back sets from guest DJs and parties, New Division has prepared another month ...
Beach bar in Protaras branded ‘monument to illegality’
A beach bar in Malama, Protaras has been accused of going rogue and was slammed by the auditor general as being a “monument to illegality”.
It is understood that the ...
Yellow weather warning issued for rain on Thursday
The met office issued a yellow weather warning for Thursday, due to expected rain and possible storms.
The warning is valid for 24 hours starting 6am on Thursday.
According to the ...
Does blockchain have the potential to change the dynamics of the supply chain?
In today’s competitive market, this industry’s success depends on how efficiently goods are moved across the globe. If you want wholly automated trading services, you can visit websites ...
Biology book causes uproar online over comments on STDs
A secondary education biology book has caused an uproar on social media after a page circulated that suggests abstinence from sex before marriage is the only way to truly prevent ...
Prince Harry hits out at press over reports of Afghan killings in book
Prince Harry has hit back at “hurtful” responses to his record-selling memoir, saying he was particularly upset by the “lie” he had boasted that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan ...
Turkish Cypriot CMP member says Turkey being cooperative
The Turkish Cypriot official on the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Wednesday lashed out at comments made by Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou over Turkey’s lack of information giving ...
Prodromou blames MPs for loss of EU funding
Parliament’s interference in the preprimary education law have led to Cyprus losing out on €12.2 million in EU funds that were set to go towards reforming the sector, Education Minister ...
Government ‘definitely not’ satisfied with UNSG’s bleak reports on Cyprus
The government is “definitely not” satisfied by the UN Good Offices and Unficyp draft reports as they do not reflect reality, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday.
Commenting on the ...
Goldman staff brace as global jobs cull begins
Staff at Goldman Sachs (GS.N) are bracing for news on whether they will keep their jobs on Wednesday, as the U.S. investment bank begins a sweeping cost-cutting drive ...
Lula government prepares for more anti-democratic protests in Brazil
Brazil’s 11-day-old government braced on Wednesday for more anti-democratic protests by far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters whose rampage through government threatened the country’s political stability.
The ...