Six cars destroyed by fire in Kiti, police investigating
Six vehicles parked in a Larnaca field were completely destroyed by fire, police reported on Friday.
According to the police, in the early hours shortly before 2am, police were called ...
Upcoming village spring festivals around the island
Spring is the season to hit the road. Before the summer’s long-awaited music festivals begin, local organisations, artists and communities organise their own festivals in Cyprus’ villages celebrating local ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, cabinet revoked the Cypriot citizenship of Malaysian-born Jho Low, a fugitive wanted internationally for allegedly orchestrating the theft of $4.5 billion from the Southeast Asian country’s ...
Hotel cleaner charged for illegal work in Peyia
Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old woman for working illegally at a Paphos hotel.
According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, members of the immigration service went to the hotel to ...
Man arrested for impersonation at Paphos airport
Paphos police on Thursday arrested a 34-year-old man for a case of impersonation.
According to the police, at 5pm a man presented himself at the departures desk of Paphos airport ...
Tsunami threat passes in South Pacific after magnitude 7.7 quake off New Caledonia (Update)
The risk of tsunami waves across the South Pacific has passed and national warnings downgraded following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the French territory ...
Elderly woman scammed out of thousands, told her daughter was kidnapped
A new form of telephone fraud is making the rounds police warned on Friday after eight cases of attempted extortion of money came to the force’s attention.
In one ...
The pros and cons of Aave investment
As the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to evolve and expand, more and more investors are turning to Aave as a potential investment opportunity. Aave is a decentralized lending ...
Cyprus mining company chairman issues raw material warning
Europe’s growing dependence on imported critical raw materials (CRMs) should be viewed as a major concern, according to recent comments by Mark Rachovides, chairman of Cyprus mining company Venus ...
Registrar receives green light to review sanctioned companies
Registrar of Companies Irini Mylona on Friday morning said her office has been greenlighted to proceed with examination of applications for personnel replacements received from companies caught up in the ...
Xi focus: Xi charts course for China-Central Asia cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday charted the course for China-Central Asia cooperation in the new era at a milestone summit with leaders of five Central Asian countries.
The China-Central ...
Incentives needed to boost housing supply, Keve says
The vice-president of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), Andreas Demetriades, this week highlighted the concerning issue of soaring rental costs, which, in many cases, exceed the means ...
Against Hiroshima’s sombre legacy, G7 grapples with Ukraine conflict
Group of Seven (G7) leaders laid wreaths in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Friday, almost 78 years after it was attacked with a nuclear bomb, in a sombre start of ...
Cyprus Business Now
Construction Price Index
The Construction Price Index in Cyprus experienced a deceleration for the third consecutive quarter in April, indicating a slight alleviation of inflationary pressures within the sector.
The ...
Aston Martin stock soars after $295 million Geely investment
Aston Martin’s (AML.L) stock popped nearly 22 per cent on Thursday, after the luxury carmaker announced a 234 million pound investment by China’s Geely (0715.HK), that will see the ...
EAC’s smart-meters released from limbo
The electricity authority (EAC) was informed that the installation of 400,000 smart-meters – a crucial element for upgrading the island’s grid – has been freed from the limbo of tender process delays, ...
Our View: Words will not create movement
In the last year and a half of his presidency, Nicos Anastasiades had made the appointment of a special envoy by the UN Secretary-General his main Cyprus problem objective. He ...
West Ham beat AZ Alkmaar, meet Fiorentina in Europa Conference League final
West Ham United substitute Pablo Fornals scored a breakaway goal in stoppage time as the visitors secured a 1-0 win at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday and a place in the ...
Sevilla fight back to beat Juve, meet Roma in final
Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’sfabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win in a pulsating affair against ...
Debt default could trigger recession, Harris and Brainard warn
Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday that a default on the U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion would throw the American economy ...
Foreign ministry: Turkish plane flew over the buffer zone
The foreign ministry said on Thursday evening it was aware of an incident involving a Turkish plane flying over the buffer zone.
A ministry source told the Cyprus News Agency (...
The bullwhip is back: Harrison Ford in Cannes for ‘Indiana Jones’ premiere
Harrison Ford was in Cannes for the much-anticipated premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” on Thursday evening, 15 years since the actor last picked up the adventurous archaeologist’...
Ministers scurry to vet advisors amid new legislation
The government on Thursday appeared to be scurrying over advisor appointments that have been the butt of a series of scandals.
Citing government sources, the Cyprus News Agency reported ministers ...
US House member ‘pauses’ subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department’s invitation to view a classified cable related to the ...