Archive February 2023

Smoking – cigarettes and shishas – and drinking alcohol have been banned in parks in Kyrenia following an announcement by its ‘mayor’ Murat Sengul, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Saturday. According to ...

The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ingredients – some apparently imported from as far away as Southeast Asia – to mummify their dead, as revealed by a new analysis of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday fired an aide who said he wouldn’t want to live next to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender couples and warned that people ...

The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, ...

Cyprus and the north have agreed to work together for a study that could pave the way to create a photovoltaic park in the buffer zone, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos ...

Five people are set to be deported after they were arrested in Famagusta for residing in Cyprus illegally, police said on Saturday. According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodolou, officers ...

Two people who broke into a woman’s home in Famagusta and threatened her to hand over money and jewellery were remanded for four days, police reported on Saturday. The ...

Putting seasonal produce to good use Sweet or savoury, there are plenty of ways to use local fruit and veg With the large local pumpkins being in season, it’s ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested as part of an attempted murder investigation, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday as part of police efforts to crackdown a ...

There were no significant violations by TV stations of the legislation concerning the pre-election period, Neofytos Epaminondas, director of the Cyprus Radiotelevision Authority (CRTA) told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). ...

It is almost time for Valentine’s Day. To celebrate the day of love in unique fashion, Limassol Marina is offering a different kind of romantic experience. The Drive-in Cinema ...

Poetry therapy has been around for a century. But in Cyprus, it’s only now being used to treat everything from anxiety to chronic pain finds Alix Norman The Strand ...

German company AVIAREPS announced on Friday that it has been appointed to be the General Sales Agent (GSA) for Cypriot airline TUS Airways, representing the company in its key European ...

Transparency International has just released its 2022 annual ‘Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)’ report. It makes grim reading for Cyprus, dropping down the rankings yet again. This is an independently produced report, ...

Cyprus’ Industrial Turnover Index recorded an increase of 21.3 per cent year-on-year in November 2022, according to a report released on Friday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the report, ...

Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said Turkey would keep interest rates low after elections expected in May and not reverse course on monetary policy, according to an interview published by Bloomberg. ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has shut its Abu Dhabi office less than a year after securing a license in the region, a spokesperson said on Thursday, as the company seeks to ...

After the minimum wage and CoLA, the unions have found another issue over which to clash with labour minister Kyriakos Koushos – the strategy for the employment of people from third ...

Three members of a Cypriot mountaineering team that left the island at the beginning of January have managed to reach the summit of Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in the ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said he will submit a proposal to the Council of Ministers for the introduction a health card for students wishing to take part in sporting activities ...

A trial over whether Elon Musk should be liable for tweeting in 2018 about financing for a buyout of Tesla neared its end on Friday, with a lawyer for unhappy shareholders ...

Presidential candidates on Friday made their final statements to their supporters in the final run up to the first round of the 2023 presidential elections. In the morning, chief returning officer ...

EU countries agreed on Friday on a European Commission proposal to set price caps on Russian refined oil products, the Swedish presidency of the European Union said. EU diplomats said ...

A new rocket that would double Ukraine’s strike range for the first time in its war with Russia was included in a more than $2.175 billion military aid package to ...