Man gets seven months for assault
Famagusta district court has sentenced a 41-year-old man to seven months in jail after he was found guilty of assault, which he committed on January 8 in Ormidia.
The man was ...
Forestry department issues warning ahead of Green Monday
Lighting fires is strictly forbidden outside of designated barbecue areas, the forestry department warned on Wednesday ahead of Green Monday celebrations.
With people expected to head to the mountains and ...
Toyota accepts union demand for biggest wage hike in 20 years
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), the world’s biggest automaker, said on Wednesday it would accept a union demand for the biggest base salary increase in 20 years and a rise in ...
Swedish security police says Russia is biggest threat to Sweden’s security
Russia poses a serious threat to Swedish security and has become increasingly aggressive in its actions, Sweden’s security police said on Wednesday.
“Russia is currently the single biggest threat (...
Russia says concerned by UN disrupting IAEA staff rotation at Zaporizhzhia plant
Russia on Wednesday expressed “deep concern” over the United Nations’ behaviour regarding the rotation of staff at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ...
An ordinary guy with some ‘dangerous’ ideas
In a citizen journalist broadcasting controversial political views on Ukraine from the streets of Cyprus, THEO PANAYIDES finds a man who misses the right to disagree, keen on stressing the ...
Man escapes police custody in Larnaca
Police in Larnaca are attempting to locate a 23-year-old man who escaped from custody on Tuesday night.
The man, a Syrian national, was arrested earlier in the day as a ...
Rio-inspired carnival party at Ayia Napa Marina
“For those who can’t be in Rio… Rio is coming to them, at Ayia Napa Marina,” say organisers of a party this weekend. On Saturday afternoon Ayia Napa Marina ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, current Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday bowed out of the race for the next party leader on Tuesday, in what has narrowed down to a ...
Funding opportunity to help EU SMEs to protect their IP rights
By Ramona Livera and Aylin Zeybek
The SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to help and protect the intellectual property (IP) rights of EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Bases announce military emergency exercise
A routine exercise to conduct essential emergency military training will be carried out in Ayios Nikolaos, near Dhekelia on Wednesday, between 9am and noon, the British bases said in an ...
Police in Limassol investigating car shooting
Police are investigating a case of shooting and malicious damage to a car owned by a 52-year-old in Limassol.
The incident happened at 3.10am on Wednesday, when, according to the ...
Turkey bans layoffs, offers salary support in earthquake zone
Turkey launched a temporary wage support scheme and banned layoffs in 10 cities on Wednesday to protect workers and businesses from the financial impact of the massive earthquakes that hit the ...
Cyprus Seeds supports innovative Tepak cancer research team
The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) this week announced that a research team under its nursing department has been selected to participate in the Cyprus Seeds programme, one of only ...
Looming US default risk prompts investors to cut some debt exposure
Bond investors are starting to trim holdings of US debt to brace for a possible government default that they see as highly unlikely but potentially seismic for financial markets around ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cyprus’ trade deficit increased by 38.9 per cent between January and November 2022, reaching €6.8 billion compared to €4.9 billion in the corresponding period of 2021, according to a report released this week by the ...
Cryptoverse: Tether tightens grip on wobbling world of stablecoins
The world of stablecoins is suddenly looking shaky.
Seismic shifts may be afoot in the $137 billion market after New York-based Paxos Trust Company, which mints Binance’s stablecoin, said it ...
Art as way of illuminating endangered wildlife
By Martin Clark
As a child in 1963, I first became aware that all was not well with our beautiful planet. I know this sounds like rather a young age (I ...
Palliative care centre for cancer patients inaugurated
The creation of a palliative care centre has long been a vision and a strategy of Pasykaf, its director of medical services Dr Kyriacos Stylianides said on Tuesday at the ...
Our View: Averof did right thing bowing out of Disy election
It was a day full of surprises at Disy headquarters on Tuesday. At the start of the day, three men were scheduled to submit their candidacies for the party leadership, ...
Christodoulides ready to meet Tatar irrespective of UN presence, will announce Cabinet soon
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed his readiness to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar whether Unficyp’s chief Colin Stewart would be present or not.
Commenting on reports ...
Nurses in England pause strikes to enter pay talks with government
Nurses in England will pause planned strike action to enter “intensive talks” with the British government on pay and conditions, both sides said on Tuesday, in the first sign of ...
Malcolm X’s daughter to sue CIA, FBI, New York police over assassination
A daughter of Malcolm X, the civil rights activist assassinated 58 years ago to the day on Tuesday, has filed notices that she intends to sue the FBI, the CIA, New ...
Putin suspends nuclear pact, Biden says support for Ukraine ‘will not waver’ (Update)
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet leaders of NATO’s eastern flank on Wednesday in a show of support after Russia’s president suspended a nuclear arms control treaty ...