Blinken to Turkey: ‘the United States is here’ with aid
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced further aid to Turkey and said Washington would provide longer term help to Ankara as it seeks to rebuild following ...
Greek musicians hold Cyprus concerts
Stars of Greece’s music scene will be on the island next month for shows says ELENI PHILIPPOU
Cyprus’ music scene is getting used to welcoming stars from abroad. Sometimes ...
Tremor measuring 3.0 felt in Limassol
An 3.0 earthquake was felt in Cyprus on Sunday afternoon, mainly in Limassol, officials said.
Social media posts first referred to the tremor around 4.30pm.
A statement from the geological surveys ...
Energy hot potatoes the new president will face
Cyprus has the resources and potential to generate most of its electricity from RES
Cyprus has a new president. A new era is starting and that includes energy. Many serious ...
UK police find body near where woman went missing in late Jan
Police in the north of England said on Sunday they had found a body near where a woman went missing last month.
Nicola Bulley, 45, was last seen walking her dog ...
‘Voice of the Cypriot countryside’ buried in Paralimni
The funeral of renowned Cypriot traditional singer Kyriacou Pelagia was held in Paralimni on Sunday.
Known as the “voice of the Cypriot countryside”, Pelagia died on Saturday at the age ...
Top three picked for Paphos bishop, voter turnout just short of 26% (Update 4)
Archimandrite Tychikos Vryonis, Archimandrite Ioannis Ioannou and Bishop Amathountos Nikolaos have made the top three in the elections for a new bishop of Paphos.
The fourth candidate, Karpasia Bishop Christoforos ...
Christodoulides offered a little something for everyone
Victory against a backdrop of watered down traditional partisanship and a real abstention rate of 45 per cent
Though a close call, Nikos Christodoulides’ win last Sunday came down to a ...
Police arrest 21 people in immigration sweep
Police on Sunday, during an islandwide sweep, arrested 21 people who were on the island illegally, they said.
The operation was carried out by members of the aliens and immigration service ...
Christodoulides will approach Tatar meeting with ‘absolute seriousness’
Newly-elected President Nikos Christodoulides will do everything possible to achieve some kind of result during his informal meeting next week with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, he said on Sunday.
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Ukraine troops prepare for threat of Russia capturing Bakhmut
Ukrainian troops conducting weekend exercises near the small town of Siversk, in the country’s east, said they were preparing to defend one of the possible targets of a new ...
Consumer body says continued hikes on bottled gas are a rip-off
The Cyprus Consumers’ Union & Quality of Life association slammed the continued rise in the price of a cylinder of gas saying it was not justified.
In an announcement, the ...
‘All in good time’, Christodoulides says about new cabinet
Everything will happen in good time, President-elect Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday when asked about the formation of his new cabinet.
After voting in the elections for bishop of Paphos ...
Plastic bag ban. Well, some of them and only sometimes
As of Saturday, another law cracking down on the use of plastic came into effect at supermarkets and shops in Cyprus, but it is unlikely to have too much of ...
New airline licensed by the north, flights from April
A new airline has been granted a licence to operate in the north and will begin scheduled flights next April, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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Meloni to visit Kyiv on Monday to meet Zelenskiy
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Kyiv on Monday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political source said on Sunday.
Meloni, who took office in October, had ...
Shiba Inu (SHIB), TRON (TRX) and Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) set to shake up the DeFi landscape
Shiba Inu (SHIB), TRON (TRX) and Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) are three cryptocurrencies that are poised to make waves in the DeFi landscape. While Shiba Inu (SHIB) and TRON (TRX) are ...
Woman sought in connection with alleged €200,000 fraud
Police are appealing for information that may help locate a Vietnamese woman aged 42 to facilitate investigations into the alleged extortion of €200,000 from a 43-year-old woman on the pretence of offering ...
Cypriot bonds held by Eurosystem exceed €7 billion in January
Cypriot bonds held by the Eurosystem in the context of the Public Sector Purchases Programme (PSPP) and the Pandemic Emergency Purchases Programme (PEPP) exceeded €7 billion in January 2023.
On the basis ...
U.S. stages joint air exercises with Asian allies after North Korea’s ICBM launch
The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ...
‘Famagusta has had wars, but never such a pain’
Turkish Cypriots left reeling after Turkey earthquake deaths
The Turkish Cypriot community, and especially Famagustians, are mourning the deaths of 24 of their brightest and most accomplished children along with 11 parents ...
The gruesome reality of Cyprus highways
I would very much appreciate it if you could help bring attention to the gruesome reality of Cyprus highways.
As a regular commuter to the city, I use the highway ...
China warns U.S. to suffer ‘consequences’ if it escalates balloon incident
China warned the United States on Sunday it would “bear all the consequences” if it escalated the controversy over a Chinese balloon that the U.S. military shot down this ...
A longtime columnist bids farewell
Disillusioned by the election results and the failure to act on suggestions to root out corruption and find a viable solution to the Cyprus problem
Last Sunday, the Greek Cypriot ...