Archive June 2024

Borrowers are receiving letters of approval for participation in the mortgage to rent scheme, running from December 2023 to September 6, 2024. Through the scheme, eligible applicants transfer the ownership of their primary ...

The Limassol hospital pharmacy staff is on a two-hour work stoppage from 11am till 1pm to protest working understaffed. An Isotita union representative said the pharmacy has been understaffed for ...

Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year’s haj were not officially registered with the Saudi authorities, with the result that many had no access ...

Following are the Euro 2024 round-of-16 fixtures after the completion of the group stage. The top two teams from the six groups and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the ...

A clinical South Africa skittled Afghanistan for 56 on their way to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in Trinidad on Wednesday, sending the Proteas into ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday seized eleven computers suspected to have been illegally converted into gaming machines. Officers from the Paphos CID, as well as members of the intellectual property ...

A 27-year-old man was remanded at Famagusta district court for eight days on Thursday over an ongoing investigation for robbery, carrying a weapon to incite terror and attempted theft. The ...

The council of ministers decided on the retraction of two more “golden passports” issued to Russian oligarchs, it emerged on Thursday. The two Russians had acquired Cypriot citizenship during the 2008...

US President Joe Biden’s top aides told the visiting Israeli defense chief this week that Washington is maintaining a pause on a shipment of heavy bombs for Israel while ...

Court proceedings are set to continue on Thursday over the request of the Attorney General, Giorgos Savvides, to suspend Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides for improper conduct. The latest advance in ...

Georgia arrived at Euro 2024 with no expectations, manager Willy Sagnol said, having already celebrated what they thought would be their biggest achievement in just qualifying. Sagnol’s men upended Portugal – ...

How is it already the last weekend of June? As we step deeper into the summer, the island’s busiest season in terms of events and things to do, the ...

It was determined that a 35-year-old man, Michael Silvestrou from Larnaca, died by drowning, police announced on Thursday. Silvestrou was found dead in the sea in Mazotos on Wednesday. According ...

Tech, talk, and transformation: Artemis Pnevmatikou strategy for success. ‘Pushing for change isn’t just necessary; it’s inevitable if we want to keep moving forward’. For young women tiptoeing ...

A 61-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Nicosia District Court following an arson attack on two cars and a motorcycle in Nicosia early Thursday morning. According to ...

EMBIO Diagnostics, a Nicosia-based company at the forefront of diagnostic technologies, announced this week its acquisition of AG Catalytic Solutions, a firm specialising in the non-chemical treatment of ballast water. ...

Staff and trainees of the Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation for people with special needs, on Thursday are set to protest the construction of asylum service headquarters next to their premises. ...

Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) Chairman Andreas Poullikkas this week provided an analytical overview of the European Union’s strides towards establishing a robust hydrogen market by 2030. “The EU’s ...

Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a “coup” attempt against the ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Wednesday in their last debate before an election next week, with both launching highly personal attacks over ...

June saw a muted start for the hotel industry in the Paphos district but has shown some improvement as the month progressed, according to the president of the Paphos Hoteliers ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is expected to meet with UN Secretary General personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin in the sidelines of the European council summit being held June 27 to June 28. During ...

A yellow weather warning is in place on Thursday from 11am until 5pm for high temperatures. After dispersal of local thin fog and cloud, the weather will turn sunny and ...

Cancer drugs estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of euros, which were stored in a refrigerated area at Limassol general hospital, have been destroyed, state health services organisation (Okypy) ...