Our View: Why can’t we accept there is a rule of law in Cyprus?
We have always had a rather ambiguous approach to the rule of law, which was evident once again after the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to remove Odysseas Michaelides from ...
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Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank with closure order
Qatari Al Jazeera TV said on Sunday morning that Israeli forces stormed its bureau in the West Bank’s Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days.
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Meta closes deal to buy up to 3.9 mln carbon credits in Latin America
Facebook owner Meta (META.O) agreed to buy up to 3.9 million carbon offset credits from Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual’s forestry arm through 2038, the companies said this week in ...
EU court confirms Qualcomm’s antitrust fine, with minor reduction
Europe’s second-top court largely confirmed this week an EU antitrust fine imposed on US chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM.O), revising it down slightly to 238.7 million euros ($265.5 million) from an initial 242 ...
Only way for Polis is ‘development’
It’s an early morning mid-week and Polis is springing to life at the leisurely, humane pace which makes the region so appealing for a certain calibre of visitor and ...
Delayed voting and plans for two-state solution mark UBP conference
Voting was delayed for over an hour while the focus remained on plans for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem at the north’s largest party the UBP on ...
USS Oak Hill arrives in Cyprus
The United States navy’s amphibious landing dock ship the USS Oak Hill docked in Limassol on Friday to conduct scheduled maintenance.
According to the Defence Visual Information Distribution Service, ...
Bicommunal cleanups held in Nicosia for World Cleanup Day
Two parallel bicommunal rubbish cleanups were held on either side of Nicosia for World Cleanup Day on Friday.
A total of 80 volunteers gathered in Cyprus’ divided capital city, supported by ...
Opposition parties from both sides travel to New York
Representatives of opposition political parties from both sides, Akel and the CTP, are to travel to New York to attend events and hold meetings on the sidelines of the United ...
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Liverpool cruise, Newcastle beaten, Spurs win
A quick-fire double from Luis Diaz set Liverpool on course for a comprehensive 3-0 Premier League home win against Bournemouth on Saturday as the Reds bounced back from last week’...
Norris on pole in Singapore with Verstappen alongside
Lando Norris put McLaren on pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen joining his closest title rival on ...
Turkey calls on West to take ‘deterrent steps’ against Israeli action
Attacks on Lebanon this week showed that the Israeli government planned to spread the war to the region, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, calling on Western countries ...
Putin was joking about support for Harris in US election
Russian President Vladimir Putin was joking when he said Moscow was supporting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November’s U.S. presidential election, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an ...
Auditor general dismissal
Bar association vows to ‘vigorously defend’ courts’ independence
The Cyprus Bar Association on Saturday vowed to “vigorously defend the independence of the courts against any attempts to undermine them”.
Their statement came amid public upset over the sacking ...
Cyprus and Greece sign ‘framework of understanding’ for interconnector
The governments of Cyprus and Greece on Saturday signed a “framework of understanding” regarding the section of the Great Sea Interconnector which will connect Cyprus to the Greek island of ...
Jackson double helps Chelsea cruise to 3-0 win at West Ham
Nicolas Jackson scored twice to help Chelsea to a third straight away win with a 3-0 victory at London rivals West Ham United on Saturday that suggested new coach Enzo ...
Palestinians say Israeli strike killed 22 in shelter, army says militants hit
Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a ...
Welcome to my world
By Loulla Astin
A celebrity chef, Loulla Astin rose to fame in the early 90s. What began as a guest spot on the BBC’s Eggs n Baker quickly led ...
European Commission ‘closely monitoring’ planned reforms to audit office
The European Commission is “closely monitoring” the government’s planned reforms to the audit office, the commission’s acting spokeswoman for the rule of law Jordis Ferroli said on Saturday.
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Keravnos hails Cyprus’ latest credit rating upgrade
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Saturday hailed rating agency Morningstar DBRS’ decision to give Cyprus a credit rating of BBB (high) and upgrade the island’s outlook from “stable” to “...
Iran’s Supreme Leader says Israel committing ‘shameless crimes’ against children
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Saturday that Israel is committing “shameless crimes” against children, not combatants.
His comments came a day after an Israeli airstrike on ...
Waking up with a bang?
By Dan Denis
Have you ever been drifting off to sleep, only to be jerked awake by the sound of a bomb going off inside your head? If you have, ...
Civil defence sirens sound in Paphos due to malfunction
Civil defence sirens sounded in the Paphos district village of Kissonerga in the early hours of Saturday morning due to a malfunction.
The sirens began wailing at 12.40am, though, as ...
Christodoulides tells Lebanese, Israeli PMs to stop ‘destabilising’ acts
President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday called on both Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put an “immediate end” to “actions which may lead to ...