Archive 2024

‘Photovolatics for All’ scheme is “not for everyone” Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Turkish Cypriots and those living in refugee camps filed complaints about their ineligibility to submit ...

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) on Wednesday announced the Future Startup Founders programme launch, designed exclusively for aspiring female entrepreneurs. According to the announcement, this initiative falls under the Startup ...

The Bank of Cyprus has launched their new, innovative e-commerce Jinius platform, www.jinius.com.cy. This novel service aims to improve the island’s online shopping experience, offering multiple ...

Opposition political parties on Wednesday described President Nikos Christodoulides’ speech on his first year in office as underwhelming and predictable and dismissed it as an attempt to “sugarcoat the situation”. ...

According to independent research carried out by the ICERTIAS-International Certification Association, Lidl Cyprus tops island consumers’ perception with regards to best price-quality. The company stood out in the Best Buy ...

Germany marked the 100-day countdown to Euro 2024 on Wednesday with a string of events across the country and Chancellor Olaf Scholz holding the official tournament ball. With millions of visitors ...

Conservation work at the Ayios Sergios and Vakhos church in the village of Neta, in the Karpas peninsula, has been completed, Turkish Cypriot co-chairman of the Technical Committee on Cultural ...

The north’s transport minister Erhan Arikli branded a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ racist on Wednesday. In a Facebook post, Arikli took umbrage at opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ceyhun Birinci having ...

Approximately 435,000 birds, including migratory and threatened species, were illegally trapped and killed last autumn according to bird welfare organisations. The latest reports on bird trapping were found by BirdLife Cyprus, ...

The police have launched an investigation after an explosion occurred in the early hours of the morning in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos on Wednesday. The explosion happened at around 4.40...

The government on Wednesday announced its approval of a bill which would give it the power to set the maximum price of some products, including bottled water, at airports and ...

The Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association held a conference on Tuesday evening which put the spotlight on Larnaca’s potential as a key investment destination. The event, titled “A Hidden Gem ...

Australia‘s Qantas Airways has been fined A$250,000 for illegally sacking an employee who told staff not to clean aircraft arriving from China early in the COVID-19 pandemic, adding to ...

Global passenger demand increased by 16.6 per cent in January, according to a report released on Wednesday by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), indicating a robust start for the year. “2024 ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Critical thinking doesn’t mean teaching children selected influences the teacher either approves or disapproves of. It means giving unbiased information and allowing a child to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief has said French President Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to rule out sending European troops to fight Russian soldiers in Ukraine was extremely ...

The government on Wednesday decided to send financial aid to those affected by storms in Limassol and the village of Kormakitis earlier this year. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Interior ...

An Albanian court jailed an elected mayor from the Greek minority for two years for election fraud, a sentence likely to raise tensions with neighbouring Greece that has warned of ...

A three-year-old child who contracted measles is “out of danger” and in a “good condition” under treatment at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia, the hospital’s paediatric department director Avraam ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday described a planned separation of his powers set out by President Nikos Christodoulides as “legally impossible”. In a post on X, he said the Audit ...

Hope for Children CRC Policy Center honours the International Day Against Bullying on March 6, shedding light on the escalating phenomenon rising in Cyprus, as confirmed by the comprehensive research study ...

Turkey on Wednesday issued an anti-Navtex to Cyprus’ initial navigational warning about studies being carried out in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) by Ankara’s ships. The original ...

Celestyal and the Cyprus Maritime Academy have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the field of maritime education. Under the agreement, Celestyal will offer full ...

Cyprus’ Finance Minister Makis Keravnos met with the chairman of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Ipto) Manousos Manousakis, according to an announcement released on Tuesday evening. The announcement said ...