Let’s stop viewing food waste as inevitable
By Eleni Panayiotou
We’ve all done it, left food on our plates after over-ordering at a restaurant or thrown out most of the Cyprus Sunday barbecue (you know who ...
Cooler with a chance of localised rains
Wednesday will start off mainly clear with increased afternoon clouds and a chance of isolated rains, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 32C inland, 25C on the west ...
US freezes new student visa interviews as State Department plans expanded vetting
President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants as the State Department prepares to expand social ...
Cyprus Business Now: pharmaceutical factory, film production in Limassol, tourism
The 1st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of C.M.C.L. – Cyprus Marine Club Limited –in Limassol, marking its shift to a company limited by guarantee and electing a new ...
IMF nudges up UK’s 2025 growth forecast, sees ‘significant risks’ to deficit goals
The International Monetary Fund nudged up its growth forecast for Britain this year in a regular assessment of the country’s economy, and it urged finance minister Rachel Reeves to ...
Turkey’s Q1 economic growth seen at 2.3 per cent, full-year at 3 per cent
Turkey’s economy is expected to have grown by 2.3 per cent in the first quarter and by 3 per cent for 2025 as a whole, lower than government forecasts, a Reuters poll ...
EU envoy Hahn to make first Cyprus contacts ‘in immediate future’
European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn will make his first contacts on the island “in the immediate future”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday.
He said ...
Our View: Neither leader is interested in a resumption of negotiations
Two months before the meeting in multi-party meeting under the UN Secretary-General in Geneva, the process has ground to a halt, in spite of the arrival of the UNSG’s ...
Israeli credit rating unlikely to get upgrade during war, S&P official says
Israel’s credit rating is unlikely to be upgraded until the war in Gaza ends, since the conflict weighs on the Israeli economy and its fiscal position, S&P ...
Judge in Diego Maradona’s homicide trial in Argentina stands down amid scandal
One of the three Argentine judges presiding in the trial of seven members of Diego Maradona’s medical team charged with negligent homicide in the soccer star’s 2020 death stepped ...
Holguin aims for results by end of July, UN says
The aim of the UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela is to achieve results by the end of July, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
Speaking ...
Texas governor signs law to enforce age verification on Apple, Google app stores
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill requiring Apple and Alphabet’s Google to verify the age of users of their app stores, putting the second-most-populous ...
Syria and Cyprus’ peace-making role discussed with French envoy
The situation in Syria and Cyprus’ role in promoting regional peace were discussed on Tuesday between Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides and France’s special envoy for Syria Jean-François ...
Trump says Putin is ‘playing with fire’ as Russia makes gains in Ukraine
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv as Russian forces made gains in Ukraine’s ...
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Gauff finds groove after forgetting rackets, Medvedev pays price for meltdown
Coco Gauff forgot to take her rackets to the court but reminded her rivals of her French Open title ambitions with a commanding first-round win, while Daniil Medvedev was unable ...
Elon Musk plans Mars update after first Starship launch since test failures
Elon Musk on Tuesday postponed by a few hours an expected update on SpaceX’s plan to launch missions to Mars, saying it will take place after a Starship test ...
Cyprus top medallist in Andorra’s GSSE games
Cyprus is ranking first in the medal standings at the Games of Small States of Europe (GSSE), taking place in Andorra, with 22 medals, eight of which are gold.
The Cyprus ...
Fake goods seized during operation in Paphos
The police seized a large quantity of items in the Paphos district on Tuesday, identified as fakes.
The operation was carried out to combat the illegal trafficking of goods that ...
Cyprus, Greece step up fight against money laundering with new MoU
In a new push against financial crime, Cyprus and Greece signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday, providing for the exchange of information in matters of money laundering and financing ...
Israeli military says it did not direct aerial fire at aid distribution site in Gaza
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that its forces did not direct aerial gunfire towards an aid distribution centre set up by a US-backed aid foundation in the Gaza city ...
Police arrest burglary suspect, another still at large
A 40-year-old man, wanted in connection with burglary in Nicosia, was arrested on Tuesday.
The police said an arrest warrant had been issued against the suspect for burglary, theft, causing ...
Cyprus lags behind on marine protection goals, says French ambassador
A roundtable discussion held by the French embassy in Nicosia revealed that Cyprus protects only 18 per cent of its marine area, falling short of the international target of 30 per cent.
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Five still held in prison document scandal investigation
Authorities were on Tuesday still investigating the case of the unlawful transfer from the central prisons of thousands of documents – marked as ‘confidential’ or ‘secret’ – with five suspects still in ...
An experiential walk through the neighbourhoods of Nicosia
Ever wondered what it is like for a migrant in Cyprus? To experience their reality in the country? This May, the programme ‘Face Forward…into my home’ is organising an ...