Police investigate €38,000 online fraud
A 27-year-old Limassol man reported to police that he was apparently defrauded of €38,000 after he transferred the money to someone he had met online in July.
According to police, the ...
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Cyprus has highest share of working poor in EU who cannot afford heating
Almost 46 per cent of Cyprus’ working poor cannot afford heating, the highest number in the EU, according to an analysis of data for the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has ...
Lobbying, anti-corruption authority bills ‘go hand in hand’
A bill regulating lobbying goes hand in hand with one creating an independent anti-corruption authority, both included in the conditions for the disbursement of €97m from the EU’s Recovery ...
Petrides in push to increase tax office’s efficiency
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday said it was very important to increase the tax department’s efficiency, citing its role as a source of funding for the state’s ...
Where Netflix binge-watching comes cheap
Although the video streaming service Netflix is available in over 190 countries, many markets are still underdeveloped.
To further push acceptance in African countries, the streaming giant recently announced a free ...
President cancels meeting with archbishop for attending Turkish event
President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, was called off because the cleric attended the opening of the ‘Turkish House’ in New York, media reports ...
Aircraft under police guard over possible links to arms smuggling
A small aircraft that has been in Cyprus since 2019 and is currently parked at Paphos airport is being guarded until UN experts arrive to inspect a possible connection with arms ...
Coronavirus: No deaths, 117 new cases (updated)
No deaths from coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday, while 117 new cases were found.
The total death toll remains at 548.
Meanwhile, 94 patients are in hospital being treated for Covid, of which 39 ...
Asian step-by-step home cooking recipes: Crispy shredded chicken
Simple, quick, and easy recipe for a delicious crispy shredded chicken for the whole family.
In this recipe Khin (https://khinskitchen.com/) will show you how she prepares the delicious ...
Upgraded facilities for mentally ill promised
State health services organisation Okypy on Monday said it would create a guest house for mental health patients who have nowhere to go after being discharged from the Athalassa state ...
Civil servants seek legal framework for teleworking
Civil servants’ union Pasydy said on Monday they would like teleworking to be regulated in the public sector just as it is in the private one.
The union said that ...
Anastasiades to meet Guterres on Tuesday
President Nicos Anastasiades, currently in New York for the UN General Assembly, is set to meet UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, reports said on Monday.
Guterres will also ...
Bygone era brought back to life in Kritou Terra
Recreating a traditional clothes-washing ritual in Kritou Terra is part of Paphos’s tourism strategy
Paphos is renowned for its top-rated tourist attractions and sun-drenched beaches. A vacation hotspot, the ...
‘Lost’ Varosha refugee finds a home in Vokolida
One refugee from Varosha could not wait for the Cyprus problem to be solved before moving home. He now rents a place in the nearby village he holidayed in as ...
Plastic money as an alternative becomes compulsory for businesses
As of today 80 types of business and service must accept card payment. It is a move aimed at cracking down on tax evasion but smaller operators have lodged objections
Starting ...
Project being launched to test for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
The University of Cyprus’ Nireas International Water Research Centre has signed an agreement with the Water Development Department (WDD) for the establishment of a national system for the monitoring of ...
EUMed9 call on Turkey to reverse Varosha moves (Updated)
The Southern European countries group (EUMed) on Friday called on Turkey to accept Cyprus’ invitation to engage in dialogue on the delimitation of their maritime zones and reverse illegal actions ...
Cyprus’ Paralympic athletes call for more inclusion after Tokyo successes
Cyprus’ Paralympic athletes on Friday called for inclusion of people with disabilities into society during an event in Limassol following their return from Tokyo.
Education and Sport Minister Prodromos Prodromou ...
Turkish Cypriots want to return 50,000 unused AstraZeneca doses
Opposition in the north has criticised Turkish Cypriot authorities for wanting to return 50,000 AstraZeneca doses that expire next month, reports said on Friday.
According to daily Yeniduzen, 50,000 AstraZeneca doses of ...
Activists say they found dead birds at trapping site
Members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) in Cyprus said on Friday they found several dead birds including three owls at a mist-netting site in Liopetri, in the Famagusta ...
Where teachers spend the most time in the classroom
The OECD’s latest edition of its “Education at a Glance” report provides an insight into education systems on all of the organization’s member states. One interesting aspect of ...
Public transport company to donate a day’s takings to Karaiskakio
Cyprus Public Transport said Friday it would be donating all of Saturday’s proceeds from ticket sales to the Karaiskakio Foundation on the occasion of Leukemia Month.
The company said ...
‘No proof that surveillance van was used to spy on citizens’
Almost two years later, reports said Friday no proof has been found that a van with covert surveillance capabilities had been used to spy on people, but four people involved ...
Electricity bills to be slashed by 10% for next four months (Update 2)
The government on Friday announced a 10 per cent discount on electricity bills for the next four months, as well as renewable energy schemes aimed at long term savings for businesses ...