Taqa interested in GSI, time not unlimited govt says
Bringing the Emirates into the Great Sea Interconnector (GIS) was at the centre of President Nikos Christodoulides’ trip to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and the next few days will be ...
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Suspect held for massive Limassol robbery
A 40-year-old has been handed a five-day remand order to facilitate investigations into a burglary earlier this week in Limassol, in which the perpetrators got away with €820,000-worth of property.
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National Guard worse off than 50 years ago, centre says
Cyprus’ National Guard is in a worse position than it was before 1974, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) has said.
Despite being more organised and better equipped, the 60-year-old National ...
GSI importance for Israel stressed in chat with Cyprus
The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is a top priority for Israel, the country’s energy ministry head Eli Cohen has said, adding he stressed this to Cyprus’ Energy Minister George ...
Chaos at Limassol court, women threaten with slippers and bombs
Limassol’s criminal court opened its doors to chaos on Thursday morning, as relatives of Turkish Cypriots – accused of robbing food delivery drivers – stormed the building.
The relatives were demanding ...
Man dies after falling from height at private hospital
Police are investigating the death of a 65-year-old Greek Cypriot patient at a private hospital in Nicosia, who was found dead having fallen from his room window.
The patient, who ...
Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy hold four-day aeronautical manoeuvres
Aeronautical exercise ‘Eunomia 5 – 2024’ kicks off on Thursday, with nautical and air manoeuvres, testing maritime interdiction, cyber, air and marine warfare and search, rescue and evacuation operations.
The manoeuvres are being ...
Billionaire Serb acquitted of tax evasion, getting back Cyprus passport
Billionaire Serb Miroslav Mišković will be getting back his Cypriot passport, which was revoked after he was condemned for tax evasion in Belgrade and ultimately acquitted by the appeals ...
Teen arrested for ruckus at OAP home in Larnaca
A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection to the ruckus at a home for the elderly, which also houses unaccompanied minors, a mere 20 of the 1,300 total currently in Cyprus.
Larnaca ...
Man arrested for drugs and weapon, refused narcotest
Police have arrested a 40-year-old in Paphos for the illegal possession of drugs and carrying weapon.
Paphos police stopped a car driven by the 40-year-old of Arab origin at 9pm ...
Three arrested in cocaine bust to be taken to court
Three people arrested on Wednesday after police found over 2kg of cocaine in their car, were handed eight-day remand orders on Thursday by the Limassol district court.
The three, aged 35, 33 ...
Woman caught at airport with French ID
A 27-year-old was arrested on Wednesday in Paphos in connection with a case of impersonation.
Police said that on Wednesday at 4am a woman of African origin presented a French ...
Temperatures max at 36C, isolated showers in the afternoon
Seasonal low pressure is gradually subsiding, giving way to mild higher pressure.
Thursday will start off mainly fine, with local clouds in the afternoon and isolated showers in the mountains ...
Three doctors ordered to increase negligence payments
The appeals court on Wednesday ordered three doctors to more than double their payments to a woman who was awarded €1.3 million plus interest and expenses in compensation for medical negligence.
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Air traffic control finally moving to new premises
Air traffic control will finally move to its new premises in Kokkinotrimithia, a €16 million building that has been empty since it was built 15 years ago, the government announced on Wednesday.
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Outrage as unaccompanied minors housed in OAP home
Local authorities were up in arms on Wednesday about a group of unaccompanied minors in Larnaca who have been removed from a previous facility to a state nursing home in ...
Israeli to remain in custody until trial
Citing the risk of absconding, a court decided on Wednesday that Turkish-Israeli businessman Simon Aykut will be held until his trial and dismissed a request by his lawyers that he ...
Limassol teen arrested for child pornography
An 18-year-old was arrested on Tuesday for the possession and distribution of child pornography.
Police began investigating the case after a message from Europol that an internet user had uploaded 17 ...
‘Thank you…’ tells story of children forced to leave in 1974
Unaccompanied children, who were forced to leave the country in 1974 as a result of the Turkish invasion, is a repercussion that has not received the attention it deserved, President Nikos ...
30-year-old jailed for 11 years for importing cannabis
Larnaca’s criminal court sentenced a 30-year-old to 11 years in prison for illegally importing 15.6 kilos of cannabis.
The court heard that the 30-year-old had been arrested on July 6 on arrival ...
Burglars get away with €820,000-worth of property
Burglars on Tuesday got away with €820,000-worth of property from an apartment along the coast in Limassol.
Police said a foreigner reported that around dawn on Tuesday burglars broke into ...
Cyprus had lowest suicide rate among EU members in 2021
Cyprus recorded the lowest standardised death rates for suicide with 2.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, according to data released by Eurostat, marking the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10.
In 2021, there were 47,346 ...
Fight drought on European level, agriculture minister tells EU
The threat of drought should be tackled on a European level, through innovation, technology, investments, political will and cooperation, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou told an informal council meeting in Budapest.
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Interconnector talks ‘good idea’, to be continued, president says
A marathon meeting on the Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector that continued into the evening on Tuesday, was “a good decision”, according to President Nikos Christodoulides, who said discussions would be continued.
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