Punjab Lions and Black Caps reach T20 final
By Richard Boxall
A busy weekend of cricket saw matches played in three different competitions – two more games in the super-6 stage of the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup, a quarter ...
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Today’s Weather: Warm, chance of rain, storms
On Tuesday the weather will initially be mostly clear, however, clouds will thicken and after midday are expected to bring local rains and storms, mainly in the mountains and the ...
Europe Direct info centre
The bicommunal centre Europe Direct will begin operations on September 8 according to an announcement.
It is situated in the Home Gallery at Ledra Palace, just opposite the Home of Cooperation.
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State lists irrecoverable debts
The state treasury on Monday published the amount of irrecoverable public moneys and items for 2021, which come to €2.477 million.
The treasury writes off various dues to the state for the ...
Audit of donations to political parties (Updated)
The Audit Office said on Monday it was carrying out audits of private donations to political parties for the years between 2016 to 2021.
“At this stage the audit will focus on ...
Use Bank of Cyprus app to deposit cheques yourself
As the Bank of Cyprus continues efforts to steer customers away from its branches, it on Monday reminded customers they can deposit a cheque themselves using the bank’s app.
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Health minister to meet EU counterparts in Prague
Health minister Michalis Hadjipantela will on Monday travel to the Czech Republic attending an informal meeting with EU’s health ministers.
An official announcement said that items on the meeting’...
Daily News Briefing
Good morning!
In today’s episode, we hear that European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will be in Cyprus on Friday, in order to discuss the latest gas find in the ...
Afternoon outpatient clinics to operate as of today
Afternoon outpatient clinics will start operations as of Monday, following an agreement reached between the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy) and the doctors’ and nurses’ unions on July 11.
All specialities ...
Arrests for cannabis and possession of knives in Emba
Paphos police on Sunday night stopped a car in Emba driven by a 22-year-old man with a 31-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man as passengers.
During the check, the 31-year-old ...
Coral Bay restaurants targeted in illegal employment clamp down
Immigration services are investigating a case of illegal employment in Paphos, involving two employers and two employees.
According to Paphos CID spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, on Friday immigration police carried out ...
Today’s Weather: Warm and humid
On Monday the weather will be mostly clear, although initially there will be temporarily increased cloud cover in the west and north, and in the mountains. Winds will be south ...
Two injured in hospital after road collision involving drunk driver
Two people are being treated for injuries in Limassol general hospital after a road collision between two drivers on Sunday night in Limassol. One of the drivers was found to ...
Four remanded after trying to travel under false pretences
Four people were remanded by the Paphos court on Sunday for five days, two for alleged impersonation using travel documents and the other two for other offences including aiding and ...
Paphos police bicycle unit clocked up over 100 traffic bookings last month
Members of the police bicycle unit handled 106 out-of-court traffic complaints last month, Paphos police said on Sunday.
According to a the head of the traffic police, Michalis Nicolaou, the members ...
Explosive device goes off outside Nicosia home, no injuries
An explosive device went off outside a house in Nicosia early on Sunday, police said.
According to police, at 4.15am they received information that an explosion had occurred outside a ...
Paphos police seize sound equipment, laughing gas
Paphos police on Saturday night raided three establishments in Paphos, confiscating sound equipment that violated regulations on noise pollution, they said.
Two sound consoles, two amplifiers and five speakers were ...
Driver in fatal hit-and-run turns himself in
A driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision in which a cyclist was killed early in Saturday has been arrested after turning himself into police.
Romanian national Cristian Rosu, 25, was ...
Man detained for illegally transporting 49 migrants by boat
A 39-year-old man was detained on Friday by court order for seven days, for the purpose of investigating a case of helping third-country nationals to enter the Republic.
Police arrested ...
Vaccination gaps in EU populations ‘must be closed as a matter of top priority’ (Updated)
Vaccination gaps in EU populations must be closed as a “matter of top priority”, the EU’s Cypriot Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides said on Friday, with Brussels recommending that ...
Motorcyclist killed in Nicosia collision, police appeal for witnesses
A 35-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday in Nicosia.
The collision claimed the life of Christos Christodoulou.
According to police, the collision took place on Ayiou ...
CySEC has difficulty collecting fines, audit office finds
Difficulties in the collection of administrative fines and receivables for 2019 were found in the audit service’ special report on the Cyprus Securities and Exchange commission (CySEC), it emerged on Friday.
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Full steam ahead to get second tranche of EU resilience funds
The finance ministry’s general directorate for development is steaming ahead to implement landmark projects to secure the second €85 million tranche of funds from the EU recovery and resilience plan, ...
Inspections to continue of medical services
Inspections of doctors and hospitals and service platforms will be carried out across the island throughout September as part of the labour inspection department’s ongoing campaign to stamp out ...