Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) this week announced that Cyprus has been chosen to host the 36th iteration of the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) conference, something which the ...
Cyprus has one of highest rates of child cancers in the world
Cyprus has one of the highest rates of child cancer in the world, with leukemia being one of the most frequent diagnoses, according to the findings of a study presented ...
Limassol municipality defends public garden revamp
Limassol municipality issued a long announcement on Friday in response to the dispute that has flared up over its handling of the revamp of the city’s public garden.
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Mixed marriage citizenship will be taken up with ECHR, say TC unions
In a new statement on Friday, Turkish Cypriot unions said they will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if the Supreme Court’s decision on mixed marriages ...
Limassol showcases underwater offerings
Limassol tourism organisation (Etal) said in a press release on Friday, it is aiming to promote diving tourism through the creation of four sea routes in the district’s marine ...
Germasogeia unveils sculpture honouring nurses and midwives
The public health contribution of nurses and midwives was honoured on Friday with the inauguration of a small park and sculpture in the heart of the tourist area of Germasogeia
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Supreme Court gets tough on ‘unprecedented scourge’ of child porn and abuse
The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of the attorney-general, who challenged a ruling for a court of first instance to release on parole a woman facing a multitude of ...
Problem of delayed justice will be better in four to five years, officials say
The backlog of court cases is expected to improve within four to five years, once relevant legislative reforms have been implemented, President of the Supreme Court, Antonis Latsios, said on ...
Prisons probe report handed to attorney-general
Four criminal investigators tasked with investigating claims of drug pushing and mobile phone use in the prisons turned their report into the attorney-general on Friday.
According to a post on ...
Nine suspects in passport case acquitted
Nine suspects in a case relating to the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme were cleared of all charges by the Larnaca criminal court on Friday.
Five natural persons and four legal entities ...
Sofa colour at centre of Kiti bishop hearing
The colour of the sofa in former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos’ office continued to be at the centre of his defence on Friday as proceedings over an alleged sexual assault continued ...
Turkish Cypriot leadership pulls out of bicommunal education programme
Teachers and opposition in the north are in an uproar with the ‘presidency’, which cancelled the participation of Turkish Cypriots in bicommunal education programme, repots said on Friday.
Earlier in ...
Pega delegation ‘left with more questions than when they arrived’
More effort is needed to ensure transparency in Cyprus and Greece, the European parliament’s committee of inquiry on Pegasus and other spyware (Pega) said on Friday after visiting the ...
Suitcases remain at airport following baggage handlers strike
Some of the thousands of passengers caught up in an unlawful strike by baggage handlers at Paphos airport on Wednesday have yet to receive their bags, they said on Friday.
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Man has licence suspended after crashing into building
A 39-year-old man had his driving licence suspended on Friday after crashing into a fast-food shop in Peyia, hitting and injuring a 36-year-old man on Wednesday.
The man lost control ...
2027 realistic date for exploiting Aphrodite gas reserves says minister (Updated)
A realistic scenario for when Cyprus can produce natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field is 2027, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told MPs at the House finance committee on Friday.
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Civil defence uses drones to locate missing person
Civil defence said on Friday that it had used droned to help the police find a lost person in the Limassol area overnight.
According to an announcement, police alerted them ...
Spraying of mosquitoes begins in Kato Polemidia
Health service officials started spraying areas in Kato Polemidia in Limassol on Friday to prevent the proliferation of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes Albopictus).
Preventive spraying has already taken place ...
NGOs, Akel slam interior minister over HIV comments (Update 2)
NGOs on Friday accused Interior Minister Nicos Nouris of cultivating fear and racism after comments he made the previous day on the number of migrants in Pournara with HIV and ...
Coronavirus: Six deaths recorded as cases rise to 3,544
Six more deaths from coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Friday, as 3,544 new infections were recorded in the past seven days.
The deaths mean Cyprus has recorded 1,200 fatalities ...
Barbs traded over who has president’s support
Disy leader Averof Neophytou and former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides clashed over who has the most support from President Nicos Anastasiades in the coming presidential elections during a live TV ...
Woman critical after knocked down on Limassol street
A 30-year Hungarian national is in critical condition and intubated at Nicosia general hospital after she was hit by a car in Limassol on Thursday afternoon.
According to a police ...
World’s largest floating bookfair sailing to Limassol soon
Being surrounded by collections of books is a bookworm’s dream. Finding a secret or alternative library is perhaps the second-best thing for a book lover and this November, an ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, we hear that tuberculosis and HIV positive cases at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers have been screened and there is ‘no cause for concern’ – ...