Shipping navigating country to economic recovery: Anastasiades
Cyprus’ shipping sector has evolved into one of the leading sectors of the economy in recent years and is navigating the island to economic recovery,...
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Larnaca bus drivers will take their protest to the capital
By Angelos Anastasiou STRIKING Larnaca bus drivers, employees of the Zenon consortium, plan to bring their protest to Nicosia next week, in order to pressure...
Around 230 tonnes of batteries recycled since 2009
RECYCLING batteries is not only a matter of environmental consciousness. It is also a tangible example of the direct impact that environment pollution may have...
Paphos looks to woo Ukrainian travellers
PAPHOS looks set to encourage more Ukrainian travellers to the town as more than one hundred travel agents will participate in a three day conference...
Nurses unions call off planned strike action
NURSES from public servants’ union PASYDY on Friday called off the six-hour strike they had announced for Monday, following a meeting with Health Minister Giorgos...
Man says elderly mother died waiting 10 hours for doctor
An 87-year-old woman with a fractured femur died at the Nicosia general hospital after 10 hours of waiting for an orthopaedic doctor to tend to...
Serious crime down by 28 per cent, minister says
Serious crime in Nicosia is down 28 per cent, burglaries more than a third, and traffic accidents by 18 per cent, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou...
Wedding items worth €90,000, including 60 bride’s dresses, stolen in Larnaca
Sixty wedding dresses and other wedding accessories, such as tiaras, wreaths, and shoes, worth over €90,000 were stolen from a store in downtown Larnaca, a...
Leaders’ Monday meeting postponed to facilitate negotiators
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci’s scheduled meeting on Monday has been postponed because a preparatory meeting between the two sides’ negotiators,...
Politis radio called to explain airing of Greek ‘Lolita-type’ song
The Cyprus Radiotelevision Authority (CRTA) has asked Politis radio station to provide explanations as regards airing a song which they said, promotes the participation of...
Uproar over Turkish Cypriot side’s ‘virgin birth’ implication
A statement by the spokesman of Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, Baris Burcu, in which he said a Cyprus solution would create a new federal...
Cypriot and Greek ops help EU net 33m illegal cigarettes in Greece
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), in co-operation with Greek and Cypriot authorities, has seized more than 33m cigarettes in Greece, it was announced on Friday....
Cyprus’ ‘economic misery’ to continue in 2016 – Bloomberg
On a list of 63 countries ranked for their economic misery, Cyprus is in 13th position, and this is likely to remain unchanged in 2016,...
Nicosia schoolchildren taught health and safety during mall drill [VIDEO]
With the motto ‘All together, all around you, all safely’ primary school children were taught about health and safety at an educational workshop on Friday...
Hydrocarbons companies urge Cyprus to draft a comprehensive strategy
The hydrocarbon association on Friday urged officials to draft a comprehensive strategy without delay to secure the uninterrupted continuation of natural gas and oil companies’...
Company registrations rise 18% in January
By Stelios Orphanides The number of company registrations, an indicator of the business services sector performance and economic activity in the future, rose in January...
Pamboridis censures senior official over lack of staff comments (updated with doctors’ reaction)
HEALTH Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said he was astonished to hear the head of the medical services claiming that public hospitals were falling apart because the...
Sheep theft
Lambs worth around €700 were stolen from a farm in Xulophagou in the Larnaca district, police said on Friday. The theft was reported by the...
Police foil kidnap plan, as Norwegians remanded
By Elias Hazou THE three Norwegian nationals suspected of the planned kidnapping of a four-year-old girl were on Thursday remanded in custody for six days,...
Greens warn of new chemtrail sightings
By Elias Hazou THE Greens have again raised the issue of ‘suspicious spraying’ in Cypriot skies after a fresh wave of sightings of what they...
