Two years in prison for migrant boat captain
A 51-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to two years in prison after having been found guilty of captaining a boat full of irregular migrants which arrived in Cyprus in ...
European countries’ recognition of Palestine deepens Israeli isolation
Already under global pressure over the mounting toll from the war in Gaza, Israel slipped further into international isolation on Wednesday after three European countries broke with their main EU ...
Man arrested for possessing cocaine and ketamine
Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old man after they found cocaine, ketamine and other drugs in his car and in his apartment.
The man’s car was pulled ...
Belgium refuses VTB’s request to unblock client assets, says Russian bank
Belgium’s finance ministry has refused Russian state-owned bank VTB’s (VTBR.MM) request for licences to unblock customer assets held through its brokerage accounts, the bank said on Wednesday.
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Severed foot found on beach belonged to adult
The severed foot found on Lara Bay beach in Paphos on Sunday belongs to an adult, according to an anthropologist commissioned to investigate it.
Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis ...
Cyprus Business Now
Despite a rise in fuel prices contributing to an uptick in inflation from 1.2 per cent in March to 2.4 per cent in April, due to geopolitical developments, food inflation has continued ...
Today’s weather: Mostly clear with clouds inland
Thursday’s weather is set to be mostly clear, with increased high cloud cover inland and in the southeast of the island at times.
Increased levels of dust, which have ...
Shell sees emerging Asian markets taking more of world’s growing LNG supply
Shell (SHEL.L) expects its Australian supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help meet demand from emerging markets in south and southeast Asia, which are tipped to absorb some ...
Lookman nets hat-trick as Atalanta stun Leverkusen in Europa League final
Ademola Lookman scored a stunning hat-trick as Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final on Wednesday to win just the second major trophy in their 117-year history ...
City of London calls for financial regulators to find a growth ‘mindset’
Britain’s regulators lack the mindset to boost growth and the financial sector’s global competitiveness, and need parliamentary backing to accept more risk when applying rules, the City of ...
Troodos residents ‘should not be second-class citizens’
People living in the Troodos mountain area “should not be treated as second-class citizens”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday.
He was speaking about the state of the Troodos ...
Our View: university clinics do not need the consent of a self-serving union
For years now, there have been attempts by the state to set up university clinics that would be used by the medical school of the University of Cyprus. The first ...
M&S annual profit soars 58 per cent as turnaround strategy delivers
British retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) on Wednesday reported a 58 per cent rise in annual profit, ahead of market expectations, as its strategy to re-shape the business delivered strong ...
Animal party opposes proposal to turn Limassol zoo into educational ‘animal farm park’
The Cyprus Animal Party has strongly opposed the proposal from the Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education (Cycere) to transform the Limassol Zoo into a ‘Limassol Animal Farm Park.’
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Cancer victims sue Johnson & Johnson over ‘fraudulent’ bankruptcies
A group of cancer victims sued Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N on Wednesday, accusing the healthcare company of committing fraud through repeated and continued efforts to use a shell company’...
Boeing deliveries to China delayed by state regulator review, source says
Boeing’s BA.N plane deliveries to China have been delayed in recent weeks due to a Chinese regulatory review of batteries related to the cockpit voice recorder, a source ...
Origins of recovered military-grade weapons investigated
The G3 military rifle included in the recovered weapons and explosives found in an Oroklini cemetary did not originate from the national guard, media reported on Wednesday.
Instead, it is ...
US says Palestinian state should come via talks, not unilateral recognition
U.S. President Joe Biden believes a Palestinian state should be achieved through negotiations, not unilateral recognition, the White House said on Wednesday after Ireland, Spain and Norway said they ...
US lawmakers advance bill to make it easier to curb exports of AI models
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to advance a bill that would make it easier for the Biden administration to restrict the export of artificial intelligence systems, ...
Philip Morris Cyprus unveils path to cigarette-free island
Philip Morris Cyprus’ ambitious goal of making Cyprus the first smoking-free country in Europe, was presented by the company’s General Manager Stavros Drakoularakos at the opening of its new ...
Mental health staff joins nurses’ work stoppage on Thursday
The mental health nursing staff branch of trade union Pasydy will participate in the public nurses’ one-hour work stoppage to protest understaffing on Thursday.
The announcement came just hours after ...
Nicosia students lack access to free potable water- parents federation
Students in the capital have difficulty accessing free, cool drinking water, the federation of parents’ associations of primary schools in Nicosia said on Wednesday.
The federation called for the re-launch ...
Cypriot and Greek ministers discuss migration
The issue of migration, as well as the Greece-Cyprus INTERREG Cross-Border Cooperation Programme, were at the forefront of Wednesday’s meeting between the Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, and the Greek ...
Cyprus a ‘strong member’ of European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Cyprus stands out as a robust member of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) with ten active investigations in Cyprus and assistance in 58 cases involving other participating member states, ...