A messenger from Cyprus’ depths
Sakis Lazarides doesn’t live in Nicosia (or even Cyprus). That’s just where we happen to meet, at the Arabica Coffee House in a nondescript corner of the capital – ...
Rain expected in the afternoon on Saturday
The weather is expected to be clear in the morning on Saturday, the met office said, as isolated showers are also expected in the afternoon.
The met office said that ...
Festival brings three days of comedy to heart of Limassol
Three days of stand-up comedy shows, workshops and parties are coming up as the second edition of the Stantar Kkomety Festival returns. Taking over Heroes’ Square and Rialto Theatre on ...
West Bank violence
Israeli troops shoot Turkish-American woman dead at West Bank protest, officials say
Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Turkish officials said.
The ...
us open: Day 12
Fritz, Sinner battle through to US Open final
Taylor Fritz held on to beat Frances Tiafoe 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-1 in a blockbuster all-American semi-final at the U.S. Open on Friday and will take on the ...
Cyprus Business Now: Lefkara transport, CySEC campaign, Nicosia accelerator
The Larnaca Regional Tourism Board (Etap) and the Larnaca Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) on Friday called for significant improvements to public transport services in the district’s mountainous ...
Meta to inform Brazilians how it uses their personal data to train AI
Social media giant Meta Platforms (META.O) will inform Brazilians how it intends to use their personal data to train generative artificial intelligence (AI), it said this week, following a ...
Clearview AI fined by Dutch agency for facial recognition database
US facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) for building what Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said was an illegal database.
DPA also issued an additional ...
Apple to switch to OLED displays for all upcoming iPhones from 2025
Apple (AAPL.O) will use organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for all iPhone models sold in 2025 and later, moving entirely away from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), Japan’s Nikkei newspaper ...
130 ‘sleeping policemen’ to disappear, some already removed
Works to remove a total of 130 speed bumps and raised crossings are underway, with some being left for 2025 and others further down the line as part of reconstruction works.
Senior ...
Our View: Golden passport saga just keeps rearing its head
People were mistaken in thinking the saga of the golden passports was over. Earlier this week former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades, who served in the first Anastasiades government from 2014 to 2018, ...
TV shows we love: Space Force
The idea was too tempting to pass up: taking one of the most outlandish tweets from then-President Trump in 2018 – his plan to establish a military branch dedicated to defending and ...
Indian passenger plane makes emergency landing in Turkey after bomb threat
A flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines made an emergency landing on Friday around 4.30 p.m. (1330 GMT) in Erzurum in eastern Turkey after a piece of paper with “bomb ...
President reiterates readiness for Cyprus talks
President Nikos Christodoulides reiterated that he is ready to come to the dialogue table of the Cyprus problem based on the agreed solution framework.
Speaking at meeting in Polemidia of ...
Fed policymakers say they are ready to start cutting interest rates
Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday signaled they are ready to kick off a series of interest rate cuts at the U.S. central bank’s meeting in two weeks, noting ...
Trump hush money sentencing delayed until after election
A New York judge on Friday delayed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the Nov. 5 election, writing that he wants ...
Parents raise concerns over unfinished special school in Limassol
Parents of students at the new Apostolos Loukas Special School in Limassol expressed concerns on Friday about unfinished construction as the first day of school approaches.
According to the parents’ ...
Sunset event for bookworms
The CyBookworms Club hosts its annual charity event this September and its recipe has got heart-warming ingredients; books, the sunset and charity donations. All that, at a seaside venue in ...
Finance ministry launches investigation into money laundering claims
Claims that money laundering is unfolding without oversight at one of Cyprus’ points of entry are being investigated, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday.
His statement follows reports that ...
‘Get it right or risk being left behind’
Cyprus should take the opportunity for the interconnector project or it will be left behind to burn mazut and struggle with its green transition, US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher ...
27-year-old rescued after seizure while swimming in Peyia
A 27-year-old man was rescued while swimming in the Peyia sea caves area in Paphos on Friday afternoon after suffering a seizure, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) reported.
The ...
Greek PM to unveil plan to boost pensions, spending power in major speech
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to unveil plans on Saturday to increase pensions, reduce social security contributions and improve public services in an effort to win back voters ...
87-year-old British man found dead at Coral Bay
An 87-year-old British man was found dead in the sea at Coral Bay, Peyia, Paphos, on Friday, police reported.
The man went for a swim around 1.30pm and was later ...
SupportCY volunteers’ coordination system complete and operational
The pilot operation of the Bank of Cyprus SupportCY Volunteer Corps’ SUPPORTCY coordination system has been completed and is fully operational as of September 1, 2024. The aim of the system is ...