Taylor Swift to close European leg of Eras tour
Taylor Swift will close the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour in London on Tuesday, drawing fans from near and far for the last opportunity to see the critically ...
Competitive market to slash electricity bills, EAC says, surprised by EMA demands
The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) says the aim of all involved in the competitive electricity market was to contribute to the lowest possible price of electricity for all consumers, ...
Greece to compensate fire-stricken households near Athens
Greece said on Tuesday it would offer emergency compensation totalling millions of euros to hundreds of households and businesses affected by a blaze that killed one woman and torched 10,000 hectares ...
‘Positive climate’ for hotel workers’ agreement
There is a “positive climate” in discussions with trade unions for the renewal of the collective agreement in the hotel industry, Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) director general Philokypros Roussounides said ...
Interconnector research vessel monitored by Turkish navy
A research vessel conducting surveys of the seabed for the proposed electricity cable linking Greece and Cyprus was this week being monitored at a distance by the Turkish navy, but ...
A street party in the capital
Street parties are synonymous with the summer season and there has been a fair share of them this year. As soon as September arrives, and the crowds return to Nicosia, ...
Russia says it thwarts attacks in Kursk region, advances in east Ukraine
Russia’s military said on Tuesday its forces had thwarted attempted Ukrainian attacks on four settlements in its western Kursk region and taken control of what it described as the ...
Migrant arrivals continue to buffer zone, 86 now stranded
The number of migrants stranded in the buffer zone has reached 86, as arrivals continue unabated to the Green Line without access to asylum proceedings, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said ...
Barack Obama headlines DNC on Tuesday, will campaign for Harris
Former U.S. President Barack Obama will endorse his longtime political ally Kamala Harris on Tuesday night in a high-profile speech that aims to boost her presidential bid over Republican ...
World No 1 Sinner cleared of wrongdoing after failed drug tests, ITIA says
World men’s number one Jannik Sinner has been cleared of fault or negligence by an independent tribunal after failing two drug tests in March, the International Tennis Integrity Authority (...
Ukraine adopts ‘historic’ law to ban Russia-linked minority church
Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law envisaging a ban on the activities of a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church, paving the way for a historic rupture with an ...
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Cyprus prepared ‘for up to 100,000’ evacuees
Up to 100,000 people could be evacuated from Lebanon through Cyprus, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday, with the government preparing for “all possible scenarios”.
“It will not be an ...
Environmentalists call for ‘aerial intervention’ to protect Cyprus’ pines
Environmentalists on Tuesday called for “aerial intervention” by way of spraying pine trees with pesticides to save them from pine processionary caterpillars, which are known to damage and even kill ...
Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect
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As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, ...
New Turkish ambassador pledges to work for ‘sunlit uplands’
New Turkish ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim on Tuesday pledged to “try my best to bring the Turkish Cypriot people and Turkish citizens living here to the sunlit ...
New gas company head named
A new head of the Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) was appointed on Tuesday after the former chairman passed away.
The new chairman of Defa is Giorgos Ashikalis. He replaces ...
Large amounts of duty free cigarettes seized by customs
Three tobacco busts were made by the customs department last week, which saw 174 cartons of 200 cigarettes each and over 12kg of rolling tobacco, as well as a packet of rolling ...
Man charged for misusing GC property in north released on bail
A 25-year-old man charged with misusing Greek Cypriot property in the north was released on €92,000 bail on Tuesday.
He appeared before Nicosia district court in the morning, which referred the ...
Ayaz trial to wrap up on September 2
Closing statements will be made in Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz’s trial in Hamburg, Germany on September 2, it emerged on Tuesday.
According to a statement from the Kenan Ayaz Observatory, ...
EU state aid falls 34.8 per cent in 2022 to €228 billion
The latest State Aid Scoreboard from the European Commission, published by the Centre of International and European Economic Law (CIEEL), shows a significant reduction in state aid expenditures reported by ...
Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages from Gaza
Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as negotiations continued in an effort to bring back more ...
Cap of 800 away fans set for ‘high-risk’ football matches
Only 800 away fans will be allowed to attend “high-risk” football matches, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) said on Tuesday.
Following a board meeting, CFA chairman Giorgos Koumas said the ten ...
Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces
The Taliban’s morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral ...
Man dies after crash on British base
A 21-year-old man died on Tuesday after being involved in a traffic accident in Dasaki Achnas the previous evening.
The man named as Neofytos Constanti died after a crash that ...