Man scammed out of $58,000 online investment
Police were on Sunday investigating a new case of cyber fraud after a Limassol man reported he was scammed out of $58,000.
The 50-year-old reported to Limassol CID that after an ...
Rialto Theatre welcomes 2025
The first month of the 2025 brings 10 new productions from Cyprus artists and beyond to the stage of Rialto Theatre in Limassol.
The first is a screening of Pedro Almodóvar’...
Israeli strikes kill 14 people in Gaza, mediators strive for a truce deal
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 14 Palestinians in three separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking the weekend death toll to 102, Palestinian ...
Italy’s Meloni boosts ties with Trump in surprise Florida visit
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a surprise trip to Florida to meet with Donald Trump late on Saturday, as the key European leader sought to buttress ties with the ...
Welcome to ‘Uncharted Territory’
New Year is when we do the accounts for the year, and the bad news always gets top billing: how many wars are going on, how big were the natural ...
The ‘silent crimes’ covered up by care homes
The fact that there were no reports of elderly people tied up in care homes last year is seen as a sign of progress, according to Demos Antoniou, who heads ...
Tseri Ave works to be completed ‘on schedule’
Plans to upgrade Tseri Avenue in Strovolos are continuing according to plan and on schedule, Strovolos Mayor Stavros Stavrinides said on Sunday.
Since work started in October, he said, contractors ...
Three viruses have caused hospitals to fill
RSV, coronavirus and influenza virus cases increased hospital bed occupancy throughout December and the holiday season, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Virology at the Medical School of the University of ...
Hunters are disturbing family walks
The hunters who, every Sunday morning, gather on a well-known municipal family walk i.e. Aphrodite’s Dog Beach Walk have absolutely no thought or respect for the adults, children ...
Remand renewed for women accused of killing husband
The remand order against a woman accused of stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife was renewed on Sunday for a further four days.
Ukrainian Vitaly Shostak, 62, was ...
Hollywood kicks off new year with Golden Globes glitz
By Lisa Richwine
Selena Gomez, Timothee Chalamet and other Hollywood stars will gather in Beverly Hills on Sunday for the annual Golden Globes celebration, the first major awards ceremony in ...
Austrian conservatives pick new leader after chancellor quits
By Francois Murphy
The leadership of Austria’s ruling conservatives held a crisis meeting on Sunday to pick a successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who announced his resignation on Saturday ...
Unpredictable weather means being alert
After all the excitement of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, January can be sort of a let down! Not a lot to look forward to unless you are a ...
New Year, new you? How to actually stick to your resolutions
December 31st; the last day of the year, and you’re feeling optimistic about the year ahead. You make a bold resolution: “This year, I’m going to exercise regularly ...
Investigations into Akamas offences ongoing says minister
Investigations into possible disciplinary offences in development works in the Akamas are ongoing at the state legal service, the ministry of agriculture said on Sunday.
In a statement, it added ...
Liverpool v Man Utd set to go ahead as scheduled
Liverpool’s Premier League fixture with Manchester United is expected to go ahead as scheduled on Sunday despite adverse weather conditions and snowfall, both clubs announced.
Britain’s Met Office ...
Unstoppable Sabalenka rallies past Kudermetova for Brisbane title
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her title defence at the year’s opening Grand Slam with a battling 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova ...
Christodoulides expresses ‘sadness’ over Simitis death
It was with sadness that I learned of the death of the former Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Simitis, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
Simitis, prime minister between from ...
‘Silent’ fireworks are the best solution
Bravo Larnaca for reducing the fireworks to a level possibly bearable for many of us.
I say this as a former war correspondent in Vietnam and Southern Lebanon/Unifil, also ...
Syria’s new Islamist rulers urge US to lift sanctions during visit to Doha
By Nayera Abdallah, Menna AlaaElDin and Andrew Mills
Syria’s new Islamist rulers said on Sunday that U.S. sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country’s ...
Dozens of flights cancelled at Netherlands’ Schiphol due to bad weather
At least 70 flights have been cancelled and several others delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport due to wintery weather, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
He said snow plows started clearing ...
Get your dancing shoes on! AI and virtual reality team up to bring the party to you
Staying home to dance the night away may soon be the next big thing. EU-funded researchers are using AI to create an online dancefloor for the whole world to share.
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Green leader laments lack of action in Akamas
After more than a year and three administrative and disciplinary investigations, no one has yet claimed responsibility for the disaster of creating new roads in the Akamas, head of the ...
A government budget is much more than balancing the books
By Loukis Skaliotis
Recently the Cyprus Mail was warning that the government budget was pushing the public sector wage bill to unsustainable highs. It was an observation that did not ...