ECJ ruling scuppers Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria safe
A European Court of Justice ruling reached on Friday has scuppered Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria as safe, with a view to returning migrants to those parts of ...
Cyprus art supports breast cancer prevention
The month of October is dedicated to both World Mental Health Day and Breast Cancer Awareness and Early Diagnosis and to approach the topic, the Breast Centre of Cyprus is ...
The EU at a crossroads and the Draghi report
The EU is currently undergoing a critical period, mainly due to economic stagnation, lagging behind the US and China in the field of technology and insufficient progress in the battle ...
Maintenance work complete at Koma tou Yialou church
Maintenance work at the Saint Nicholas church in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris announced on ...
Christodoulides to convene National Council over informal dinner with Tatar
President Nikos Christodoulides will convene the National Council on Monday ahead of his planned informal dinner with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on October 15, ...
Copper thefts in Cyprus surge
Thefts of copper have surged over the last year as prices spiral to up to €6,500 per tonne, despite the risks thieves face of electrocuting themselves as they cut power lines ...
Cyprus becomes full member of La Francophonie
Cyprus on Saturday became a full member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie.
The country joins La Francophonie’s 54 other full members, having been an observer since 2006.
The foreign ...
‘Cyprus does read!’
Despite Cyprus being ranked as one of the lowest in Europe for book spending and literacy rates, you’d never guess it if you attended the Nicosia Book Fest!
This ...
Netanyahu invades Lebanon: only two outcomes are possible
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has launched his invasion of Lebanon. As usual in the opening stages of Israeli incursions into that fragile country, the signs and portents look ...
Preservation of cultural heritage ‘is govt’s goal’
The preservation of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, is the government’s “strategic goal”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Sunday.
Speaking at the Klirou cultural festival in ...
Christodoulides: Everyone recognises the Greek Cypriot side’s constructive approach
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said “everyone recognises the Greek Cypriot side’s constructive approach” regarding efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.
Speaking at a memorial ceremony for Eoka fighter ...
Flights continue via Cyprus to remove people from Lebanon
Flights are continuing to and from Cyprus on Sunday to facilitate the departure of people from across the world from Lebanon and their onward journey to their countries of origin.
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‘It is our duty to learn the fate of all the missing’
Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous on Sunday said it is the government’s “duty and commitment” to ascertain the fate of all the people who went missing during Turkey’s ...
6,000 cigarettes from north confiscated from coffee shop in Aradippou
A total of 6,000 cigarettes which had been illegally transported from the north to the Republic were confiscated from a coffee shop in Aradippou, the customs department said on Sunday.
The ...
Man arrested for handing out smoke bombs at football match
A 21-year-old man was arrested after being seen on CCTV footage handing out smoke bombs to other football fans at Saturday’s football match between Ael and Ethnikos Achnas.
The ...
Man dead after being run over by own car
A 68-year-old man from Limassol died after being run over by his own car after having parked it and failed to apply the handbrake before getting out, the police said ...
Management of Cyprus economy impoverishing many households
In managing the Cyprus economy, decision-makers focus on real GDP growth and whether the government is generating surpluses. Indeed, government officials backed by the European Commission, the IMF and numerous ...
UK finance industry calls on government to axe additional bank taxes
Britain’s finance industry on Friday called on the new Labour government to phase out additional taxes on banks, warning that lenders in London face a higher total tax burden ...
Today’s weather: Mostly sunny
Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 33 degrees Celsius inland, 30 degrees Celsius on the south and east coasts, 29 degrees ...
UK construction output rebounds, cost pressures jump, PMI shows
Britain’s construction sector grew at its fastest pace in nearly two-and-a-half years in September, helped by a sharp jump in civil engineering and an upturn in house-building, but costs ...
UK’s deal on Chagos Islands a satisfactory compromise
Britain will hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while retaining delegated sovereignty over Diego Garcia, a joint British American military base Britain withheld ...
Cyprus Business Now: weekly wrap-up
Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting September 30
The European Researchers’ Night, under the motto “Mission Possible,” drew thousands of visitors to the Cyprus State ...
Odysseas’ prospects of a stellar political career are undimmed
NEW auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou may have been sworn in on Wednesday, but Odysseas has warned that he will be watching him.
In an interview published on Saturday in his semi-official ...
Our View: One leader playing up UN dinner while the other is playing it down
The dinner date with the UN secretary-general has been set. President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will be having a trilateral dinner in New York with Antonio ...