Today’s weather: Yellow warning in place
The meteorology department on Tuesday issued a new yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and intense rains, valid until 6pm.
Isolated heavy storms are expected to affect the island with the ...
Hamas says Israeli proposal failed to meet Palestinian demands, yet it is under review
Hamas said early on Tuesday Israel’s proposal that it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.
However, the group added ...
Total solar eclipse: North Americans celebrate with cheers, music and matrimony
Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony the first total solar eclipse to ...
Cyprus Business Now
Minister of Agriculture, Maria Panayiotou, praised the economic value of the wine industry and revealed plans for global promotion through international events and financial support. She highlighted the government’s ...
Cyprus aims to become regional space hub
Cyprus is set to be a player in the field of space technologies which have revolutionised our ability to manage the earth’s resources, Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation ...
Our View: There can be no consultation on civil service sick leave
We wonder if there are many countries in the world in which the legislature feels duty-bound to discuss the number of days of annual sick leave that is granted to ...
Man arrested for drunkenly punching taxi driver
A man appeared in court in Morphou on Monday, accused of having drunkenly punched a taxi driver.
Speaking in court, police officer Mustafa Goksen said that at around 9.30pm on ...
Netanyahu sets date for next Gaza offensive
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date was set for an invasion of Rafah, the enclave’s last refuge for displaced Palestinians.
Meanwhile, a Hamas official said on Monday ...
Israel ‘denies Turkey’s request to drop aid into Gaza’
Israel has denied Turkey’s request to join air drops of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and Ankara will take new measures against Israel in response, its Foreign Minister ...
‘Reprehensible behaviour on internet should be a crime’
Attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called on parliament to pass a bill which would criminalise what he called “reprehensible behaviour” on the internet.
Speaking at a lecture at the University ...
Cyprus ‘making rapid progress’ in digital transition
Cyprus is “making rapid progress” in its digital transition, European Commissioner for cohesion and reforms Elisa Ferreira said on Monday.
“With the support of the European Union, Cyprus is making ...
Patient allegedly beaten at Athalassa hospital
Police are investigating allegations that a 30-year-old man was beaten up by staff at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital.
The case came to light on Alphanews over the weekend after the ...
After long battle, CyTA loses fine case
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a prior judgement by the administrative court which had validated a decision by the competition watchdog to fine the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) to ...
British navy vessel en route to bolster Gaza aid corridor
A British Royal Navy vessel was on Monday reportedly en route to the Eastern Mediterranean, tasked with supporting the maritime humanitarian corridor being set up to carry critical aid from ...
Cyprus Film Days kicks off with performance by Lia Haraki
Cypriot interdisciplinary performance artist Lia Haraki will be at the helm of the opening ceremony as the Cyprus Film Days International Festival launches its 22nd edition on Friday in Limassol. ...
North’s ‘govt’ is ‘like a bad joke’
The north’s ‘government’ is “like a bad joke”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday.
Erhurman was reacting to the establishment of a traffic and transport services ...
Construction in Cyprus in ‘state of anarchy’ – Etek
Construction in Cyprus is in a “state of anarchy” the Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) warned on Monday, saying building violations are out of control.
In a statement, Etek chairman ...
Charges to be introduced for park and ride
Charges are to be introduced for people using park and ride services, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Monday.
The service, which was free at the point of use when ...
Drone footage shows Gaza turned to wasteland since war began
Drone footage of Gaza over the six months of warfare between Israel and Hamas shows how the once vibrant Palestinian enclave has been transformed into a vast wasteland of rubble ...
Health minister ‘will take action’ over medicine scandal
Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday received a fact-finding report over the medicine scandal in which he vowed he would act accordingly based on the findings.
The report comes after ...
Record floods in Russia’s Urals triggered by melting snow
Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia’s Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes as some of Europe’s biggest rivers swelled to ...
Everton docked two points for second financial breach
Everton were docked two more points by the Premier League on Monday – their second points deduction this season – after the club’s appeal against a charge for a breach of ...
ECB unlikely to cut rates before June
The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to keep the cost of borrowing at current levels when it meets on Thursday, as the rate of inflation is on a downward ...
Man fined and banned from sports venues
The Nicosia district court on Monday imposed a fine and a ban from sports venues on an 18-year-old man, who was arrested on Sunday for illegal possession of a dangerous ...