Alcaraz struggles past De Jong to reach third round
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reached the French Open third round but suffered a worrying loss of form midway through his match against Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong before winning 6-3 6...
Love, Death and Meta at Cyprus Museum
A new art installation will be housed at the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia from this Friday, organised by the Department of Antiquities. The Love, Death and Meta, the installation will ...
Supreme Court to rule on opposition proceedings over auditor-general’s dismissal on June 5 (Update)
The Supreme Constitutional Court is set to announce its decision on June 5 on whether attorney-general George Savvides is constitutionally allowed to initiate dismissal proceedings against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides.
During Wednesday’...
‘Someone spat at me’: Goffin slams partisan Paris crowd
Belgian David Goffin accused partisan fans at the French Open of “total disrespect” and said he was spat at by a spectator during his marathon first-round victory over local favourite ...
Motorcyclist in critical condition
A 30-year-old motorcyclist is in extremely critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after a severe road collision with a truck in Larnaca on Wednesday morning.
According to a police ...
CyBC director general reported missing in action
Dozens of decisions have been put on ice at state broadcaster CyBC, after director general Thanasis Tsokos’ has been missing in action for almost a month, it was reported on ...
Israel says Gaza war likely to last all year as tanks probe Rafah
Israel sent tanks on raids into Rafah on Wednesday and predicted its war on Hamas in Gaza would continue all year, after Washington said the Rafah assault did not amount ...
July 1 trial date for suspects in massive weapons find
Two men, 46 and 35, arrested as suspects following the discovery of a weapons cache in Oroklini, will remain in custody until their next court date, the Larnaca District Court decided on ...
Turkish Cypriot farmers meet Ustel over imported meat saga (Update)
Turkish Cypriot farmers met with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute over the ‘government’s’ decision to import meat.
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Tightening up of money laundering oversight
Cabinet on Wednesday gave the Insolvency Department the power to take on the duties of the asset management service to better handle money laundering cases.
According to a proposal put ...
HSBC completes sale of Russian unit to Expobank
HSBC (HSBA.L) has transferred ownership of its Russian unit to Expobank for an undisclosed fee, the two lenders said on Wednesday, ending around two years of negotiations and uncertainty.
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Cyprus to Greece ferry resumes service for busy summer
The Cyprus-Greece ferry service resumed on Wednesday as the Cypriot-flagged Daleela left the DP World terminal at Limassol port at 1pm and is expected to arrive on Thursday night at ...
EU’s interest must be put above partisanship
By Marios Eliades
The President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Metsola recently visited Cyprus to inspect the progress on the Amalthea humanitarian aid project for the relief of the ...
Island Oil offers Maritime Studies scholarships at Frederick University
Frederick University and Island Oil Ltd, one of the largest companies based in Cyprus operating in the marine and domestic fuels sector, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ...
Housing scheme for mountain and rural areas extended
Newly revised housing plans to regenerate mountain villages, rural areas and areas on the Green Line, and the allowances to support residents in mountain communities were approved by cabinet on ...
Larnaca still loading Gaza aid despite snapped jetty and Kition fracas
The temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the arrival of humanitarian aid via the sea from Cyprus has been towed away after a part of the ...
Tsitsipas battles past Altmaier to reach third round
Former runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a mid-match wobble before carving out a 6-3 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 win over Germany’s Daniel Altmaier on Wednesday to book his spot in the ...
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Cosmos (ATOM) recently reached the spotlight following the expansion of its ecosystem, where POKT Network announced that the Shannon Public Testnet went live and is a Layer-1 chain that builds ...
Euthanising healthy donkeys in north ‘out of the question’
The idea of euthanising healthy donkeys is “absolutely out of the question”, Tashkent nature park director Kemal Basat said on Wednesday.
He was responding to a report in Turkish newspaper ...
School bomb threat email sent from Swiss service provider
The sender of the threatening email sent to schools in Cyprus on May 17 appears to have used services from a Swiss company, police spokesperson Christos Andreou said on Wednesday.
Speaking ...
Barcelona appoint Flick as new head coach
Barcelona have appointed former German national team and Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick as head coach on a two-year contract, the LaLiga club said on Wednesday.
Flick, who has not ...
S. Africans vote in most competitive election since end of apartheid
South Africans voted on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress (ANC) could lose its parliamentary majority after 30 ...
Schools condemn latest vandalism incident
The secondary school principals’ association (Sedmek) on Wednesday condemned acts of delinquency by students and called for decisive action to combat such instances – the frequency of which has risen dramatically.
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Eurobank beach, seabed clean-up clears 822 kg of waste
Over 70 Eurobank Cyprus TeamUp volunteers, together with their family members, the NGO “AKTI” and diving centre Blue Thunder Diving, cleared 822 kg of waste from the beach and seabed at Karnagio, ...