Cyprus Business Now
In a strategic collaboration with the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) is set to host a presentation on a funding scheme ...
Paphos teen caught riding motorcycle
A 16-year-old boy was caught by police in the Paphos district riding a motorcycle with a 15-year-old passenger on Wednesday.
The teen was flagged down in the village of Emba ...
Airbus to win larger portion of American Airlines narrowbody order, sources say
American Airlines (AAL.O) is nearing a deal for about 100 narrowbody jets split between Airbus SE (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N), with the European planemaker likely to win a ...
US fourth-quarter economic growth revised slightly lower
The US economy grew at a solid clip in the fourth quarter amid strong consumer spending, the government confirmed on Wednesday, but it appears to have lost some speed early ...
UK’s FCA plans to announce corporate probes early in deterrent push
Britain’s market regulator plans to announce corporate investigations earlier, publish updates and close inquiries more quickly in an effort to prioritise cases with the most impact and reassure the ...
Smart meter installation edges closer to reality
After lengthy tender procedures, the Electricity Authority (EAC) has awarded the tender for the installation of smart meters to the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta), it emerged on Wednesday.
The decision ...
Our View: Oversight authority cannot be stopped
The government has been on the defensive after Finance Minister Makis Keravnos announced on Tuesday that the cabinet had approved the creation of an oversight body for professional service providers – ...
Three years in jail for people smuggler
A 34-year-old man convicted of smuggling 34 people into Cyprus was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday.
The man captained a nine-metre-long boat which was intercepted by police off ...
All 19 Zahra Street fight suspects on bail
All 19 people accused of taking part in a mass brawl on northern Nicosia’s popular Zahra Street last week were released on bail on Wednesday.
In court, police officer Emin ...
Tsirio to be Cyprus’ ‘second national athletics stadium’
Limassol’s Tsirio stadium is to become “Cyprus’ second national athletics stadium”, stadium owner Olympia athletics club (GSO) chairman Kyriakos Tsolakis said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (...
Report on Akamas roadworks expected ‘within days’
A report into construction work on roads in the Akamas region is expected to be completed “within days”, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday.
The report, which is being ...
Lefka court to reopen on Monday
The courthouse in the village of Lefka is to recommence operations on Monday after being closed for over five years due to renovations.
The building had been closed in 2018 due ...
Govt given until 2026 to open juvenile detention centre
The government was given until the beginning of 2026 to open a juvenile detention centre by the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday.
Committee chairman Nikos Tornaritis said the plans to ...
McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell‘s said on Wednesday he would step down from his leadership role, leaving a power vacuum atop the party he has piloted for ...
North uni’s dentistry faculty has licence revoked
The dentistry faculty at Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) had its licence to teach temporarily revoked on Wednesday.
The north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) ...
Djokovic thrilled to return to Indian Wells after five year hiatus
Novak Djokovic said he was excited to be back in Indian Wells to compete at the BNP Paribas Open for the first time since 2019 after U.S. travel restrictions related ...
Russia: any French troops you send to Ukraine will suffer fate of Napoleon’s army
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned French President Emmanuel Macron that any troops he sends to Ukraine would meet the same end as Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande ...
House discusses reining in Attorney-general’s powers
The House Institutions committee on Wednesday discussed the possibility of reining in the powers vested in the Attorney-general.
The discussion came after the publication of the European Commission’s report ...
Israeli plan to expand settlements helped trigger US shift in language
Israel‘s plan to add thousands more homes to settlements in the occupied West Bank announced last week was the final push the Biden administration needed to declare them “inconsistent” ...
Events for film, games, history and philosophy lovers
After extensive construction works that started in September 2023 for the earthquake safety of its building, the Goethe-Institut is finally back and fully operational again. To celebrate the completion of these ...
Christodoulides meets Dutch King
President Nikos Christodoulides met King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in The Hague on Wednesday.
The pair met at the Huis ten Bosch palace, where Christodoulides paid his respects and then ...
Greeks strike to mark train crash anniversary and demand justice
Thousands of striking Greek workers and students marched through central Athens on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash – and demand justice and bigger pay ...
Investigator alleges lies, cover-up, in Nicolaou’s case (updated)
The death of Thanasis Nicolaou was a murder, and there is an ongoing conspiracy trying to cover this up by calling it a suicide, Limassol district court heard on Wednesday.
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Britain ‘sowed discord’ in Cyprus 65 years ago
The British government sowed the seeds of discord between Greek and Turkish Cypriots while seeking to consolidate London’s power, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
“The ...