Fears new EU migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea
By Pierre Micheletti
A little over ten years after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Lampedusa, claiming the lives of 368 migrants, another boat ...
Iran’s foreign minister downplays drone attack
By Jasper Ward and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Iran’s foreign minister on Friday said Tehran was investigating an overnight attack on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had ...
Cyprus Business Now
Hellenic Bank and bank workers’ union (Etyk) clinched a deal over collective agreements on Friday, after a government-supported mediation process.
Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou heralded the development “after a long ...
Industrial policy for economic security
By Maria Demertzis
For the next five years, economic security will undoubtedly be one of the top priorities for the leadership of the European Commission. To ensure its economic security, ...
ECB ‘crystal clear’ on June rate cut, de Guindos says
The European Central Bank has made it “crystal clear” that interest rates could be cut in June but has also been firm that policy decisions beyond that remain up in ...
Banks falling behind on messaging app scrutiny, survey finds
Global financial companies are falling behind on the monitoring and archiving of all business-related communications using personal messaging apps, a survey released this week showed, potentially running the risk of ...
UN Envoy Holguin back in Cyprus in May
United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus at the beginning of May, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday.
Speaking to journalists on the matter, he said ...
Our View: Eurobarometer reveals Cypriot pessimism on living standards
According to the findings of the latest Eurobarometer 63 per cent of Cypriot respondents said that their standard of living had fallen in the last five years (EU average was 45 per ...
Russian missiles destroy grain storage facilities in Odesa region, Ukraine says
Russian missiles hit the port of Pivdennyi in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region on Friday, destroying grain storage facilities and foodstuffs they contained, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other officials said.
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Larnaca port and marina financial guarantee still not received
Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis on Friday said the contractor company’s guarantee for the unified development of the Larnaca Port and Marina has not yet been received.
He noted that ...
Iran signals no plan to retaliate against Israel after drone attack (updated)
Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – ...
Hundreds march for Cypriot earthquake dead
Hundreds of people marched across northern Nicosia on Friday night to demand justice for the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the hotel they were staying in in Turkey collapsed ...
Report requested on the circumstances of prisoner’s escape
Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou on Friday requested a factual report to shed light on the events that led to the escape of a prisoner detained in a drug possession case.
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Man sets self on fire outside New York court where Trump trial underway (updated)
A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place, but he did not appear to have ...
Tourism Minister optimistic for similar results as last year despite challenges
Deputy Minister for Tourism Costas Koumis said he is optimistic that tourist arrivals in 2024 will equal the numbers registered last year, despite geopolitical crisis marking the region.
Opening the Cyprus ...
Cyprus leads in sustainable aquaculture, says commonwealth secretary-general
Under the Commonwealth Blue Charter, Cyprus is the champion country for Sustainable Aquaculture, stated Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, on Friday.
She noted that the Commonwealth has the ...
EU states back Cyprus on Syria’s safe areas reclassification
Around ten EU member states are in agreement with Cyprus regarding the reclassification of certain areas in Syria from unsafe to safe, according to sources cited by the Cyprus News ...
IMF committee acknowledges conflicts risk but opts against joint communique
The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee failed to issue a joint communique on Friday amid disagreements over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, opting instead for a statement ...
Silence over landlord who rented dangerous Limassol apartment
Police on Friday continued their radio silence regarding the landlord who rented out a dangerous-listed apartment in Limassol, from which 23-year-old Anisur Rahman fell to his death.
Rahman died last ...
What to look forward to at Limassol theatre
After the Rialto Theatre has finished hosting the 22nd Cyprus Film Days festival, the rest of April looks just as full on for the Limassol theatre. Next week it will ...
Foes Azerbaijan and Armenia agree ‘historic’ return of villages
Armenia has agreed to return several villages to Azerbaijan in what both sides said on Friday was an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two ...
‘51% chance’ of elections in north within a year
There is a “51 per cent chance” of ‘parliamentary’ elections taking place in the north within the next year, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Friday.
Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, ...
Shameful conditions at Troodos hospital
The conditions at Kyperounda hospital in Troodos are utterly disgraceful, with wards lacking bathrooms, the House health committee heard amid promises for improvement.
Wards intended for tuberculosis patients do not ...
Indians vote in huge election dominated by jobs, Hindu pride and Modi (updated)
The first of India’s almost one billion voters cast ballots on Friday in the country’s multi-day election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term on ...