Today’s weather: Hot and mainly clear
On Tuesday the weather will initially be mostly clear with increasing afternoon clouds, mainly in the mountains and the interior. Temperatures will rise to 37C in the interior, 32C on ...
Ukraine says Russia Black Sea Fleet commander killed; no comment by Moscow
Ukraine’s special forces said they had killed Moscow’s top admiral in Crimea along with 33 other officers in last week’s missile attack on the headquarters of Russia’s ...
Cyprus leads Europe in knowledge-intensive business job growth
Cyprus has emerged as the leader in brain business job growth in Europe, with an impressive 62 per cent increase in the share of adults employed in such roles since 2014, according ...
Cyprus Business Now
Kition Ocean Holdings has officially declared zero increases in berthing fees for yacht owners in Larnaca Marina for the year 2024, according to a statement released by the company.
The statement ...
Cyprus Ports Authority collaborates with Spanish counterpart
A delegation from the Municipality of Limassol, led by Mayor Nikos Nicolaides, recently visited Malaga, Spain, to discuss and solidify a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Municipality of Limassol and ...
Amazon steps up AI race with up to $4 billion deal to invest in Anthropic
Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Monday said it will invest up to $4 billion in cash in the high-profile startup Anthropic, in its effort to compete with growing cloud rivals on ...
Consumers to gain ‘significant’ savings with price e-basket
The supermarkets association on Monday called the government’s plans for an e-basket of goods a “blunt and brute force” interference in the market, while the Consumer Protection Service was ...
Our View: ‘Acting’ deputy spokeswoman’s resignation bails out president
In the end, acting deputy government spokesman, Doxa Komodromou, helped President Nikos Christodoulides out of a tight spot by submitting her resignation and returning to the job at the University ...
ADNOC, Abu Dhabi’s TAQA secure financing for $2.2 bln water project
State oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) (TAQA.AD) said on Monday they secured the financing for a $2.2 billion project to ...
Bahrain says two soldiers killed in Houthi drone attack
Two members of Bahrain’s army were killed and others were injured in a Houthi drone attack on Monday during a deployment in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, ...
Air alert lifted in Sevastopol, missile attack thwarted – governor
Russian forces repelled an attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Monday, downing one missile, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram.
Razvozhayev, citing preliminary data, ...
Russia ‘closely monitoring’ tense situation in Kosovo, blames local authorities
The Kremlin said on Monday it was closely monitoring what it called a “potentially dangerous” situation in Kosovo, where ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a village at the weekend, battling police ...
Burkina Faso junta suspends French magazine over ‘untruthful’ articles
Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing “untruthful” articles that reported tension and discontent within the country’s armed forces, it ...
Antarctic winter sea ice hits record low, sparking climate worries
Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said on Monday, adding to scientists’ ...
‘Better Call Saul’ creators beat Liberty Tax’s defamation, trademark lawsuit
The creators of the hit crime drama “Better Call Saul” on Monday won the dismissal of a defamation and trademark infringement lawsuit by Liberty Tax Service for depicting a shady ...
Mali junta expects delay to February elections
Mali’s military junta on Monday said it would postpone February elections for technical reasons, further pushing back a timeline for a return to democratic rule after two coups.
Mali ...
Israel says US to announce it has joined Visa Waiver Program
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday it expects the United States to announce this week that it will be admitted to the Visa Waiver Program, which would allow Israeli ...
Kremlin says Canadian recognition of veteran from Nazi unit is ‘outrageous’
The Kremlin said on Monday it was “outrageous” that a Ukrainian man who served in one of Adolf Hitler’s Waffen SS units during World War Two had been presented ...
Ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh after breakaway region’s defeat (Update 4)
Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, queuing up for fuel and jamming the mountain road to Armenia after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan ...
Huge failings in disabled access to doctors
Hundreds of doctors’ offices in Cyprus have no disability access in their offices, despite an obligation to do so dating back to 2011, the House human rights committee heard on Monday.
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UK police investigate sex assault allegations following Russell Brand reports
British police said on Monday they had launched an investigation into a number of allegations of non-recent sexual offences following media reports that four women had accused actor and comedian ...
Loulles brings back a lesser-known gay reality
Loulles is a play that touches on real gay stories and the Cypriot reality of past decades. The performance was first presented by Campos Culture and Arts this spring as ...
Ministry concedes big proportion of TC property leases are problematic
An ongoing review of how Turkish Cypriot commercial properties are managed has shown that about one-fifth of leases are problematic, according to just-released data from the interior ministry.
In a ...
Sri Lanka Lions triumph in Super 6s
By Richard Boxall
As Cyprus cricket’s contribution to the European Week of Sport, a six-a-side tournament was held at Ypsonas cricket ground on Sunday, prior to the Autumn T20 ...