The most expected updates for OSRS in 2023
Check out the most important updates Jagex has brought to OSRS in 2023 and what else you can expect.
2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the brilliant MMO, and with it, Jagex ...
Geroskipou mayor warns over illegal beach camping
The mayor of Geroskipou on Thursday complained about overnight gatherings on the municipality’s beach fronts.
The phenomenon involves “delinquent behaviour” and is concerning, Mayor Kyriacos Hadjivasilis told the Cyprus ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden’s NATO steps undermined by protests
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden has taken steps in the right direction for its NATO bid with anti-terrorism legislation but continued protests there by Kurdish militant sympathisers undermined its ...
Man arrested for knife attack in Nicosia
Police on Wednesday arrested a 26-year-old man for an investigated case of a attack against another another 26-year-old.
The incident happened on Sunday when the injured man suffering from a ...
Meta launches ‘Twitter Killer’ Threads app, 5 million sign-ups in 4 hours
With Twitter already on the ropes, Meta’s top Mark Zuckerberg delivered another blow to Elon Musk on Wednesday, ramping up the tech billionaires’ rivalry with the launch of Instagram’...
Man wanted for break-in and theft from Polis café
Paphos police are investigating a case of burglary and theft at a Polis Chrysochous coffee shop, for with a 27-year-old man is wanted.
According to the head of CID Michalis ...
Cyprus’ wholesale and retail sector recovers with €14.6 billion sales volume
Cyprus’ wholesale and retail sector experienced a notable rebound in 2021, recording a 15.2 per cent increase in business volume compared to the challenging year of 2020, which was marred by strict Covid-19 ...
Russian missile strikes apartment block in Lviv, kills at least three
A Russian missile attack killed at least three people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, and rescuers were searching through the debris of a apartment building for survivors and ...
Greek defence minister begins official visit
Newly appointed Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias is on his first official visit to Cyprus on Thursday.
The Greek defence minister will be received by president Niκos Christodoulides, at ...
Cyprus Business Now
International fintech company Admirals, whose Cypriot offices are located in Nicosia and Limassol, recently endorsed the Cyprus Padel League Finals, an event which took place at the Mall of Cyprus ...
Today’s weather: Sunny, windy at times
On Thursday the weather will be clear with locally increased afternoon clouds in the mountains. The winds will be mainly south-westerly to north-westerly, weak to moderate, at times strong, up ...
Eurozone business activity contracts in June
Eurozone business activity slipped into contractionary territory last month in a broad-based downturn across the bloc’s dominant services industry and a deepening decline of factory output, a survey showed.
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Plastic free beach initiative to rid beaches of 80 per cent of rubbish
A new plastic free beach initiative is being rolled out under the guidance of the Cyprus Environment Foundation (CEF).
The project aims to create an accountable Cyprus-based “Plastic Free Beach” ...
Our View: UNSG’s report and call for action have, unsurprisingly, fallen on deaf ears
The two draft reports of the UN Secretary-General, about his good offices mission and Unficyp clearly state the UN’s position about a new initiative. Antonio Guterres sets his own ...
Russia to decrease daily forex sales in coming month
Russia’s finance ministry said on Wednesday it would sell 1.7 billion roubles’ ($18.9 million) worth of foreign currency a day between July 7 and Aug. 4, a decrease in the volume of daily ...
Problems mount for Wimbledon, but Djokovic and Swiatek serene
Climate change protesters and yet more rain snagged Wimbledon on Wednesday but while security and scheduling headaches intensified for the organisers reigning men’s champion Novak Djokovic moved serenely through ...
US Navy says it prevented Iran from seizing tankers in Gulf of Oma
The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of ...
Philadelphia mass shooting suspect arraigned on five murder charges
A Philadelphia resident arrested in one of a series of mass shootings across the country over the Fourth of July weekend was arraigned in court on Wednesday on five murder ...
Government advisors must not outstay their welcome, House ethics committee hears
Government advisors should not remain in public service after the end of their superiors’ terms, the House ethics committee agreed on Wednesday.
It was also decided that the discussion, tabled ...
Man dies after detonating explosive device at court in Ukrainian capital (Update 2)
A man who detonated a explosive device at a court in the Ukrainian capital died on Wednesday after barricading himself inside part of the building, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, ...
First test flight from new Tymbou airport
The first test flight from the new airport in Tymbou (Ercan) took place on Wednesday, with the airport set to officially open on July 20, according to ‘transport minister’ in the ...
One thousand and one nights on the piano
Piano melodies will fill the Open Amphitheatre of the University of Nicosia later this month as the Asteri Piano Duet present a special evening. Under the title One Thousand and ...
Democracy ‘not radically worse’ in EU than a year ago, says bloc’s executive
The European Union’s latest democracy health check showed there was no significant deterioration across the 27-nation bloc in areas like media and court freedoms or efforts to tackle corruption ...
Palestinians defiant and angry after Israel’s Jenin raid (Updated)
Palestinian militant fighters paraded in Jenin on Wednesday and angry crowds confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials, accusing them of weakness, after one of the largest Israeli military operations in the ...