Sterling slides after BoE buys bonds, dollar hits 20-year high
Sterling tumbled against the dollar on Wednesday before paring some losses after the Bank of England (BOE) said it would step in to prop up the gilt market, and the ...
Eight vultures released into the wild
Eight vultures were released into the wild on Wednesday after being sent to the island from Spain to help boost the population here, BirdLife said.
They are expected to be ...
Transport minister assures Limassol schoolchildren measures underway to cut noise pollution
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos assured students at a primary school in Limassol that the installation of sound barriers to permanently solve the problem of noise pollution from vehicles on the ...
EU executive proposes new ‘biting’ sanctions on Russia
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed fresh sanctions against Russia over its war against Ukraine, including further trade restrictions, individual blacklistings and an oil price cap ...
Man wanted after another scammed out of €89,000
Police are looking for a 43-year-old wanted on suspicion of scamming a business owner out of €89,000 this summer in Famagusta, police said on Wednesday.
Authorities published the photo and personal ...
Cyprus’ first crematorium gets the green light (updated)
Cyprus’ first crematorium is set to begin operations by 2024, eight years after the relevant law was first passed, it emerged on Wednesday.
The environment department approved the application for the ...
Turkey summons German envoy after politician likens Erdogan to ‘sewer rat’
Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador to Ankara on Tuesday to protest over comments made by a senior German politician who likened President Tayyip Erdogan to a “little ...
Interior minister confirms some Turkish Cypriot properties illegally sublet
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has confirmed to MPs that some of those leasing Turkish Cypriot properties from the state were then illegally subletting them and profiteering.
He detailed that since 2017 ...
Remains of presidential guards killed in 1974 identified, handed back to families
The remains of four resistance fighters killed during the 1974 July coup were returned to their families on Wednesday, after their bodies were found in a Limassol cemetery, where they had ...
Man remanded in connection with attempted murder
A 27-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Paphos district court on Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to murder another man, aged 36, in the early hours of Tuesday.
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Presidential hopeful lays out ‘honest state’ policies
Independent candidate for the 2023 presidential elections Achilleas Demetriades put fighting corruption and the need for more transparency at the top of his agenda as he set out his key proposals ...
Africa’s independent Greek radio
From Cape Town to Namibia there is hardly a Greek or Cypriot home that has not tuned in hears PAUL LAMBIS
Saturday, July 1, 1995. At precisely 5:20pm, the only Greek radio ...
House president discusses bilateral relations on Japan visit
House President Annita Demetriou discussed bilateral relations with her Japanese counterpart Hiroyuki Hosoda on Tuesday in Tokyo during a meeting on the sidelines of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ...
Fed’s Powell reiterates call for appropriate regulation of digital finance
Digital financial assets require appropriate regulations to ensure a level playing field and protect consumers, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday.
“Within the decentralized finance ecosystem there are ...
Escapee from police custody jailed until trial starts (updated)
A 34-year-old man arrested after escaping from Paphos police station months ago was on Wednesday ordered to stay in jail until October 12, when his trial will begin.
The man has ...
Health minister gets booster dose, urges public to do the same
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Wednesday received the second booster dose – against Covid-19.
Health ministry permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki administered Hadjipantela’s fourth jab at Nicosia’s State Fair.
“Vaccination ...
In praise of all the unsung heroes
As far back as I can remember, there has always been a voice in my head telling me that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. It would ...
Musical Interlude
As part of the Mary Plant: Mythographies exhibition at Palia Ilektriki in Paphos, a musical interlude will take place as one of the showcase’s parallel activities. On Saturday, the ...
Netflix show into Cyprus prison sees it as utopia
A giant piano fountain, bingo, great food, a wedding, and dozens of African migrants daily chanting ‘Anna Queen of the Prison’ prompted filmmaker Raphael Rowe of Netflix’s Inside the ...
New law to regulate dangerous buildings
Revisions to a law on buildings and road maintenance are being drawn up as a number of deteriorating structures pose a danger to the public, permanent secretary of the ministry ...
Dollar sweeps to 20-year high, sterling on the ropes again
Nervous financial markets propelled the safe-haven dollar to a fresh two-decade peak on Wednesday as rising global interest rates fed recession worries, while sterling languished near all-time lows on fears ...
New Russian recruits train in Crimea and near Ukrainian border
Moscow said on Wednesday that training for newly mobilised reservists had started across Russia, in places including the Rostov region on the Ukrainian border and the Crimean peninsula seized from ...
North Korea fires ballistic missile off east coast – S. Korea
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, as South Korea and the United States staged joint naval exercises involving an ...
Ukraine says it will never agree to Russian ultimatums
Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russian-staged votes in four Ukrainian regions on becoming part of Russia were “null and worthless”, and that Kyiv would press on with efforts to liberate ...