Today’s weather: Mostly clear
On Friday the weather will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 35C in the interior, 33C on the south and east coasts, 31C on the remaining coasts and 26C ...
Fire at Geri recycling plant under control, hydrants to be installed (Update 2)
A fire that broke out early on Friday morning at a metals recycling plant in the Geri industrial area has been brought under control with the use of five fire ...
Illiteracy rate among primary school leavers at nearly 10 per cent, says audit committee
The illiteracy rate among primary school leavers stands at close to 10 per cent, MPs heard on Thursday, showing that the vast amounts of taxpayer money going to education are not ...
Our View: Bending the rules is a government tradition
The arrogance of power and complete disregard for the taxpayer’s money was evident in the government’s request to the legislature for the release of €51,795 that would cover the ...
NASA names chief of UFO research; panel sees no alien evidence
NASA on Thursday said it has named a new director of research into what the government calls “unidentified anomalous phenomenon,” or UAP, while the U.S. space agency’s chief ...
Kremlin says Karabakh tensions rising, Armenia warns of ‘critical’ humanitarian situation
The Kremlin expressed concern on Thursday that tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh were increasing, as Armenia’s prime minister described the situation in the ...
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Elon Musk amid antisemitism storm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to California on Monday to meet Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X ...
Dominican Republic to shut Haiti border from Friday morning
The Dominican Republic will shut its entire border with neighboring Haiti from 6 a.m. (1000 GMT) on Friday, President Luis Abinader told reporters, amid a conflict over the construction of a ...
New mosque to be built in Kioneli
A new mosque is set to be built in Kioneli, after an agreement was signed on Thursday between the town’s mayor Huseyin Amcaoglu, Foundations administration (Evkaf) chairman Ibrahim Benter, ...
Dispute arises over patient accommodations at psychiatric hospital
A spat broke out on Thursday between the state health service organisation (Okypy) and the nurse’s union Pasyno, after the latter claimed that patients at the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital ...
Biden’s son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was criminally charged on Thursday, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed, leading to the first ever prosecution of a ...
Elam-chaired committee restricted to birth rates, told to avoid migration
The parliament’s Selection Committee on Thursday decided that the ad hoc committee on demographics – chaired by nationalist party Elam – restrict itself to discussing matters such as birth rates and ...
Bill to cut special defence contribution redundant say opposition parties
Opposition parties on Thursday said they have already drafted a bill cutting the special defence contribution from 30 to 17 per cent, pointing out that there was no need for the government ...
More traditional festivals
September is brimming with festivals, and villages and rural associations around the island are proudly presenting local celebrations.
In Orounta, O Horos tis Gourounias will take place on Friday and ...
Student union collects school supplies for needy students
The Cyprus Student Union (Peom) in Limassol collected school supplies for students facing financial difficulties, an announcement from the group said on Thursday.
The supplies were collected from August 21 until ...
Police launch investigation after company defrauded of €80,000
Police are investigating a case of internet fraud wherein a scam artist managed to extract more than €80,000 from a company based in Nicosia.
The case was reported to police by ...
Carrefour sticks price warnings on food to shame suppliers
French supermarket chain Carrefour has slapped price warnings on products from Lindt chocolates to Lipton Ice Tea to pressure top consumer goods suppliers Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever to reduce inflation ...
Pyla-Arsos road construction continues outside buffer zone
Construction work on the road between the villages of Pyla and Arsos resumed on Thursday, with works taking place outside the buffer zone near Arsos.
Rumours surfaced among Turkish Cypriot ...
Italy’s Lampedusa ‘in crisis’ with thousands of migrant arrivals
The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving on its shores, its mayor said on Thursday, after thousands of people landed from North ...
Kib-Tek and union chief embroiled in nepotism controversy (Updated)
Controversy has surrounded the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) and its workers’ trade union (El-Sen)’s leader Caglayan Cesurer regarding an alleged nepotism scandal.
According to reports, Kib-Tek hired 16 people ...
Why is truth-telling so important?
By Vanessa Barolsky and Yin Paradies
Truth-telling is a key demand in the Uluru Statement and is seen as a vital step for a treaty. However, there has been ongoing ...
ECB raises rate to record high and signals end of hikes
The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record high of 4% on Thursday but, with the euro zone economy in the doldrums, signalled this was likely to ...
VAT reduction policy ‘very successful’ says state
The government’s policy of reducing the VAT rate, in some cases to zero, on various everyday products, has been “very successful”, according to the Consumer protection service’s director ...
Nigeria power grid collapse causes nationwide blackouts
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies reported “a total system collapse” on Thursday, causing widespread blackouts across Africa’s biggest economy.
Power generation fell to zero in the early hours and ...