Today’s weather: High temps, yellow warning continues
The department of meteorology on Tuesday has renewed the yellow warning for extremely high temperatures. The new warning is in place until 6pm.
Temperatures are expected to hit 41C inland, 37...
UBS investors warm to Credit Suisse deal
UBS’s (UBSG.S) emergency takeover of Credit Suisse may lead to thousands of job losses, departures of key staff and a risky integration challenge, but for many UBS investors ...
Fashion retailer H&M to launch in Brazil
Fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) will launch stores and online trade in Brazil in 2025, the company said this week.
H&M opened its first store in Latin ...
Cyprus Institute at forefront of necropolis preservation
The Cyprus Institute heralded on Monday the opening of the Shatby Necropolis in Alexandria, Egypt, marking the first ever complete scientific documentation of the site.
Involved in the three-year-preservation project ...
Our View: Akel determined to keep alive Nato hostility
Soviet communism and the Eastern Bloc under its control may have collapsed more than 30 years ago, but Akel still refuses to abandon the Kremlin-dictated, anti-West propaganda it relentlessly mouthed during ...
Macron decides to keep French PM in role despite pension unrest, riots
French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to keep Elisabeth Borne in her role as prime minister, an official at the president’s office said on Monday, rejecting pressure to give ...
Akel’s Stefanou condemns wreath laying at coup soldier memorials
Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou blasted the laying of wreathes at a memorial for fallen coup d’état soldiers by the government and the political parties Disy and Elam.
The ...
Experimental drug works best for Alzheimer’s patients treated as early as possible
An experimental drug from Eli Lilly LLY.N works best if Alzheimer’s patients are treated as early as possible, ideally before they develop symptoms of the brain-wasting disease, researchers ...
Biden invites Israel’s Netanyahu to White House (Update)
US President Joe Biden, after a lengthy delay, on Monday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States for an official visit at a date to be determined, ...
Israel recognises Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara (Update)
Israel has recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara and is mulling opening a consulate there, a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office said ...
Energy system undergoing ‘a total restructuring’
Cyprus aims to solve its energy storage problem within the next 18 to 24 months, so that the energy generated from renewables doesn’t go to waste, the energy minister said on ...
Wildfires rage near Athens, houses damaged (Update)
Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from ...
Surprises in Cyprus T20 cricket quarter finals
By Richard Boxall
The quarter finals of the 2023 CCA BAO Financial T20 Cup produced some surprise results on Sunday. Only one of the group winners – Nicosia Tigers – advanced to the ...
North to open ‘migration centre’
Ziya Ozturkler, the north’s ‘interior minister’, has announced his intention to construct a ‘migration centre’, aimed at dealing with undocumented and irregular migration.
Ozturkler made the announcement after a ...
Lakatamia offers free cinema screenings
A neighbourhood of Nicosia is hosting free summer cinema screenings this month, welcoming old and young film lovers. Brought to you by the City Council Youth of the Lakatamia Municipality, ...
‘Malfunction’ at power station causes rolling blackouts in the north
There were rolling power cuts in the north over the weekend after a ‘malfunction’ was detected at one of its power stations.
While the seriousness of the malfunction has not ...
Increasing numbers of tourists heading north from Larnaca
This year many more tourists who arrive at Larnaca airport are going directly to the north for their holidays compared to previous years, according to a tourism industry expert.
Head ...
EU warns Cyprus over failure on anti-money laundering directive
The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Cyprus for the latter’s failure to correctly transpose the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
The letter of formal notice to Cyprus is ...
Netanyahu vows crackdown on military no-shows in judicial protest
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to crack down on Monday against threatened no-shows for military reserve duty by opponents of his judicial overhaul plan, saying such actions were anti-democratic ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says he is open to meeting with Syria’s Assad
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he was open to a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but that setting the withdrawal of Turkish troops from ...
Akel says it’s determined not to let spyware probe drop
Opposition Akel on Monday said it will hand over material to the independent anti-corruption authority regarding the use of spyware, vowing not to drop the issue until some accountability has ...
Four-year-old dead in Ayia Napa pool
A four-year-old child was found dead in a swimming pool at a hotel in Ayia Napa on Monday.
According to police, the child was on holiday in Cyprus with his ...
Anti-Covid measures’ lawsuit dismissed
A 103-person lawsuit against the state for its Covid policy was rejected at Nicosia district court on procedural grounds, it emerged on Monday.
The lawsuit named the attorney-general, former Health ...
Cyprus tourist arrivals soar in June — Poland and Sweden among top five markets
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus experienced a significant increase of 22.7 per cent in June 2023 compared to the same period last year, although they remained 10.6 per cent lower than the record-breaking arrivals ...