New president says criticism is welcome
Shortly after taking the oath of office on Tuesday, new President Nikos Christodoulides said he welcomes criticism of his appointments after it was pointed out to him that he had ...
Sandy Hook families get approval to dig into Alex Jones’s finances
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday allowed victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre to retain a forensic financial investigator to dig into the finances of bankrupt right-wing conspiracy theorist ...
Tributes, debut performance and returning quartets this week at Sarah’s Jazz Club
The first week of March brings with it a touch of alternative performances at Nicosia’s popular jazz bar. Beyond the live music nights audiences are used to, Sarah’s ...
Turkish court sentences journalist to jail under ‘disinformation’ law
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to 10 months in prison for spreading disinformation, handing down the first jail term under a new law that critics say threatens free ...
80 Afghan citizens dead in Italian shipwreck – Taliban foreign ministry
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday’s shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
Rescuers have so far confirmed ...
New president says finding solution to Cyprus problem his priority
Newly sworn in President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said finding solutions to solve the Cyprus problem would be the absolute priority of his administration.
His first words in the post ...
Over 1,200 traffic violations recorded in last four days
A total of 1,349 traffic violations were recorded between February 24 and 28, the police said on Tuesday.
Of the registered offences, 738 were for driving above the speed limit, 99 for drink driving, 86 for ...
February rainfall 75 per cent of average
Total rainfall in February was 75 per cent of average for the month, preliminary data released by the met office on Tuesday showed.
The average rainfall for February is 81.6 mm, while ...
Arrest after pit bull knifed to death
A 54-year-old man has been arrested after he fatally wounded the pit bull of his neighbour with a knife because the animal allegedly attacked his own dog.
The incident was ...
People smuggler jailed for 18 months
A 40-year-old man found guilty of people smuggling migrants to Cyprus was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in jail by the Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday.
The decision was made six ...
Doctor publishes further photo, accuses hospitals of negligence
A woman developed large bedsores after she was hospitalised for a month and her wounds remained untreated, doctor Marios Kyriazis claimed on Tuesday in another effort to show the “shortcomings” ...
Bird trapping with nets falls by almost a half
Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”.
The figures reveal a 49 per ...
Sunak pitches new Brexit vision to Northern Ireland and his lawmakers (Update)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in Northern Ireland and then met with his own lawmakers on Tuesday to sell his new deal with the European Union to ease post-Brexit ...
New president sworn in, pledges to make people’s lives better (update 2)
Nikos Christodoulides was officially sworn in on Tuesday as the eighth president of the Republic in a short ceremony held at the House of Representatives.
Arriving at parliament shortly after 11...
Klopp hopes to give Liverpool season ‘a little push’ against Wolves
Liverpool will play Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fourth time in 11 games and manager Juergen Klopp said they will look to get their Premier League season back on track as they ...
Who’s who in the new cabinet
Despite pledging that his cabinet would be made up of new faces, half of which would be women, new President Nikos Christodoulides named a council of ministers that did not ...
Wizz Air announces new route to Abu Dhabi
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air on Tuesday announced a new route from Larnaca to Abu Dhabi.
The route will become operational on July 3 with triweekly (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) flights ...
Fifth anniversary sees Melco Cyprus honour trailblazer staff
Melco Cyprus, operator of Cyprus Casinos (C2) and the upcoming integrated resort City of Dreams Mediterranean, Cyprus’ first integrated resort, celebrated its fifth anniversary since opening the first licensed establishment ...
Toxic smog: Iran criticised for winter ‘air pollution catastrophe’
By Sanam Mahoozi
In Iran this winter, hospital emergency rooms have been full, schools regularly closed, and many people unable to work or even leave their homes due to toxic ...
Portugal’s shoemakers rethink business models, recycle in green push
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira
The factory worker grabbed a handful of worn-out shoes and fed them into roaring machines that chopped and crushed and transformed them into “eco-rubber” – ...
US to crack down on child labour amid massive uptick
The Biden administration announced measures to crack down on child labor on Monday amid a steep rise in violations and investigative reports by Reuters and other news outlets on illegal ...
EAC fined €8,000 for health and safety breaches
The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) was fined €8,000 by the Nicosia district court after the Department of Labour Inspection found it had violated occupational health and safety at work, the ...
Putin tells FSB security service to raise game against West
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the FSB domestic security service on Tuesday to step up its activity to counter what he said was increasing espionage and sabotage against Russia by ...
What is stress?
Do you sometimes worry what life is all about? Suffer from ‘panic attacks’? Feel continually anxious? DR VASILIOS SILIVISTRIS looks at stress
Stress is, simply put, the adverse reaction to ...