Our View: An urgent need to scrutinise excess deaths
With so much going on – inflation, migration, Covid, the Cyprus problem, next year’s election – it’s easy to miss the issue of excess deaths in Cyprus. And of course ...
Nato states see Ukraine fatigue set in
Unlike their leaders who love grandstanding on the world stage, most people are not prepared to pay any price in support of Ukraine
Being the British prime minister has its ...
Live music in Larnaca and Limassol
Adding to July’s musical agenda are a couple of events in the island’s coastal cities. At Larnaca’s The Tudor Inn Bar on Wednesday will be a jazzy ...
Top Russian general inspects troops involved in Ukraine operation- defence ministry
The chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, has inspected divisions of Russian troops involved in Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, the defence ...
Blasts rock Ukraine southern city as Russia grinds out gains in the east (Update 3)
Blasts shook Ukraine‘s southern city of Mykolaiv on Saturday as Russia’s artillery helped grind out gains in the east, after a week when the civilian death toll from ...
Fiscal council sounds the alarm, issues gloomy outlook
The fiscal council has sounded the alarm over delays in securing EU funds from the bloc’s recovery plan, casting a gloomy outlook against the backdrop of record inflation and ...
Ryanair cabin crew in Spain announce 12 new days of strikes in July
Spain-based cabin crew at Ryanair RYA.I plan to strike for 12 days this month to demand better working conditions, the USO and SICTPLA unions said on Saturday, raising the prospect ...
Ireland hopeful over Sexton after post-match check on head injury
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell revealed captain Johnny Sexton could be available for next weekend’s second Test following a resounding 42-19 loss to New Zealand in the series opener.
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Foreign firefighters arrive in Greece for summer wildfire season
Several dozen Romanian and Bulgarian firefighters took up their posts in Greece on Saturday, the first members of a European force being deployed to the country to provide backup in ...
12-month sentence for fatal hit-and-run a ‘huge insult’, victim’s family says
The 12-month sentence imposed on the hit-and-run driver in a fatal Ayia Napa crash has been decried by the victim’s family as a “huge insult” in a statement issued ...
A minute with Adrianella Nicolaou Singer
Where do you live?
In Nicosia with the man I love, he supports me and he is always by my side.
What did you have for breakfast?
Whole grain cereal ...
Astronaut study reveals effects of space travel on human bones
A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station is providing a fuller understanding of the effects of space travel on the human body and ...
Anastasiades says rebuffed suggestion by Erdogan that they meet in the north
President Nicos Anastasiades offered to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Paris, who instead suggested that a meeting could take place in the north – to which Anastasiades replied: “no ...
Police find cache of 4,000 bullets in Paphos
A cache of about 4,000 bullets was discovered by the authorities in an open field in Paphos on Friday evening at about 6:45pm, police said.
Paphos police found the cache after ...
Sculpture unveiled in memory of Glafcos Clerides
A sculpture dedicated to Former President Glafcos Clerides and his love of sailing was unveiled on Saturday in Limassol, with President Nicos Anastasiades praising the life-long dedication with which he ...
Upcoming Phase three of Gnox (GNOX) presale could be last chance to enter before potential 50x, similar to Maker (MKR) and UniSwap (UNI) launches
The highly volatile cryptocurrency market is booming with thousands of existing cryptocurrencies and upcoming projects to drive sufficient profit in crypto wallets.
Some cryptocurrencies make crypto investors millionaires, while some ...
Cypriot MPs say stuck in Frankfurt airport for two days in ‘third-world conditions’
The travel chaos gripping airports across Europe has again hit Cyprus with flights cancelled to and from Larnaca, while a team of Cypriot MPs remain stuck in Frankfurt.
WizzAir cancelled ...
Lure of Wimbledon grass courts too much for Venus to resist
The sight of the All England Club’s manicured lawns proved irresistible for Venus Williams as the multiple Grand Slam champion made an unexpected – and winning – return after almost a ...
Sommerkino at the Goethe Institut
For the third consecutive year, the Goethe Institut Cyprus presents its Sommerkino – a series of German film screenings. The programme includes five films by two of the most important contemporary ...
Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece tugged to Piraeus port
An Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Greece in April, part of whose cargo was confiscated by the United States, was being towed to the port of Piraeus on Saturday, Greek coast ...
Port of Latsi expansion project in the pipeline
The transport ministry has announced a decision to expand Latsi harbour, jetties, docking spots and the creation of a breakwater.
According to the minister of transport Yiannis Karousos, the project ...
From art school to world-famous baker
By Prudence Wade
Paul Hollywood didn’t set out to become a baker. Yes, his father was a baker, but he initially joined the industry through necessity.
After going to ...
Loving tech that keeps us cool
July 3 is Air Conditioning Appreciation Day. But it’s hard to be appreciative when both temperatures and prices are rocketing, says ALIX NORMAN
30 years ago, almost nobody in Cyprus had ...
Musk breaks silence on Twitter, posts a picture with the pope
Elon Musk on Friday night broke his nine-day silence on Twitter, the social media platform he is trying to buy for $44 billion, posting a picture of him meeting Pope Francis ...