Biden to speak on gun violence at vigil marking Sandy Hook ten-year anniversary
President Joe Biden will appear on Wednesday at a national vigil for victims of gun violence as he turns up the heat on Congress to go along with his wish ...
Anastasiades and Tatar met at UN reception (Updated)
Despite the challenges, there is “great potential” for a solution to the Cyprus problem, said the UN special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday.
The head of the peacekeeping ...
Woman caught with 6.5kg of cannabis at airport
The drug squad arrested a 30-year-old woman at Larnaca airport on Wednesday after they found 6.5 kilos of cannabis in her luggage.
The woman, who had arrived at the airport from ...
Arrest after armed robbery injures two in Paphos
A 26-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday as one of the suspects in an armed robbery at a Paphos building complex during which two men were injured.
The assault took ...
EU Commission proposes ninth package of sanctions against Russia
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a ninth package of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukrainethat wouldinclude almost 200 more individuals and entities on the EU sanctions list.
Commission ...
Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, in a first since takeover
The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, the first officially confirmed public execution since the hardline Islamist group ...
MP Themistocleous defends his ‘right to dissent’
There is a blatant attempt to incriminate a different point of view in parliament, Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous said on Wednesday, after he received backlash on his objection to the ...
Man banned from entering stadiums for six months
A 23-year-old man who was found guilty of possessing dangerous objects during a football match was banned from stadiums for six months.
Larnaca district court also imposed a €600 fine on ...
Trash talk
Let’s talk about trash because the waste crisis is unfortunately thriving in Cyprus. With this in mind, City Friends Club is launching a new series of meetups dedicated to ...
Long-range goals a rarity in Qatar
The Qatar World Cup has had the lowest number of long-range shots and smallest percentage of goals scored from outside the penalty area in the last five tournaments, continuing a ...
Supreme Court increases prison sentence of man guilty of sexual abuse
The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously decided to increase the prison sentence of a man who was found guilty of sexual abuse from four and a half to ten years, ...
Cabinet approves financial aid package for families, students
Eligible students at Cyprus-based universities to get €500 living allowance amidst a price hike in rents and a shortage of student accommodations, cabinet decided on Wednesday.
Students attending international universities will ...
Nicos Nouris in Brussels to discuss migration-related issues
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will discuss the instrumentalisation of migrants and the optimisation of their return procedures during the EU interior ministers’ council this week.
Nouris travelled to Brussels on ...
Anastasiades receives annual report from the auditor-general
Strict scrutiny is welcomed and appreciated, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday upon receiving the annual report by the Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides.
Handing the report for 2021, the AG said ...
Prehistoric ‘wonderfully weird beast’ Whatcheeria grew big quickly
It looked like a cross between a crocodile and a salamander – and definitely was not an animal to be messed with. Long before the dinosaurs or even the advent of ...
Man jailed for stealing construction materials
A 42-year-old man was jailed for seven months on Wednesday for stealing construction materials from an erected building in Paphos earlier this year.
Paphos district court imposed the seven-month prison ...
‘No small teams anymore’: FIFA chief hails best group stage
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has hailed the group stage of the Qatar World Cup as the “best ever” and said the number of upsets and geographic breadth of the teams ...
Eyes on Russia’s ally Belarus as Ukraine’s neighbour moves troops
Russia’s ally Belarus said on Wednesday it was moving troops and military hardware to counteract what it called a threat of terrorism, amid signs Moscow could be putting pressure ...
‘Christoforos Savva: Unbound’ exhibition opens in London
Deputy Minister of Culture Yiannis Toumazis on Tuesday underlined the impact of Cypriot artist Christoforos Savva on young artists on the island during the opening of a new retrospective exhibition ...
Sister of Iran’s leader condemns his rule, urges Guards to disarm
A sister of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according ...
Writer inspired by du Maurier’s time in Cyprus
A Welsh-Cypriot woman has looked into the life of the famous writer and the time she spent on the island preparing Rebecca finds PAUL LAMBIS
In July 2021, Cypriot-Welsh author Helen ...
Out of the coffin and the closet
By Naja Later
There’s always been something queer about vampires. Vampire stories are traditionally rife with dark desires and invisible secrets from their early canonisation in popular culture. But ...
New law requires all car crashes be logged into database (Update)
The Council of Ministers approved a law amendment proposal by the transport ministry requiring that all car crashes be logged in the road transport department database in order to prevent ...
Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in war, UN says
At least 441 civilians were killed by Russian forces in the early days of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday, documenting summary executions ...