Man arrested with stolen credit cards
Nicosia police on Wednesday said they have arrested a 27-year-old man after they find 16 stolen credit cards in his possession during a traffic check.
The man was driving in Aglandjia ...
Britain says Russian units forced to return to Belarus, Russia to resupply
Britain will take a very sceptical view towards Russia and its pledge to scale down military operations around Kyiv, with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raabsaying London will judge Moscow on ...
Paphos bar booked for operating without licence during Covid checks
A Paphos bar was booked for operating without a music licence after three employees were found violating coronavirus measures following 117 checks in the district, police said Wednesday.
According to the ...
In China’s Wall Street, bankers and traders sleep in offices to beat Shanghai COVID lockdown
More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai’s Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China’s giant financial hub ticking over ...
What happens if Russia turns off gas flows to Germany?
Russia’s demand that some buyers pay for its gas in roubles has raised concerns in Germany, which relies on Russian fuel, that the payment dispute could escalate and disrupt ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) announced on Tuesday that it is currently hosting 25 tourism industry stakeholders, including agents and journalists, from Jordan.
The initiative, which is conducted in ...
Cyprus promoted in Israel as investment destination
The Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency, commonly known as Invest Cyprus, on Tuesday held an event in Israel to promote the island as an investment and business destination.
The Cyprus Roadshow 2022 ...
Spring is in the air – time to forage for greens
By Martin Clark
Despite the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and the desperately sad situation in the Ukraine, nothing can halt the onset of spring. Here in Cyprus, the ...
Emissions likely caused around 238 premature deaths in 2017, UNic modelling shows
Researchers from the University of Nicosia (UNic) has found that as many as 238 people likely lost their lives in 2017 due to emissions from vehicles and heat sources.
UNic researchers simulated ...
Our View: ‘Quality tourism’ slogan fails to convince
Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, and Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, on Tuesday, spoke of the need to attract ‘quality tourism’ that would endure in times ...
Arab gunman kills at least 5 in Tel Aviv suburb, latest in series of attacks (Update)
An Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the third deadly attack ...
Portugal and Poland qualify for World Cup
Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes scored twice as they beat stubborn visitors North Macedonia 2-0 to qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar after a tense European playoff tie on ...
Russian supply chains next in line for sanctions – US Treasury (Updated)
The United States and its allies plan new sanctions on more sectors of Russia’s economy that are critical to sustaining its invasion of Ukraine, including military supply chains, Deputy ...
Family of dead woman lodge formal negligence complaint
The family of a 43-year-old woman who collapsed and died at the A&E of Larnaca Hospital on Tuesday submitted a formal complaint with police, claiming her death was ...
Twelve killed in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv as rocket blasts hole in regional HQ
A Russian rocket hit the regional administration building in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 33, the authorities said.
The wounded were ...
Biden, European leaders skeptical of Russian moves, mull aid
U.S. President Joe Biden adopted a cautious attitude on Tuesday to Russian vows to redeploy forces around Kyiv as the United States and its allies began discussion on a ...
Betting back to pre-pandemic levels
Betting activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels while generating close to €12.9 million in revenue for public coffers last year, according to figures made public by the national betting authority on ...
British bases delay over title deeds ‘unacceptable’
Parliamentarians on Tuesday accused the administration of the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of “a display of sovereignty” in not approving the issuing of title deeds to refugees living in self-housing ...
EU health ministers call for common approach to 2nd boosters for elderly
European health ministers urged the bloc’s executive on Tuesday to back a fourth Covid-19 shot for people over the age of 60 to boost immunity in the absence of vaccines ...
Russia promises to scale down operations near Kyiv and north Ukraine
Russia promised on Tuesday to scale down military operations around Ukraine’s capital and north, while Kyiv proposed adopting neutral status, in confidence-building steps that were the first signs of ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 5,089 new cases
The health ministry on Tuesday announced two deaths and 5,089 new coronavirus infections from 95,315 tests, giving a positivity rate of 5.34 per cent.
It said that there are a total of 182 Covid-19 ...
Britain apologises for map blunder
The British High Commission on Tuesday apologised for a UK defence ministry video which displayed a truncated map of Cyprus that did not include the north or the British bases, ...
White House logs show over 7-hr gap in Trump call record on Jan. 6 -report
White House records show an unexplained gap of more than seven hours in the record of former President Donald Trump’s telephone calls the day of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack ...
Cypriot volunteer doctors start work on Ukraine border (video)
A volunteer group of Cypriot doctors and nurses arrived in the Romanian town of Siret, close to the border with Ukraine early Tuesday to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing ...