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 ...
Basketball match fixing report will be handed to attorney general
The sports ethics committee on Wednesday fully accepted the findings of a report on game fixing within basketball and will be forwarding the case to the attorney-general’s office for ...
Fitch upgrades BoC citing NPE reduction, Cypriot economy resilience
Global ratings agency Fitch this week announced that it has upgraded the Bank of Cyprus’ Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B+’ from ‘B-‘ and Viability Rating (VR) to ‘b+’ ...
ZIKZAK Architects complete landmark Limassol office project
ZIKZAK Architects mark the successful completion of a project in Limassol undertaken on behalf of an international IT company. The architectural firm designed a new façade for the building ...
Medical Association under investigation for potentially violating competition rules
The Commission for the Protection of Competition has decided to investigate possible violations of the law on competition by the Cyprus Medical Association (CMA), for urging its members not to ...
MPs voice their stance on the 2023 state budget
Deputies from the Green Party and Elam on Wednesday said they would not be voting in favour of the 2023 state budget as the second day of discussions unfolded.
So far ...
Bankman-Fried, Ellison tap attorneys as FTX probes ramp up
FTX founder and former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, head of its now-defunct trading affiliate, have tapped defense attorneys as US authorities probe the crypto exchange’s collapse, ...
Two people arrested for possession with intent to sell
Two people were arrested under suspicion of attempting to deal crystal meth, Paphos police said on Wednesday.
According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, police received an anonymous tip at 7.45 am ...
Puppet show provides a unique take on story of Frankenstein
Everybody knows that tall, green-coloured creature known as Frankenstein. He has been portrayed thousands of times, sometimes as an evil monster, others as a kind-hearted soul with a tough, expressionless ...
Turkey’s MNG Airlines to go public on NYSE
Turkey’s MNG Airlines will list on the New York Stock Exchange through a merger with Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp (GFX.N), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the Turkish ...
Parents threaten to shut down schools over curriculum
Parents and students from two schools in Limassol have given the education ministry an ultimatum: respond to our requests over exams by Friday or we will shut down the schools.
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