Two people arrested for electricity theft in Paphos
Police in Paphos arrested two people for electricity theft on Tuesday.
Electricity theft is the criminal practice of stealing electrical power. It is often accomplished via a variety of means, ...
Kansas votes to preserve abortion rights in first post-Roe v. Wade election test
Kansas voters rejected an effort to remove abortion protections from the state’s constitution, a resounding win for the abortion rights movement in the first statewide electoral test since the ...
Uber turns cash flow positive for the first time, shares surge
Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Tuesday reported positive quarterly cash flow for the first time ever and forecast third-quarter operating profit above estimates, betting on steady demand for its ...
Pelosi hails Taiwan’s free society, China holds military drill, vents anger
China furiously condemned the highest-level U.S. visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled island as “one of the freest societies in ...
Russian retailer X5 expands in Siberia as investment drive continues
Russian retailer X5 Group (FIVEDR.MM) is stepping up an investment drive with plans to buy controlling stakes in two Siberian companies, open hundreds of new stores of its discount ...
S&P affirms Bank of Cyprus at B+/B with a positive outlook
International rating agency S&P Global Ratings this week announced that it has affirmed its ‘B+/B’ long- and short-term issuer credit ratings for the Bank of Cyprus, maintaining ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Gloria Jean’s Coffee franchise in Cyprus will now be under new ownership, with the new owner being Lanitis Entertainment.
This marks the end of C.C. Coffee Company’...
‘Dog Squadron’ helping out at Nicosia shelter
Members of the British forces in Cyprus, known affectionately by the nickname the ‘Dog Squadron’, are helping out at the Nicosia Dog Shelter located in the buffer zone.
The military ...
Cyprus beaches at high risk from plastic pollution
As one of the most populated in the Mediterranean, the island already suffers from the consequences of marine pollution
By Anastasis Karonias
Pollution from marine litter is among the most ...
Our View: Minutes ‘discovery’ much ado about nothing
A document, published in Phileleftheros on Sunday, which contained the supposedly missing minutes of a July 4 meeting that the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide had with ...
Bank of Cyprus named ‘Best Bank’ in Cyprus
The Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday announced that it has been named as the ‘Best Bank’ in Cyprus for 2022 by finance magazine Euromoney.
The bank said that the accolade comes ...
US crypto firm Nomad hit by $190 million theft
US crypto firm Nomad has been hit by a $190 million theft, blockchain researchers said on Tuesday, the latest such heist to hit the digital asset sector this year.
Nomad said ...
Georgia anti-abortion law allows tax deductions for fetuses
Pregnant women in the U.S. state of Georgia will be able to deduct their fetuses as dependents on their taxes under a 2019 anti-abortion law that a judge allowed to ...
UK leadership favourite Liz Truss U-turns on pay plan in first big misstep
British foreign minister Liz Truss, the front-runner to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister, was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking pledges a day after announcing it ...
Veteran journalist, Takis Kounafis, dies aged 77 (Updated)
Tributes are pouring in for veteran journalist Takis Kounafis who died early on Tuesday aged 77.
His funeral will be held on Thursday, at 3.00 pm at Ayios Demetrios church in Acropolis, ...
Yellow weather warning issued again
The Met Office issued a new yellow weather alert over extreme high temperatures, from 11am to 3pm Wednesday.
According to the warning, the temperature in the higher mountains is expected ...
Reggae at The Yurts
There is something about the summer that simply fits with reggae music. The warm sunshine and the laid-back vibes that summer holidays bring seem to be the background scenes for ...
Opposition blasts uncaring government over foreclosures
Opposition deputies, lashed out against the government’s commitment to the foreclosures law before rejecting the president’s referral of the three bills they had passed last month.
Akel deputy, ...
Balarjishvili wins judo gold for Cyprus at Commonwealth Games
Cyprus won its first gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday night, as judoka Georgios Balarjishvili beat Scotland’s Finlay Allan in the men’s 66kg category.
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Joint police operation seizes 17.7kg of cocaine in fruit container
Police on Tuesday seized 17.7 kilos of cocaine and made two arrests in a drug bust carried out in cooperation with Greece’s police (Elas), Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police and ...
Cyprus based firm takes part in EU-funded defence projects
Cyprus-based research and development company SignalGeneriX announced its participation in three EU funded defence projects with a funding total of €65 million, describing this as a major success for itself and ...
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin beats the heat in a jumpin’ July
It’s been a good month for bitcoin – and we haven’t said that for a while.
After months of freefall, it jumped more than 17 per cent in July, its ...
Gloria Jean’s coffee franchise changes hands
The Gloria Jean’s Coffee franchise in Cyprus has been sold to Lanitis Entertainment.
This marks the end of C.C. Coffee Company’s 16-year ownership of the coffee chain ...
Russia accuses U.S. of direct Ukraine war role, grain ship sighted off Turkey
Russia on Tuesday accused the United States of direct involvement in the Ukraine war while the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Moscow’s invasion headed towards ...