U.S. troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies
A plane carrying U.S. troops landed in Poland on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Washington reinforces its NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on ...
Coronavirus: Advisor defends continued use of SafePass
And says we shouldn’t follow some fellow European countries yet in scrapping other Covid measures
The SafePass is still effective in the age of Omicron, while the need for ...
Five arrested in Turkey for ‘offensive posts’ related to Erdogan’s Covid diagnosis
Five people have been arrested in Turkey for “offensive” posts on social media against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine, who were infected with Covid-19.
According to CNA, ...
Audacity begets tyrants
The former foreign minister’s hardline policies on Cyprus issue were a failure. He should not stand for president
By Christos Panayiotides
In the summer of 1962, I had the great ...
Anastasiades wishes Tatar speedy recovery from Covid
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he had conveyed his best wishes for a speedy recovery to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by telephone.
Tatar contracted the virus last week.
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Moroccan boy trapped in well dies before rescue
A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government ...
House Speaker denies executive role in Neophytou’s presidential campaign
House President Annita Demetriou said she would not be taking an executive role in the presidential election campaign of ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou, following reports last week that she ...
In run up to Valentines Day all eyes on roses
By Patricia Jordan
February already and what lot of rain we have had since the start of the year! It’s all good for the dams, aquifers and wells, but ...
‘Diko will be in government after 2023 presidential elections’ Papadopoulos says
Centre-right Diko will be the ruling party or a main part of a coalition government in order to bring about change after the presidential elections in 2023, leader Nicolas Papadopoulos said ...
Prince Charles praises Elizabeth’s blessing for ‘Queen Camilla’ (Updated)
Prince Charles on Sunday thanked his mother Queen Elizabeth for publicly stating her desire that his wife Camilla becomes Queen Consort when he becomes king, acknowledging the honour on the 70...
Radical new choices may be needed for LNG imports
The current project has a long, and likely tortuous, way to go
This is further to my article in the Cyprus Mail last Sunday. Since then, the debate over the ...
Supreme Court’s bizarre split in rape case
From being a gang-rape victim, the complainant was interviewed as a suspect
By Alper Ali Riza
By a majority of two to one the Supreme Court of Cyprus quashed the ...
Man and two children injured by attackers at party in Limassol (Updated)
Two man aged 25 and 20 have been arrested and remanded for eight days by the Limassol court following a fight at a house party in Kato Polemidia during which two children ...
Pay gap in Cyprus falling, now lower than EU average
A woman has to work until February 6 to reach the same wage as a man received in the preceding year, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Sunday.
Emilianidou said that ...
Not inevitable that Johnson will go, UK business minister says
British Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday it was not at all inevitable that Boris Johnson would have to stand down, as he gave the prime minister his backing ...
Audit office defends its position on LNG debacle, says it had major doubts
The audit office on Sunday hit back at reports that it was somehow culpable in the growing concern over delays to the construction of the LNG terminal in Vasiliko.
The ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: More oppressive than our colonial rulers
VERY little attention has been given by the media to the government’s dictatorship law also known as the Infectious Diseases Law of 2021, which was tabled in the House last ...
Coronavirus: 13 individuals and 22 businesses fined for violations
Police fined 13 individuals and 22 businesses were fined for violating Covid measures over the past 24 hours.
They carried out a total of 2,484 checks islandwide.
In Nicosia, there were 611 checks, booking 10 people ...
Probe into Paphos escapees, fugitives appeared to have a key – reports (Updated)
Three police officers in Paphos have been suspended pending an investigation into how two suspects escaped detention cells at the city’s police HQ on Saturday.
According to the latest ...
Teen driver loses control, runs over four girls aged 16 on pavement
An 18 year-old man has been arrested in Nicosia after losing control of his car and smashing into four teenage girls standing in front of a supermarket wall in Lakatamia.
The ...
Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Canada, further fraying nerves
Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, on Saturday as mostly peaceful but noisy protests against vaccine mandates spread from Ottawa, the capital.
The “Freedom ...
Driver killed on Limassol-Platres road after crashing into a tree
A 32-year-old man was killed in a road accident on Saturday night on the Limassol-Platres tree after he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.
In statements ...
Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims
Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and ...
Australian PM signals reopening borders to tourists ‘not far away’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that the reopening of the country’s borders to international tourists may not be far away, adding that the parliament will debate ...