Five reasons why wearing a wristwatch is good for you
Up until the first world war, wristwatches were considered a women’s accessory or jewelry as men carried pocket watches. Today watches are considered a great investment as they are ...
Driver six times over limit collides into parked car
A 24-year-old woman was arrested for driving six times over the maximum alcohol limit after crashing into a parked car in Larnaca, police said on Tuesday.
The woman, who was ...
French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe finds (Update 2)
French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind ...
Hellenic Life and Pancyprian Insurance are implementing SAP solutions to comply with the new IFRS 17 Regulation
Nicosia, 04/10/2021– The Insurance subsidiaries of Hellenic Bank Group, HB Insurance Holding Ltd, Hellenic Life Insurance Company Ltd and Pancyprian Insurance Limited, are implementing the solution SAP S/4HANA® for financial ...
Paphos police report 47 traffic violations in 24 hours
Paphos police issued 47 fines for traffic violations in 24 hours, with more than half concerning speeding.
The violations were identified during a police campaign for the prevention of crime and traffic ...
Cyprus prepares for first home T20 cricket internationals
The Cyprus squad for the upcoming T20 international cricket matches against Estonia and Isle of Man has been announced by the selectors.
The team will be led by Michalis (Mike) ...
Second arrest in €30,000 car theft case
Police on Tuesday arrested a second suspect, aged 21, on suspicion of stealing a €30,000 car in Paphos eight months ago, while a third man is also wanted in connection with the ...
Watford choose former Premier League winner Ranieri as new boss
Watford have appointed Claudio Ranieri as their new head coach following the sacking of Xisco Munoz.
The Premier League club have announced the Italian former Chelsea and Leicester boss has ...
Forestry Department chief pilot praises working relationship with Bases
Captain Stelios Kotzikas, the Republic of Cyprus Forestry Department’s Aerial Fire Fighting Unit Chief Pilot, has paid tribute to a working relationship with the Bases that dates back to 1983.
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Adele and Dolly Parton among stars reacting to Facebook and Instagram outages
By Keiran Southern
Adele, Dolly Parton and Reese Witherspoon were among the stars reacting to widespread outages for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.The online giants went offline for some users ...
Cyprus Public Transport 2021-2022 school routes have already started & top-up is required
The school bus services of the school year 2021-2022 have been assigned to Cyprus Public Transport, for both Nicosia and Larnaca and the route network operation has already began. This ...
UNSG in contact with Security Council on Cyprus, says his deputy spokesperson
The Secretary General remains in regular contact with the members of the Security Council about Cyprus, and he and the other officials of the system will keep the Security Council ...
Cyprus Beat daily news briefing
In today’s episode, the Cyprus presidency has said that there is nothing objectionable attributed to Anastasiades in the Pandora Papers.
In other news, hundreds of people attended the funeral ...
Woman with fake travel documents arrested
A 26-year-old asylum seeker was arrested after trying to depart the island using fake documents, police said on Tuesday.
The suspect went to Paphos airport around 4pm on Monday to ...
Lebanon’s former PM Diab says he gave up shares in company mentioned in ‘Pandora Papers’
Lebanon’s former prime minister Hassan Diab said on Monday he had given up shares in a company he was linked to in a leak of financial documents, and denied ...
Tesla ordered to pay over $130 mln to Black former worker over racism
A federal jury has ordered Tesla Inc to pay more than $130 million in damages to a Black former worker, finding he was subjected to a racially hostile work environment, the ...
Coronavirus: Five businesses booked after 2,714 checks
Five businesses in Nicosia and Paphos were booked for violating coronavirus measures as part of the daily checks, police said on Tuesday.
Three Nicosia-based establishments were fined, including one where ...
Woman dies after traffic accident
Police on Tuesday announced the death of a 70-year-old woman who was hospitalised after she was injured during a traffic collision over the weekend.
According to police, the accident took ...
Cryptocurrencies post inflows for 7 straight weeks, led by bitcoin
Cryptocurrency investment products and funds recorded inflows for a seventh straight week, as institutional investors warmed to more supportive statements from regulators, data from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on ...
UK finance minister: Fix public finances before cutting taxes
British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that tax cuts could only come once public finances had been put on a sustainable footing.
Last month the government set out ...
Taiwan warns it needs to be on alert to ‘over the top’ China
Taiwan needs to be on alert for China‘s “over the top” military activities, the premier said on Tuesday, after a record 56 Chinese aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defence ...
UK tells EU again it may take unilateral steps to protect Northern Ireland trade
Britain told the European Union on Monday it would trigger safeguard measures in their divorce deal if the bloc failed to agree to changes to smooth trade with Northern Ireland, ...
‘No Time to Die’ opens with $121 million in international box office sales
The latest James Bond movie took a mighty $121 million at the international box office over its opening weekend, Universal Pictures said on Monday.
The British and Irish box office led ...
State revenue from gambling triples in five years
State revenues from gambling jumped to 3.44 per cent of GDP in 2019, while in 2020, despite the contraction due to the pandemic, the percentage of revenues amounted to 2.98 per cent.
The figures ...