Palliative care centre for cancer patients inaugurated
The creation of a palliative care centre has long been a vision and a strategy of Pasykaf, its director of medical services Dr Kyriacos Stylianides said on Tuesday at the ...
Our View: Averof did right thing bowing out of Disy election
It was a day full of surprises at Disy headquarters on Tuesday. At the start of the day, three men were scheduled to submit their candidacies for the party leadership, ...
Christodoulides ready to meet Tatar irrespective of UN presence, will announce Cabinet soon
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed his readiness to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar whether Unficyp’s chief Colin Stewart would be present or not.
Commenting on reports ...
Nurses in England pause strikes to enter pay talks with government
Nurses in England will pause planned strike action to enter “intensive talks” with the British government on pay and conditions, both sides said on Tuesday, in the first sign of ...
Malcolm X’s daughter to sue CIA, FBI, New York police over assassination
A daughter of Malcolm X, the civil rights activist assassinated 58 years ago to the day on Tuesday, has filed notices that she intends to sue the FBI, the CIA, New ...
Putin suspends nuclear pact, Biden says support for Ukraine ‘will not waver’ (Update)
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet leaders of NATO’s eastern flank on Wednesday in a show of support after Russia’s president suspended a nuclear arms control treaty ...
Paphos – Limassol highway lane to close for 3 days
One lane on the Paphos – Limassol highway will be closed from Wednesday through to Friday between 8am – 3pm.
According to an announcement by the road works department, the road will ...
Yields of Cypriot domestic bonds marked new rise in February
Yields of the short-term domestic bonds issued by the Republic of Cyprus marked a new rise fuelled by global tightening monetary policy on the backdrop of rising inflation.
According to ...
‘Cooperation helped us pull through the crises,’ Anastasiades thanks Oev
Days before leaving office, President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday thanked employers organisations for their ‘close cooperation’ over the last 10 years, and urged them to continue working closely with his successor.
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Churches are core part of Cyprus’ cultural history, Karousos says during Mammari visit
Cyprus is duty-bound to protect and highlight ecclesiastical monuments as an integral part of its culture and history, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday, when he went to oversee ...
For fifth year Nicosia in FT list of top small European cities
For the fifth year in a row, Nicosia topped the list of small European cities of the future, research by fDi Intelligence, a division of the Financial Times group, revealed ...
Airbnb owners given longer to register with government
People providing accommodation services will be afforded a transitional period to register with the governmental Airbnb register, under tweaks made to the relevant law announced on Tuesday in parliament.
The ...
The joy of Baroque
The Commandaria Orchestra & Friends Concert Series welcomes The Fluboe Trio for an unforgettable baroque music concert on Saturday. Three musicians will take the floor of the Cyprus Wine Museum ...
Man sentenced to 3.5 years for arson
A 23-year-old man was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday over an arson attack in Larnaca last summer.
The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court found the man guilty of stealing ...
Rights of mother whose child extradited to USA not violated: ECHR
Court proceedings in Cyprus which ordered a woman to hand over her son to be extradited to the US to be with his father in 2017, did not violate the European ...
Tax on Turkish Cypriot salaries for earthquake relief scrapped
The ‘government’ in the north on Tuesday officially repealed a decree to tax people’s salaries to provide earthquake relief to Turkey.
According Yeni Duzen, the official decision of the ‘...
‘Manifestly inadequate’ fine increased ten fold
A company has had its health and safety violations fine increased from €750 to €7,500 after the attorney general appealed the penalty.
The legal services said on Tuesday the attorney general appealed ...
MPs thwart government plan to appoint gaming commissioners
Legislators on Tuesday vetoed the outgoing administration’s proposal to appoint three members to the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission – the public body exercising oversight over the casinos – leaving the ...
Disy leadership race narrows to Demetriou v Demetriou (update 6)
Current Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday bowed out of the race for the next party leader on Tuesday, in what has narrowed down to a face-off between House President ...
Lawyers say blocked from viewing file on collapsed hotel
Turkish lawyers are seemingly being blocked from accessing records on the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, the hotel that collapsed during an earthquake earlier this month killing 35 Turkish Cypriots, reports from ...
Prosecution says Briton who killed wife selectively remembered details
The Briton accused of killing his terminally ill wife, David Hunter had a “poor showing” in court remembering events that were convenient for him and his case, the state prosecutor ...
Six killed after latest earthquake shakes Turkey-Syria border
Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities said on Tuesday, two weeks after a massive quake killed more than 47,000 ...
Putin issues new nuclear warnings to West over Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a warning to the West over Ukraine by suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing that new strategic systems had been put on ...
Tiger says ‘headed in right direction’
Tiger Woods was unable to mount a final-day charge on Sunday at the Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, California, but after completing 72 holes on the PGA Tour for the first ...